State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,900 Washington births in 1918 across 532 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#76Carol#196 nationally
#84Boboutside the national top 200
#86Peggyoutside the national top 200
#93Donnaoutside the national top 200
#95Tedoutside the national top 200
#41Patricia#133 nationally
#83Joyce#170 nationally
#99Ivan#177 nationally
#71Bruce#146 nationally
#89Delbert#164 nationally
#56Jeanne#126 nationally
#70Wesley#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary479US #1
#2Dorothy391US #3
#3Margaret360US #4
#4Helen357US #2
#5Ruth258US #5
#6Betty216US #21
#7Frances200US #8
#8Virginia188US #7
#9Alice152US #13
#10Evelyn150US #11
#11Marjorie146US #34
#12Doris136US #19
#13Florence136US #14
#14June136US #66
#15Jean126US #37
#16Mildred118US #6
#17Marie112US #12
#18Lois106US #42
#19Elizabeth105US #9
#20Barbara94US #60
#21Esther93US #38
#22Hazel93US #33
#23Edith92US #30
#24Grace91US #31
#25Irene91US #16
#26Eleanor87US #26
#27Lucille85US #29
#28Maxine83US #87
#29Phyllis82US #80
#30Louise80US #18
#31Bernice76US #41
#32Lillian76US #15
#33Gladys74US #22
#34Gertrude71US #39
#35Martha71US #25
#36Marion69US #45
#37Vivian69US #72
#38Elsie66US #49
#39Marguerite66US #86
#40Edna65US #23
#41Patricia64US #133
#42Josephine61US #24
#43Katherine61US #50
#44Rose61US #17
#45Shirley58US #97
#46Marian57US #76
#47Thelma57US #32
#48Violet56US #83
#49Pauline55US #35
#50Geraldine54US #77
#51Vera54US #68
#52Jane51US #53
#53Anna50US #10
#54Ethel50US #28
#55Lorraine50US #69
#56Jeanne49US #126
#57Norma49US #98
#58Pearl48US #56
#59Eva47US #55
#60Myrtle47US #62
#61Clara46US #43
#62Viola45US #59
#63Laura44US #64
#64Ann43US #44
#65Catherine42US #20
#66Anne41US #54
#67Ellen41US #92
#68Genevieve41US #81
#69Leona41US #79
#70Wilma41US #82
#71Charlotte39US #78
#72Audrey37US #118
#73Eileen37US #110
#74Kathryn37US #63
#75Agnes34US #47
#76Carol34US #196
#77Verna34US #125
#78Beatrice33US #40
#79Harriet33US #106
#80Emma32US #46
#81Ruby32US #27
#82Jessie30US #75
#83Joyce30US #170
#84Muriel30US #130
#85Nellie30US #65
#86Peggy29
#87Roberta29US #142
#88Alma28US #73
#89Bertha28US #51
#90Mabel28US #74
#91Wanda28US #128
#92Blanche27US #96
#93Donna27
#94Julia27US #48
#95Kathleen27US #99
#96Dolores26US #127
#97Ella26US #84
#98Jeanette26US #131
#99Beulah25US #104
#100Ida25US #57

Boys

#1Robert646US #4
#2John455US #1
#3William415US #2
#4James331US #3
#5George276US #6
#6Donald222US #18
#7Charles220US #5
#8Jack212US #21
#9Richard188US #12
#10Harold172US #13
#11Edward145US #8
#12Frank133US #9
#13Harry132US #20
#14Walter131US #11
#15Arthur126US #17
#16Raymond117US #15
#17Thomas109US #10
#18Albert106US #19
#19Kenneth103US #27
#20Howard98US #26
#21Paul96US #14
#22Joseph94US #7
#23Ralph91US #22
#24Fred83US #33
#25Henry82US #16
#26Roy78US #32
#27Carl77US #25
#28David77US #28
#29Earl76US #31
#30Clarence74US #23
#31Ernest72US #37
#32Eugene67US #35
#33Lloyd67US #51
#34Lawrence66US #38
#35Norman66US #49
#36Stanley60US #36
#37Gordon57US #85
#38Elmer56US #44
#39Alfred53US #42
#40Herbert53US #40
#41Edwin52US #55
#42Leonard51US #41
#43Louis50US #24
#44Francis49US #30
#45Vernon48US #66
#46Lester47US #62
#47Glenn44US #84
#48Clifford43US #60
#49Joe43US #34
#50Ray42US #69
#51Melvin39US #56
#52Floyd37US #61
#53Leo37US #48
#54Philip37US #71
#55Clyde36US #67
#56Leslie36US #102
#57Victor36US #63
#58Lewis35US #74
#59Alvin34US #80
#60Gerald34US #72
#61Russell34US #50
#62Warren34US #90
#63Wayne34US #91
#64Harvey33US #88
#65Samuel33US #43
#66Andrew32US #46
#67Arnold31US #92
#68Theodore31US #64
#69Glen30US #125
#70Wesley30US #137
#71Bruce29US #146
#72Dale29US #111
#73Daniel29US #52
#74Leroy29US #57
#75Willard29US #83
#76Chester28US #54
#77Claude28US #95
#78Douglas28US #115
#79Everett27US #93
#80Bernard26US #47
#81Cecil26US #82
#82Allen25US #98
#83Frederick25US #59
#84Bob23
#85Lee23US #86
#86Milton23US #76
#87Sam23US #75
#88Woodrow23US #58
#89Delbert21US #164
#90Marvin21US #68
#91Benjamin20US #79
#92Don20US #153
#93Herman20US #65
#94Hugh20US #112
#95Ted20
#96Virgil20US #99
#97Archie19US #138
#98Bill19US #143
#99Ivan19US #177
#100Jim19US #165

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑39Lorraine#55
↑35Shirley#45
↑34Lewis#58
↑26Jeanne#56
↑22Josephine#42
↑22Leona#69
↑22Philip#54
↑21Vivian#37

Falling

↓40Bertha#89
↓37Frederick#83
↓34Ellen#67
↓32Don#92
↓30Ella#97
↓28Ruby#81
↓28Ida#100
↓27Agnes#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.