State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,615 Washington births in 1919 across 534 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#70Boboutside the national top 200
#80Laurenceoutside the national top 200
#81Carol#200 nationally
#87Donnaoutside the national top 200
#99Keith#194 nationally
#98Gene#191 nationally
#82Joyce#173 nationally
#26Patricia#114 nationally
#61Don#145 nationally
#75Jim#158 nationally
#93Patrick#166 nationally
#85Delbert#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary419US #1
#2Dorothy372US #3
#3Helen344US #2
#4Margaret325US #4
#5Ruth252US #5
#6Betty210US #15
#7Virginia191US #7
#8Marjorie162US #33
#9Evelyn155US #11
#10Frances147US #9
#11Mildred141US #6
#12Alice139US #13
#13Doris137US #18
#14Jean128US #37
#15Lois127US #40
#16Florence120US #14
#17Elizabeth111US #8
#18June108US #64
#19Marie105US #12
#20Irene99US #16
#21Maxine97US #85
#22Bernice93US #42
#23Barbara91US #60
#24Hazel90US #32
#25Edith89US #29
#26Patricia86US #114
#27Louise83US #20
#28Elsie82US #47
#29Gladys81US #21
#30Edna79US #22
#31Lillian79US #17
#32Phyllis77US #84
#33Vivian76US #72
#34Eleanor74US #30
#35Lucille73US #27
#36Thelma71US #31
#37Esther70US #38
#38Ethel70US #28
#39Shirley70US #89
#40Grace65US #34
#41Violet64US #74
#42Lorraine63US #62
#43Ellen61US #92
#44Gertrude59US #39
#45Pauline59US #36
#46Geraldine57US #68
#47Martha57US #25
#48Anna54US #10
#49Norma54US #83
#50Charlotte53US #79
#51Rose53US #19
#52Jane52US #53
#53Marguerite52US #96
#54Marian52US #82
#55Kathryn51US #66
#56Agnes50US #50
#57Catherine50US #23
#58Josephine50US #26
#59Marion50US #44
#60Laura48US #71
#61Katherine47US #51
#62Viola47US #58
#63Myrtle45US #67
#64Clara44US #43
#65Jeanne44US #130
#66Kathleen43US #101
#67Eva42US #55
#68Genevieve41US #88
#69Pearl39US #56
#70Juanita38US #73
#71Mabel37US #78
#72Wilma37US #86
#73Bertha35US #52
#74Harriet35US #113
#75Leona35US #90
#76Beatrice34US #41
#77Ruby34US #24
#78Anita33US #146
#79Eileen33US #103
#80Vera33US #65
#81Carol31US #200
#82Joyce31US #173
#83Julia31US #48
#84Roberta30US #144
#85Jessie29US #75
#86Verna29US #131
#87Donna28
#88Velma28US #104
#89Elaine27US #136
#90Nellie27US #69
#91Sylvia27US #77
#92Ann26US #49
#93Audrey26US #115
#94Dolores26US #124
#95Ella26US #87
#96Ida26US #57
#97Inez26US #117
#98Lola26US #142
#99Muriel26US #133
#100Blanche23US #97

Boys

#1Robert702US #4
#2William437US #2
#3John427US #1
#4George299US #6
#5James290US #3
#6Richard255US #12
#7Charles239US #5
#8Donald223US #17
#9Jack219US #21
#10Harold164US #13
#11Frank161US #9
#12Walter136US #11
#13Edward131US #8
#14Harry110US #20
#15Raymond105US #14
#16Kenneth103US #26
#17Thomas103US #10
#18Albert101US #18
#19Howard99US #24
#20Arthur96US #19
#21Paul96US #15
#22Ralph94US #22
#23Henry88US #16
#24Joseph87US #7
#25Roy87US #32
#26Carl81US #29
#27Earl80US #31
#28Eugene79US #33
#29Lawrence73US #38
#30David72US #27
#31Elmer71US #44
#32Clarence70US #25
#33Fred69US #30
#34Leonard69US #39
#35Ernest67US #36
#36Stanley65US #37
#37Norman57US #48
#38Ray56US #69
#39Gerald52US #70
#40Vernon52US #65
#41Joe50US #35
#42Lloyd49US #58
#43Clifford48US #60
#44Herbert48US #40
#45Edwin46US #52
#46Alfred45US #42
#47Francis45US #34
#48Glenn45US #84
#49Gordon43US #86
#50Louis42US #28
#51Chester41US #53
#52Lester41US #62
#53Theodore41US #54
#54Victor40US #68
#55Wayne39US #90
#56Clyde38US #67
#57Melvin38US #56
#58Russell37US #50
#59Floyd36US #59
#60Daniel35US #51
#61Don34US #145
#62Bill33US #130
#63Leslie33US #105
#64Warren33US #83
#65Frederick30US #64
#66Glen30US #116
#67Leroy30US #55
#68Marvin30US #63
#69Bernard29US #45
#70Bob29
#71Douglas28US #121
#72Harvey27US #85
#73Maurice27US #108
#74Philip27US #71
#75Jim26US #158
#76Cecil25US #78
#77Lewis25US #74
#78Alvin24US #76
#79Everett24US #93
#80Laurence23
#81Leo23US #49
#82Roger23US #124
#83Andrew22US #47
#84Dale22US #112
#85Delbert22US #157
#86Lee22US #82
#87Wallace22US #107
#88Ben21US #126
#89Martin21US #81
#90Herman20US #61
#91Lyle20US #153
#92Orville20US #133
#93Patrick20US #166
#94Wesley20US #135
#95Max19US #110
#96Milton19US #73
#97Claude18US #92
#98Gene18US #191
#99Keith18US #194
#100Wilbur18US #98

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑36Bill#62
↑31Don#61
↑29Kathleen#66
↑25Chester#51
↑25Jim#75
↑24Ellen#43
↑22Marvin#68
↑21Charlotte#50

Falling

↓29Vera#80
↓28Ann#92
↓28Leo#81
↓24Wesley#94
↓23Marion#59
↓21Audrey#93
↓20Philip#74
↓20Claude#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.