State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,858 Washington births in 1916 across 475 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Washington more than they say America.

#55Patricia#174 nationally
#93Donnaoutside the national top 200
#95Caroloutside the national top 200
#99Geneoutside the national top 200
#100Vernoutside the national top 200
#74Ronald#167 nationally
#88Karl#176 nationally
#79Elaine#161 nationally
#99Jeanne#176 nationally
#80Lyle#153 nationally
#75Bill#147 nationally
#89Delbert#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary364US #1
#2Dorothy337US #3
#3Margaret337US #4
#4Helen332US #2
#5Ruth219US #5
#6Virginia144US #10
#7Frances142US #9
#8Elizabeth129US #8
#9Alice125US #13
#10Evelyn123US #11
#11Florence122US #14
#12Mildred116US #6
#13Lois100US #43
#14Betty97US #44
#15June97US #86
#16Marjorie97US #37
#17Doris95US #32
#18Edith89US #28
#19Jean85US #45
#20Marie84US #12
#21Esther81US #34
#22Lillian81US #16
#23Eleanor79US #27
#24Hazel79US #31
#25Elsie78US #48
#26Grace77US #26
#27Louise76US #18
#28Edna75US #19
#29Gladys75US #22
#30Ethel71US #25
#31Irene71US #17
#32Lucille70US #30
#33Maxine69US #96
#34Barbara66US #74
#35Thelma66US #29
#36Rose63US #15
#37Gertrude58US #35
#38Marian57US #72
#39Marion57US #47
#40Phyllis57US #95
#41Marguerite56US #78
#42Bernice55US #42
#43Katherine55US #51
#44Martha55US #24
#45Eva54US #55
#46Josephine54US #21
#47Anna53US #7
#48Ellen53US #87
#49Agnes51US #50
#50Catherine51US #20
#51Kathryn48US #60
#52Vivian48US #77
#53Wilma47US #82
#54Jane45US #62
#55Patricia45US #174
#56Pearl45US #57
#57Violet45US #83
#58Kathleen43US #104
#59Myrtle42US #58
#60Bertha41US #49
#61Nellie40US #61
#62Pauline40US #33
#63Ann38US #40
#64Mabel38US #65
#65Vera38US #66
#66Geraldine37US #94
#67Ruby37US #23
#68Clara35US #39
#69Genevieve35US #76
#70Beatrice34US #38
#71Leona34US #75
#72Anne33US #53
#73Audrey33US #119
#74Eileen33US #118
#75Laura32US #64
#76Julia31US #46
#77Lorraine31US #128
#78Ida30US #54
#79Elaine29US #161
#80Alma28US #70
#81Blanche27US #89
#82Norma27US #111
#83Sylvia27US #69
#84Minnie26US #71
#85Winifred26US #148
#86Harriet25US #106
#87Viola25US #59
#88Charlotte24US #80
#89Muriel24US #134
#90Emma23US #41
#91Jessie23US #68
#92Bessie22US #56
#93Donna22
#94Stella22US #63
#95Carol21
#96Mae21US #92
#97Olive21US #132
#98Emily20US #100
#99Jeanne20US #176
#100Juanita20US #90

Boys

#1Robert461US #4
#2John429US #1
#3William385US #2
#4George280US #7
#5James260US #3
#6Charles219US #6
#7Donald173US #20
#8Richard163US #15
#9Harold152US #13
#10Jack151US #26
#11Frank141US #9
#12Edward130US #8
#13Arthur121US #18
#14Walter114US #11
#15Harry110US #19
#16Howard98US #25
#17Ralph93US #21
#18Joseph91US #5
#19Kenneth89US #27
#20Fred84US #29
#21Paul84US #12
#22Raymond84US #16
#23Thomas84US #10
#24Roy79US #33
#25Carl78US #23
#26Henry74US #14
#27Albert71US #17
#28Eugene62US #39
#29Clarence61US #24
#30Ernest60US #36
#31Norman58US #48
#32Earl57US #32
#33David56US #28
#34Lawrence56US #38
#35Francis55US #31
#36Herbert53US #40
#37Leonard53US #42
#38Stanley52US #34
#39Elmer47US #45
#40Gordon46US #90
#41Ray45US #73
#42Alfred41US #43
#43Clifford41US #61
#44Edwin41US #53
#45Floyd41US #60
#46Lloyd40US #58
#47Louis40US #22
#48Melvin39US #57
#49Vernon39US #75
#50Chester38US #54
#51Frederick34US #52
#52Alvin33US #82
#53Lester33US #59
#54Gerald31US #76
#55Joe31US #35
#56Glen30US #122
#57Wayne30US #98
#58Russell29US #51
#59Leo28US #47
#60Arnold27US #89
#61Clyde27US #62
#62Daniel26US #55
#63Leslie26US #112
#64Wesley26US #135
#65Glenn25US #84
#66Victor25US #78
#67Andrew24US #46
#68Harvey23US #92
#69Philip23US #70
#70Edgar22US #88
#71Gilbert21US #106
#72Lewis21US #71
#73Oscar21US #86
#74Ronald21US #167
#75Bill20US #147
#76Leroy20US #63
#77Peter20US #50
#78Warren20US #102
#79Hugh19US #96
#80Lyle19US #153
#81Max19US #105
#82Theodore19US #65
#83Wallace19US #124
#84Willard19US #69
#85Bernard18US #49
#86Claude18US #93
#87Homer18US #103
#88Karl18US #176
#89Delbert17US #161
#90Everett17US #91
#91Allen16US #101
#92Bruce16US #162
#93Ivan16US #165
#94Martin16US #81
#95Marvin16US #66
#96Maurice16US #100
#97Vincent16US #67
#98Virgil16US #104
#99Gene15
#100Vern15

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑39Kathleen#58
↑26Kathryn#51
↑26Wesley#64
↑24Nellie#61
↑24Leroy#76
↑22Leslie#63
↑21Geraldine#66
↑21Lewis#72

Falling

↓34Martin#94
↓27Viola#87
↓26Emma#90
↓26Bruce#92
↓25Ruby#67
↓24Olive#97
↓23Jeanne#99
↓19Anne#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.