State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,640 Washington births in 1921 across 538 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#65Bette#169 nationally
#74Bob#178 nationally
#83Beverly#186 nationally
#100Neiloutside the national top 200
#70Carol#166 nationally
#99Peggy#195 nationally
#57Bonnie#151 nationally
#86Jim#165 nationally
#59Don#136 nationally
#9Patricia#84 nationally
#79Ronald#154 nationally
#82Delbert#156 nationally

Girls

#1Mary531US #1
#2Dorothy455US #2
#3Betty368US #8
#4Margaret334US #4
#5Helen324US #3
#6Virginia245US #6
#7Ruth200US #5
#8Marjorie185US #16
#9Patricia166US #84
#10Frances159US #9
#11Doris156US #13
#12Evelyn153US #12
#13Jean153US #25
#14Lois148US #38
#15Alice140US #15
#16Barbara138US #40
#17Elizabeth132US #10
#18June130US #50
#19Mildred130US #7
#20Shirley124US #44
#21Florence111US #17
#22Phyllis99US #60
#23Esther96US #42
#24Marie93US #14
#25Gladys90US #24
#26Maxine90US #77
#27Norma90US #51
#28Irene89US #18
#29Lillian87US #19
#30Eleanor86US #29
#31Bernice83US #39
#32Elsie82US #55
#33Geraldine82US #62
#34Hazel78US #34
#35Edith77US #33
#36Louise76US #22
#37Lorraine75US #61
#38Lucille75US #31
#39Anna67US #11
#40Catherine66US #23
#41Grace66US #35
#42Vivian65US #68
#43Ethel64US #32
#44Marian59US #69
#45Marion59US #43
#46Ellen58US #95
#47Martha57US #21
#48Thelma57US #30
#49Agnes54US #56
#50Charlotte53US #79
#51Edna53US #27
#52Gloria52US #102
#53Kathryn52US #64
#54Jeanne50US #109
#55Violet50US #81
#56Clara49US #45
#57Bonnie48US #151
#58Josephine48US #28
#59Kathleen46US #83
#60Jane45US #47
#61Rose45US #20
#62Viola45US #66
#63Juanita44US #57
#64Leona44US #92
#65Bette43US #169
#66Beatrice42US #41
#67Wilma42US #72
#68Gertrude41US #46
#69Laura41US #71
#70Carol40US #166
#71Eileen39US #100
#72Katherine39US #49
#73Pearl38US #65
#74Eva37US #63
#75Myrtle37US #73
#76Vera37US #76
#77Wanda37US #101
#78Audrey36US #82
#79Harriet36US #114
#80Ida36US #67
#81Janet36US #124
#82Joyce36US #137
#83Beverly35US #186
#84Elaine35US #97
#85Mabel35US #85
#86Marguerite35US #98
#87Pauline35US #37
#88Ruby35US #26
#89Anne34US #70
#90Genevieve33US #90
#91Bertha32US #59
#92Dolores32US #111
#93Ann29US #53
#94Julia29US #58
#95Roberta28US #148
#96Arlene27US #138
#97Joan27US #142
#98Nancy27US #87
#99Peggy27US #195
#100Bessie26US #75

Boys

#1Robert858US #2
#2William507US #3
#3John504US #1
#4James398US #4
#5Donald311US #13
#6George269US #6
#7Richard259US #10
#8Charles244US #5
#9Jack229US #18
#10Harold205US #12
#11Frank179US #9
#12Edward150US #8
#13Kenneth138US #22
#14Thomas127US #11
#15Walter123US #15
#16Harry116US #21
#17Arthur115US #19
#18David109US #25
#19Howard103US #27
#20Ralph102US #23
#21Raymond102US #16
#22Albert101US #20
#23Eugene99US #26
#24Paul96US #14
#25Joseph95US #7
#26Roy95US #32
#27Warren92US #24
#28Fred88US #33
#29Lawrence83US #37
#30Gordon75US #84
#31Stanley71US #41
#32Henry70US #17
#33Francis69US #35
#34Carl68US #30
#35Leonard68US #39
#36Lloyd68US #58
#37Earl66US #31
#38Gerald64US #60
#39Alfred62US #43
#40Melvin60US #53
#41Clarence59US #28
#42Ernest54US #38
#43Elmer52US #48
#44Joe51US #36
#45Glenn49US #80
#46Marvin48US #59
#47Norman48US #46
#48Ray48US #67
#49Louis47US #29
#50Dale46US #93
#51Herbert45US #42
#52Theodore45US #65
#53Wayne45US #81
#54Bill44US #121
#55Edwin44US #54
#56Vernon44US #68
#57Lester41US #66
#58Daniel40US #49
#59Don39US #136
#60Leo39US #50
#61Russell39US #52
#62Clifford37US #62
#63Clyde37US #69
#64Douglas36US #111
#65Glen36US #119
#66Wallace35US #88
#67Leroy34US #55
#68Leslie34US #106
#69Lewis34US #71
#70Philip34US #72
#71Bernard33US #45
#72Floyd33US #63
#73Alvin32US #73
#74Bob32US #178
#75Harvey31US #87
#76Victor31US #83
#77Allen29US #94
#78Bruce29US #146
#79Ronald29US #154
#80Frederick28US #61
#81Arnold27US #91
#82Delbert27US #156
#83Chester26US #56
#84Andrew25US #51
#85Cecil25US #79
#86Jim25US #165
#87Roger25US #99
#88Peter24US #57
#89Samuel24US #44
#90Wesley24US #127
#91Keith23US #153
#92Patrick23US #152
#93Willard23US #89
#94Claude22US #96
#95Lee22US #86
#96Clayton21US #158
#97Gene21US #170
#98Herman21US #64
#99Martin21US #78
#100Neil21

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑39Bonnie#57
↑31Josephine#58
↑27Clara#56
↑24Catherine#40
↑24Louis#49
↑22Bette#65
↑22Lewis#69
↑20Alvin#73

Falling

↓47Pauline#87
↓42Marguerite#86
↓33Elaine#84
↓29Martin#99
↓25Peggy#99
↓25Floyd#72
↓20Edna#51
↓18Katherine#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.