State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,556 Washington births in 1923 across 516 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#37Peggy#155 nationally
#40Donna#156 nationally
#94Lorenoutside the national top 200
#44Bette#148 nationally
#63Bob#164 nationally
#50Carol#139 nationally
#69Delbert#156 nationally
#59Beverly#144 nationally
#88Jim#167 nationally
#100Ivan#176 nationally
#78Roberta#152 nationally
#59Don#130 nationally

Girls

#1Betty516US #5
#2Mary475US #1
#3Dorothy400US #2
#4Helen296US #3
#5Margaret280US #4
#6Virginia233US #7
#7Ruth202US #6
#8Shirley177US #26
#9Patricia164US #56
#10Doris160US #11
#11Barbara145US #33
#12Evelyn144US #12
#13Marjorie144US #16
#14Phyllis140US #45
#15Frances137US #10
#16Elizabeth126US #9
#17Jean126US #19
#18June124US #42
#19Lois123US #27
#20Alice118US #15
#21Mildred108US #8
#22Florence93US #18
#23Maxine91US #76
#24Marie82US #14
#25Norma79US #41
#26Eleanor74US #28
#27Irene74US #17
#28Lorraine72US #57
#29Gloria71US #48
#30Marian69US #65
#31Geraldine67US #58
#32Anna65US #13
#33Lillian65US #20
#34Louise65US #22
#35Edith63US #36
#36Elsie63US #61
#37Peggy61US #155
#38Gladys59US #29
#39Rose59US #23
#40Donna58US #156
#41Thelma58US #31
#42Bernice57US #43
#43Lucille55US #35
#44Bette54US #148
#45Esther54US #47
#46Elaine51US #87
#47Grace51US #39
#48Joyce51US #104
#49Beatrice50US #46
#50Carol49US #139
#51Juanita49US #51
#52Edna48US #32
#53Ethel48US #38
#54Jeanne48US #90
#55Myrtle48US #84
#56Catherine47US #24
#57Gertrude47US #59
#58Kathleen46US #70
#59Beverly45US #144
#60Marion45US #44
#61Martha45US #21
#62Ruby45US #25
#63Vivian45US #69
#64Violet44US #86
#65Ellen43US #103
#66Hazel43US #40
#67Kathryn43US #72
#68Audrey41US #85
#69Bertha40US #64
#70Charlotte40US #77
#71Laura40US #73
#72Bonnie39US #126
#73Katherine38US #60
#74Marguerite38US #115
#75Eva37US #66
#76Verna37US #146
#77Eileen36US #95
#78Roberta36US #152
#79Pauline35US #37
#80Wanda35US #80
#81Jane34US #55
#82Agnes33US #63
#83Leona33US #100
#84Dolores32US #83
#85Pearl32US #78
#86Genevieve31US #97
#87Ann30US #52
#88Eunice30US #125
#89Rosemary30US #110
#90Vera30US #82
#91Josephine29US #30
#92Wilma29US #74
#93Viola28US #79
#94Arlene27US #127
#95Ida27US #68
#96Nancy27US #75
#97Marilyn26US #118
#98Clara25US #49
#99Jacqueline25US #165
#100Janet25US #121

Boys

#1Robert784US #2
#2William493US #3
#3John477US #1
#4Donald345US #10
#5James341US #4
#6Richard310US #9
#7Jack284US #17
#8George257US #6
#9Charles224US #5
#10Harold176US #13
#11Kenneth169US #21
#12Frank144US #11
#13Edward113US #8
#14Thomas111US #12
#15Joseph109US #7
#16Walter104US #16
#17Roy103US #32
#18David101US #24
#19Howard100US #26
#20Eugene98US #25
#21Ralph95US #23
#22Harry90US #22
#23Arthur87US #19
#24Fred85US #33
#25Albert84US #20
#26Paul81US #14
#27Gordon79US #76
#28Carl77US #28
#29Earl75US #31
#30Raymond75US #15
#31Lawrence74US #36
#32Stanley70US #41
#33Norman65US #44
#34Warren64US #43
#35Wallace62US #69
#36Gerald61US #54
#37Lloyd61US #59
#38Clarence59US #29
#39Henry59US #18
#40Melvin59US #48
#41Vernon59US #67
#42Wayne58US #75
#43Leonard53US #37
#44Ray52US #61
#45Dale49US #90
#46Ernest49US #38
#47Herbert49US #40
#48Glenn47US #84
#49Alfred46US #42
#50Floyd46US #64
#51Elmer45US #57
#52Bill42US #98
#53Joe42US #35
#54Louis42US #27
#55Philip42US #70
#56Russell42US #52
#57Theodore42US #62
#58Daniel41US #47
#59Don40US #130
#60Francis40US #34
#61Glen40US #121
#62Leo39US #49
#63Bob38US #164
#64Clifford37US #65
#65Edwin36US #56
#66Frederick32US #60
#67Marvin32US #51
#68Bernard31US #46
#69Delbert30US #156
#70Gene30US #140
#71Leslie30US #112
#72Wesley30US #125
#73Lester29US #71
#74Roger29US #95
#75Clyde28US #68
#76Lee28US #85
#77Lewis28US #74
#78Ronald28US #142
#79Allen27US #97
#80Andrew27US #53
#81Harvey27US #91
#82Leroy27US #55
#83Alvin26US #73
#84Dean26US #153
#85Douglas26US #108
#86Victor26US #88
#87Tom25US #144
#88Jim24US #167
#89Martin23US #80
#90Calvin22US #82
#91Chester21US #63
#92Bruce20US #135
#93Jerry20US #131
#94Loren20
#95Maurice20US #101
#96Milton20US #81
#97Patrick20US #147
#98Samuel20US #45
#99Wilbur20US #105
#100Ivan19US #176

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑39Peggy#37
↑39Bette#44
↑35Juanita#51
↑34Donna#40
↑34Frederick#66
↑29Bertha#69
↑28Thelma#41
↑25Beverly#59

Falling

↓47Josephine#91
↓46Wilma#92
↓30Clara#98
↓27Viola#93
↓23Marion#60
↓23Leroy#82
↓22Chester#91
↓21Roberta#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.