State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,268 Washington births in 1920 across 523 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#60Bob#189 nationally
#74Peggyoutside the national top 200
#75Beverlyoutside the national top 200
#85Donnaoutside the national top 200
#71Carol#182 nationally
#87Bette#196 nationally
#46Don#148 nationally
#19Patricia#104 nationally
#90Keith#175 nationally
#89Gene#173 nationally
#80Bruce#149 nationally
#99Ronald#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary544US #1
#2Dorothy440US #2
#3Margaret346US #4
#4Betty341US #11
#5Helen319US #3
#6Ruth251US #5
#7Virginia215US #7
#8Frances192US #9
#9Doris177US #14
#10Evelyn170US #12
#11Jean168US #33
#12Alice148US #15
#13Mildred143US #6
#14June138US #53
#15Elizabeth135US #8
#16Marjorie133US #24
#17Barbara131US #47
#18Lois128US #38
#19Patricia122US #104
#20Marie114US #13
#21Florence113US #16
#22Maxine96US #81
#23Irene91US #17
#24Phyllis87US #72
#25Lillian86US #18
#26Shirley86US #56
#27Anna85US #10
#28Eleanor82US #25
#29Elsie81US #51
#30Edith80US #32
#31Edna80US #27
#32Esther78US #39
#33Lucille77US #29
#34Hazel76US #34
#35Lorraine73US #70
#36Martha73US #23
#37Grace72US #37
#38Norma72US #69
#39Bernice70US #40
#40Pauline68US #36
#41Gladys67US #22
#42Violet64US #77
#43Marian63US #73
#44Marguerite62US #93
#45Geraldine60US #60
#46Louise60US #19
#47Vivian60US #64
#48Kathleen59US #91
#49Ethel58US #30
#50Charlotte57US #79
#51Elaine56US #107
#52Gertrude56US #42
#53Jane56US #48
#54Katherine56US #45
#55Marion56US #43
#56Viola55US #59
#57Rose54US #20
#58Kathryn53US #67
#59Thelma52US #31
#60Ellen51US #92
#61Vera51US #75
#62Agnes49US #54
#63Beatrice49US #41
#64Catherine49US #21
#65Eileen49US #100
#66Wilma48US #78
#67Jeanne45US #114
#68Wanda45US #117
#69Myrtle44US #68
#70Audrey43US #103
#71Carol43US #182
#72Juanita43US #61
#73Ruby43US #26
#74Peggy41
#75Beverly40
#76Dolores40US #110
#77Anne39US #65
#78Harriet39US #112
#79Pearl39US #62
#80Genevieve38US #86
#81Laura38US #63
#82Leona37US #89
#83Clara36US #44
#84Eva34US #58
#85Donna32
#86Ann31US #49
#87Bette30US #196
#88Janet30US #124
#89Josephine30US #28
#90Mabel30US #83
#91Alma29US #80
#92Ida28US #66
#93Jessie28US #84
#94Roberta28US #144
#95Verna28US #135
#96Bonnie27US #154
#97Lola27US #147
#98Olive27US #151
#99Anita26US #131
#100Sylvia26US #85

Boys

#1Robert802US #3
#2William505US #2
#3John461US #1
#4James374US #4
#5George288US #6
#6Donald273US #16
#7Charles264US #5
#8Jack262US #20
#9Richard247US #10
#10Harold198US #12
#11Edward158US #8
#12Frank153US #9
#13Arthur141US #18
#14Walter126US #13
#15Howard123US #24
#16Kenneth121US #23
#17Roy115US #32
#18Thomas111US #11
#19Paul110US #14
#20Albert108US #19
#21Joseph103US #7
#22Ralph103US #22
#23Harry101US #21
#24David92US #25
#25Eugene90US #30
#26Raymond90US #15
#27Ernest89US #37
#28Carl71US #27
#29Lawrence71US #36
#30Earl70US #31
#31Warren70US #39
#32Clarence69US #26
#33Norman67US #47
#34Fred64US #33
#35Stanley64US #40
#36Alfred59US #42
#37Edwin58US #53
#38Henry58US #17
#39Leonard58US #38
#40Lloyd57US #58
#41Ray57US #67
#42Gordon55US #85
#43Elmer54US #45
#44Clifford53US #59
#45Melvin53US #54
#46Don51US #148
#47Floyd48US #61
#48Theodore48US #63
#49Wayne48US #86
#50Gerald47US #64
#51Wallace47US #93
#52Francis44US #34
#53Glenn44US #80
#54Herbert44US #41
#55Lester41US #69
#56Vernon41US #65
#57Leo39US #48
#58Marvin39US #62
#59Russell37US #51
#60Bob36US #189
#61Joe36US #35
#62Dale35US #105
#63Philip35US #71
#64Bill34US #121
#65Daniel34US #52
#66Douglas32US #106
#67Everett32US #95
#68Harvey32US #87
#69Leroy32US #56
#70Martin32US #78
#71Frederick31US #60
#72Glen31US #122
#73Louis31US #28
#74Tom30US #131
#75Victor30US #81
#76Wesley30US #129
#77Chester29US #55
#78Arnold27US #91
#79Bernard27US #46
#80Bruce27US #149
#81Gilbert27US #97
#82Clyde26US #68
#83Willard26US #88
#84Andrew25US #49
#85Cecil25US #77
#86Delbert25US #150
#87Leslie25US #110
#88Virgil25US #101
#89Gene24US #173
#90Keith24US #175
#91Lewis24US #72
#92Peter24US #57
#93Alvin23US #76
#94Allen22US #94
#95Hugh22US #115
#96Samuel21US #44
#97Claude20US #92
#98Orville20US #134
#99Ronald20US #168
#100Lyle19US #151

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑38Elaine#51
↑36Wallace#51
↑33Warren#31
↑24Leo#57
↑23Audrey#70
↑22Dale#62
↑21Anna#27
↑19Vera#61

Falling

↓31Josephine#89
↓26Chester#77
↓26Clyde#82
↓24Leslie#87
↓23Thelma#59
↓23Louis#73
↓21Laura#81
↓21Anita#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.