State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,518 Washington births in 1922 across 515 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#62Bob#179 nationally
#53Carol#158 nationally
#76Peggy#171 nationally
#57Roberta#150 nationally
#70Delbert#162 nationally
#74Donna#166 nationally
#81Jim#169 nationally
#84Beverly#163 nationally
#49Joyce#126 nationally
#83Bette#160 nationally
#61Don#136 nationally
#86Dean#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary531US #1
#2Betty447US #6
#3Dorothy400US #2
#4Margaret334US #4
#5Helen271US #3
#6Virginia240US #7
#7Ruth196US #5
#8Marjorie182US #16
#9Doris164US #11
#10Patricia154US #69
#11Frances152US #10
#12June143US #45
#13Evelyn136US #13
#14Jean135US #20
#15Barbara132US #40
#16Phyllis128US #53
#17Shirley118US #39
#18Alice115US #15
#19Lois107US #35
#20Marie100US #14
#21Elizabeth96US #9
#22Mildred93US #8
#23Norma91US #46
#24Irene87US #17
#25Maxine86US #82
#26Florence78US #18
#27Eleanor73US #28
#28Marian73US #67
#29Lorraine70US #56
#30Edith69US #34
#31Geraldine66US #58
#32Anna65US #12
#33Gloria65US #61
#34Grace65US #38
#35Bernice64US #41
#36Gladys62US #25
#37Marion62US #42
#38Ethel60US #32
#39Lillian60US #19
#40Elsie57US #59
#41Jeanne57US #97
#42Rose56US #23
#43Catherine55US #24
#44Josephine55US #27
#45Lucille55US #33
#46Wilma55US #77
#47Louise54US #22
#48Esther53US #44
#49Joyce52US #126
#50Hazel51US #37
#51Charlotte50US #76
#52Kathleen50US #80
#53Carol49US #158
#54Violet49US #86
#55Katherine48US #54
#56Kathryn48US #73
#57Roberta46US #150
#58Elaine44US #102
#59Ellen44US #95
#60Muriel44US #112
#61Edna43US #29
#62Ruby43US #26
#63Laura42US #68
#64Pauline42US #36
#65Myrtle41US #75
#66Viola41US #72
#67Martha39US #21
#68Clara38US #47
#69Thelma38US #31
#70Vivian38US #74
#71Eva37US #64
#72Pearl36US #71
#73Beatrice35US #43
#74Donna35US #166
#75Marguerite35US #106
#76Peggy35US #171
#77Eileen34US #96
#78Gertrude34US #48
#79Janet34US #129
#80Nancy34US #78
#81Bonnie33US #137
#82Ann32US #49
#83Bette32US #160
#84Beverly32US #163
#85Dolores32US #104
#86Juanita32US #57
#87Vera32US #79
#88Wanda32US #92
#89Genevieve31US #98
#90Mabel31US #99
#91Jane30US #55
#92Anne29US #66
#93Emma29US #50
#94Ida29US #65
#95Marilyn28US #145
#96Harriet27US #117
#97Agnes26US #62
#98Bertha26US #63
#99Anita25US #141
#100Leona25US #101

Boys

#1Robert803US #2
#2John520US #1
#3William489US #3
#4James368US #4
#5Donald345US #12
#6Richard277US #9
#7George260US #6
#8Jack253US #18
#9Charles221US #5
#10Harold166US #13
#11Frank151US #10
#12Kenneth148US #21
#13Edward141US #8
#14Joseph117US #7
#15Roy113US #32
#16Thomas109US #11
#17Harry108US #22
#18Arthur104US #19
#19Albert102US #20
#20Raymond97US #16
#21Walter96US #15
#22David95US #24
#23Ralph94US #23
#24Earl90US #31
#25Eugene88US #25
#26Paul87US #14
#27Clarence81US #29
#28Gordon81US #76
#29Howard81US #26
#30Fred73US #33
#31Lawrence70US #36
#32Norman69US #44
#33Ernest68US #37
#34Ray68US #65
#35Henry66US #17
#36Joe64US #35
#37Warren62US #45
#38Gerald61US #58
#39Lloyd61US #59
#40Bill60US #104
#41Wallace57US #87
#42Leonard56US #38
#43Carl55US #30
#44Elmer54US #54
#45Vernon54US #68
#46Herbert53US #40
#47Melvin52US #50
#48Glenn49US #79
#49Wayne49US #78
#50Stanley48US #41
#51Louis45US #27
#52Floyd44US #61
#53Dale43US #89
#54Edwin43US #52
#55Alfred42US #42
#56Clifford42US #63
#57Daniel42US #47
#58Francis41US #34
#59Leroy40US #55
#60Russell39US #49
#61Don38US #136
#62Bob37US #179
#63Philip37US #70
#64Douglas35US #106
#65Harvey35US #88
#66Theodore35US #62
#67Alvin33US #73
#68Bernard33US #46
#69Chester32US #64
#70Delbert31US #162
#71Leslie30US #114
#72Wesley30US #127
#73Glen28US #123
#74Marvin28US #56
#75Cecil27US #85
#76Lyle27US #146
#77Leo26US #51
#78Lester26US #69
#79Victor26US #86
#80Bruce25US #142
#81Jim25US #169
#82Lewis25US #75
#83Ronald25US #147
#84Virgil25US #99
#85Gene24US #144
#86Dean23US #158
#87Lee23US #83
#88Edgar22US #93
#89Everett22US #98
#90Keith22US #157
#91Maurice21US #103
#92Allen20US #95
#93Clyde20US #67
#94Hugh19US #120
#95Tom19US #145
#96Willard19US #91
#97Samuel18US #43
#98Arnold17US #94
#99Ben17US #139
#100Frederick17US #60

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑38Roberta#57
↑33Joyce#49
↑26Elaine#58
↑26Ruby#62
↑25Wallace#41
↑23Pauline#64
↑23Peggy#76
↑21Wilma#46

Falling

↓48Agnes#97
↓36Leona#100
↓31Jane#91
↓30Clyde#93
↓28Vivian#70
↓28Marvin#74
↓25Esther#48
↓25Francis#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.