State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,340 Washington births in 1917 across 490 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#84Peggyoutside the national top 200
#88Bertoutside the national top 200
#90Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#39Patricia#147 nationally
#93Billieoutside the national top 200
#60Don#167 nationally
#100Tedoutside the national top 200
#82Jeanne#166 nationally
#82Delbert#162 nationally
#83Elaine#160 nationally
#64Douglas#138 nationally
#91Ronald#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary408US #1
#2Dorothy376US #3
#3Helen326US #2
#4Margaret312US #4
#5Ruth257US #5
#6Virginia181US #10
#7Frances162US #9
#8Betty150US #34
#9Alice133US #13
#10Evelyn129US #11
#11Jean122US #40
#12June121US #73
#13Mildred120US #6
#14Florence114US #14
#15Doris109US #25
#16Marjorie109US #36
#17Elizabeth107US #8
#18Lois102US #43
#19Esther95US #38
#20Edith88US #28
#21Marie87US #12
#22Hazel85US #31
#23Barbara84US #67
#24Gladys84US #23
#25Eleanor78US #26
#26Grace78US #30
#27Edna76US #20
#28Irene68US #17
#29Maxine68US #93
#30Martha67US #22
#31Lillian66US #15
#32Lucille66US #29
#33Ellen64US #90
#34Bernice62US #42
#35Louise61US #19
#36Marguerite61US #78
#37Rose59US #16
#38Phyllis58US #92
#39Patricia56US #147
#40Marion54US #45
#41Thelma54US #32
#42Jane51US #55
#43Pearl51US #57
#44Anna49US #7
#45Elsie49US #50
#46Gertrude49US #37
#47Katherine49US #49
#48Agnes48US #48
#49Bertha48US #51
#50Pauline48US #33
#51Catherine47US #18
#52Ethel47US #24
#53Ruby47US #27
#54Viola47US #59
#55Violet47US #84
#56Clara46US #41
#57Vera46US #66
#58Vivian46US #79
#59Beatrice44US #39
#60Kathryn44US #60
#61Marian42US #74
#62Myrtle42US #58
#63Geraldine39US #89
#64Josephine39US #21
#65Eva38US #54
#66Laura38US #65
#67Ella36US #83
#68Mabel35US #68
#69Norma35US #108
#70Anne34US #53
#71Genevieve33US #77
#72Ida33US #56
#73Wilma33US #82
#74Nellie31US #64
#75Alma29US #71
#76Ann29US #44
#77Sylvia29US #69
#78Charlotte28US #76
#79Kathleen28US #101
#80Shirley28US #123
#81Audrey27US #117
#82Jeanne27US #166
#83Elaine26US #160
#84Peggy26
#85Roberta26US #149
#86Velma26US #99
#87Bessie25US #61
#88Jessie25US #70
#89Beulah24US #102
#90Eileen24US #106
#91Leona24US #80
#92Mae24US #96
#93Billie23
#94Lorraine23US #116
#95Muriel23US #128
#96Emma22US #46
#97Juanita22US #87
#98Wanda22US #140
#99Winifred22US #141
#100Dolores21US #139

Boys

#1Robert503US #4
#2John427US #1
#3William400US #2
#4James274US #3
#5George237US #6
#6Richard209US #14
#7Charles191US #7
#8Donald173US #20
#9Jack172US #22
#10Edward155US #8
#11Harold151US #12
#12Frank113US #9
#13Albert107US #18
#14Walter103US #11
#15Arthur101US #17
#16Kenneth100US #27
#17Joseph94US #5
#18Paul90US #13
#19Roy84US #33
#20Harry83US #19
#21Henry83US #15
#22Howard83US #26
#23Ralph80US #21
#24Fred79US #29
#25Carl77US #24
#26Lloyd75US #53
#27Raymond75US #16
#28David67US #28
#29Thomas66US #10
#30Clarence64US #25
#31Lawrence61US #36
#32Ernest59US #37
#33Eugene59US #39
#34Earl56US #32
#35Elmer56US #45
#36Norman56US #46
#37Gordon55US #84
#38Leonard49US #41
#39Herbert47US #40
#40Francis46US #30
#41Alfred44US #43
#42Clifford44US #59
#43Stanley44US #34
#44Edwin43US #55
#45Melvin41US #57
#46Frederick39US #51
#47Glenn39US #86
#48Russell36US #52
#49Joe34US #35
#50Lester34US #61
#51Louis34US #23
#52Chester33US #56
#53Floyd33US #62
#54Leo32US #47
#55Vernon32US #71
#56Theodore31US #63
#57Gerald29US #69
#58Ray29US #74
#59Alvin26US #81
#60Don26US #167
#61Harvey26US #90
#62Warren26US #93
#63Andrew25US #48
#64Douglas25US #138
#65Glen25US #122
#66Samuel25US #42
#67Victor25US #78
#68Allen24US #100
#69Arnold24US #91
#70Clyde24US #64
#71Lee24US #85
#72Marvin24US #68
#73Leroy23US #60
#74Leslie23US #107
#75Milton23US #75
#76Philip23US #66
#77Wayne23US #96
#78Willard23US #80
#79Bernard22US #49
#80Bill22US #147
#81Daniel22US #54
#82Delbert22US #162
#83Herman22US #58
#84Wilbur22US #92
#85Bruce21US #156
#86Edgar21US #88
#87Peter21US #50
#88Bert19
#89Claude19US #98
#90Laurence19
#91Ronald19US #165
#92Lewis18US #70
#93Lyle18US #153
#94Martin18US #77
#95Orville18US #134
#96Gilbert17US #105
#97Max17US #104
#98Rudolph17US #141
#99Ivan16US #168
#100Ted16

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑33Viola#54
↑26Theodore#56
↑23Allen#68
↑23Marvin#72
↑20Lloyd#26
↑18Glenn#47
↑17Jeanne#82
↑16Patricia#39

Falling

↓25Gilbert#96
↓23Marian#61
↓22Ethel#52
↓21Kathleen#79
↓20Elsie#45
↓20Eva#65
↓20Wilma#73
↓20Leona#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.