State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,679 Washington births in 1924 across 507 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#94Dickoutside the national top 200
#28Carol#132 nationally
#50Bette#151 nationally
#43Bob#142 nationally
#42Donna#131 nationally
#71Lyle#159 nationally
#39Don#125 nationally
#47Peggy#133 nationally
#76Jim#160 nationally
#85Delbert#161 nationally
#48Beverly#121 nationally
#87Orville#155 nationally

Girls

#1Betty527US #4
#2Mary464US #1
#3Dorothy418US #2
#4Margaret261US #5
#5Patricia252US #35
#6Helen248US #3
#7Virginia223US #7
#8Ruth178US #6
#9Barbara176US #28
#10Shirley170US #19
#11Marjorie163US #17
#12Jean158US #16
#13Frances153US #10
#14Doris152US #9
#15Evelyn145US #12
#16Lois137US #22
#17June127US #45
#18Phyllis127US #44
#19Alice115US #15
#20Elizabeth97US #11
#21Maxine91US #77
#22Irene89US #18
#23Mildred89US #8
#24Eleanor80US #29
#25Florence80US #20
#26Marie76US #14
#27Lorraine73US #52
#28Carol70US #132
#29Gloria70US #41
#30Marian70US #64
#31Lillian69US #23
#32Joyce66US #83
#33Norma66US #40
#34Louise65US #24
#35Hazel63US #42
#36Jeanne63US #90
#37Edith62US #36
#38Lucille62US #37
#39Vivian61US #71
#40Gladys59US #30
#41Grace59US #43
#42Donna56US #131
#43Bernice55US #47
#44Anna54US #13
#45Charlotte54US #80
#46Ellen54US #99
#47Peggy53US #133
#48Beverly52US #121
#49Juanita51US #48
#50Bette50US #151
#51Thelma49US #33
#52Katherine48US #59
#53Elsie47US #61
#54Esther47US #51
#55Kathleen47US #76
#56Rose46US #25
#57Wilma46US #67
#58Ethel45US #39
#59Geraldine45US #58
#60Ruby44US #26
#61Violet43US #88
#62Elaine42US #73
#63Beatrice41US #50
#64Clara41US #56
#65Martha41US #21
#66Catherine40US #27
#67Dolores40US #75
#68Nancy40US #69
#69Eva39US #66
#70Josephine39US #34
#71Marilyn39US #101
#72Edna38US #31
#73Eileen37US #93
#74Jane37US #53
#75Leona37US #103
#76Marion37US #46
#77Viola37US #82
#78Arlene36US #122
#79Audrey36US #84
#80Bonnie36US #117
#81Jacqueline36US #148
#82Marguerite36US #125
#83Kathryn34US #81
#84Myrtle34US #89
#85Agnes33US #63
#86Pauline33US #38
#87Rosemary32US #106
#88Wanda31US #74
#89Ann30US #55
#90Joan29US #95
#91Laura29US #72
#92Margie29US #102
#93Gertrude28US #60
#94Pearl27US #78
#95Janet26US #118
#96Muriel26US #126
#97Bertha25US #65
#98Ella25US #94
#99Genevieve25US #107
#100Emma24US #57

Boys

#1Robert860US #1
#2William502US #3
#3John457US #2
#4James428US #4
#5Donald375US #10
#6Richard337US #8
#7Jack257US #17
#8George254US #6
#9Charles248US #5
#10Harold168US #13
#11Kenneth164US #19
#12Frank143US #12
#13Edward135US #9
#14Thomas118US #11
#15Arthur114US #20
#16David112US #24
#17Raymond102US #15
#18Harry98US #22
#19Walter95US #16
#20Eugene93US #25
#21Paul91US #14
#22Roy91US #31
#23Ralph90US #23
#24Joseph88US #7
#25Stanley85US #40
#26Howard84US #26
#27Lawrence82US #36
#28Albert77US #21
#29Gordon73US #75
#30Carl67US #27
#31Fred67US #32
#32Henry67US #18
#33Norman66US #42
#34Gerald65US #49
#35Earl64US #33
#36Clarence61US #29
#37Ernest57US #37
#38Ray56US #60
#39Don55US #125
#40Warren54US #58
#41Wallace53US #87
#42Bill50US #92
#43Bob50US #142
#44Lloyd50US #61
#45Dale48US #84
#46Elmer48US #57
#47Wayne47US #74
#48Clifford45US #64
#49Herbert45US #41
#50Glenn44US #79
#51Melvin44US #48
#52Theodore44US #65
#53Vernon44US #68
#54Leonard43US #38
#55Alfred42US #43
#56Francis40US #34
#57Calvin39US #44
#58Douglas39US #105
#59Floyd39US #66
#60Daniel38US #47
#61Edwin38US #55
#62Leo38US #51
#63Ronald38US #130
#64Leslie37US #107
#65Glen36US #118
#66Joe36US #35
#67Marvin36US #50
#68Gene35US #135
#69Louis35US #28
#70Alvin34US #73
#71Lyle34US #159
#72Victor34US #90
#73Philip33US #71
#74Bernard32US #46
#75Harvey32US #88
#76Jim30US #160
#77Russell30US #52
#78Arnold29US #95
#79Lester29US #72
#80Allen28US #94
#81Dean28US #144
#82Leroy28US #53
#83Peter28US #59
#84Wesley28US #131
#85Delbert26US #161
#86Frederick26US #62
#87Orville26US #155
#88Bruce25US #133
#89Chester25US #67
#90Clyde25US #69
#91Keith23US #150
#92Milton23US #81
#93Patrick23US #147
#94Dick22
#95Andrew21US #56
#96Hugh21US #116
#97Martin21US #82
#98Roger21US #93
#99Wilbur21US #106
#100Cecil20US #85

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑35Wilma#57
↑34Clara#64
↑33Calvin#57
↑31Hazel#35
↑28Nancy#68
↑27Douglas#58
↑26Marilyn#71
↑25Charlotte#45

Falling

↓36Gertrude#93
↓29Myrtle#84
↓28Geraldine#59
↓28Bertha#97
↓24Roger#98
↓21Russell#77
↓20Edna#72
↓20Laura#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.