State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,636 Washington births in 1925 across 522 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#56Dickoutside the national top 200
#93Lorenoutside the national top 200
#95Joyoutside the national top 200
#96Colleenoutside the national top 200
#97Neiloutside the national top 200
#41Bob#129 nationally
#69Bette#155 nationally
#25Donna#110 nationally
#62Roberta#147 nationally
#63Jim#147 nationally
#36Peggy#117 nationally
#27Beverly#105 nationally

Girls

#1Betty511US #3
#2Mary436US #1
#3Dorothy381US #2
#4Shirley242US #17
#5Margaret235US #5
#6Helen229US #4
#7Patricia227US #28
#8Virginia218US #7
#9Barbara194US #22
#10Lois179US #18
#11Doris173US #8
#12Ruth154US #6
#13Jean153US #14
#14Marjorie140US #21
#15Gloria136US #20
#16Evelyn131US #12
#17June129US #39
#18Frances120US #11
#19Phyllis107US #40
#20Alice98US #15
#21Elizabeth94US #10
#22Joyce88US #59
#23Marie87US #16
#24Mildred87US #9
#25Donna86US #110
#26Maxine80US #79
#27Beverly77US #105
#28Lorraine75US #51
#29Norma72US #34
#30Irene70US #19
#31Lillian70US #25
#32Florence67US #24
#33Eleanor66US #31
#34Marian65US #67
#35Marilyn64US #83
#36Peggy63US #117
#37Jeanne62US #89
#38Louise61US #27
#39Geraldine59US #54
#40Gladys59US #33
#41Bonnie57US #107
#42Carol57US #119
#43Charlotte57US #77
#44Anna56US #13
#45Pauline53US #38
#46Kathleen51US #81
#47Lucille51US #41
#48Bernice50US #46
#49Marion50US #47
#50Vivian50US #76
#51Grace49US #44
#52Violet49US #92
#53Nancy48US #60
#54Rose48US #26
#55Wilma48US #62
#56Hazel46US #45
#57Joan46US #66
#58Martha45US #23
#59Esther44US #56
#60Edna43US #37
#61Eileen42US #96
#62Roberta42US #147
#63Edith41US #42
#64Elaine40US #73
#65Thelma40US #35
#66Catherine39US #29
#67Laura39US #75
#68Elsie38US #63
#69Bette37US #155
#70Juanita37US #49
#71Dolores36US #64
#72Katherine36US #61
#73Ruby36US #30
#74Sylvia34US #106
#75Ethel33US #43
#76Josephine33US #36
#77Jacqueline32US #135
#78Kathryn32US #88
#79Ellen31US #101
#80Eva31US #71
#81Viola31US #84
#82Jane30US #53
#83Janice30US #157
#84Wanda30US #72
#85Agnes29US #69
#86Arlene29US #120
#87Audrey29US #78
#88Janet29US #111
#89Myrtle29US #95
#90Blanche28US #138
#91Anita27US #146
#92Ann27US #52
#93Beatrice27US #50
#94Bertha26US #74
#95Joy26
#96Colleen25
#97Georgia25US #112
#98Jeanette25US #137
#99Lila25US #175
#100Muriel25US #126

Boys

#1Robert836US #1
#2William455US #3
#3John440US #2
#4Donald400US #10
#5James376US #4
#6Richard355US #8
#7George258US #6
#8Jack255US #17
#9Charles230US #5
#10Harold153US #14
#11Frank144US #12
#12Kenneth144US #19
#13David127US #22
#14Thomas121US #11
#15Edward114US #9
#16Arthur108US #20
#17Roy107US #32
#18Raymond106US #15
#19Walter104US #16
#20Harry100US #23
#21Paul98US #13
#22Ralph98US #25
#23Joseph93US #7
#24Eugene85US #24
#25Gordon84US #72
#26Howard84US #26
#27Stanley84US #40
#28Lawrence76US #36
#29Fred74US #33
#30Gerald71US #45
#31Albert69US #21
#32Bill68US #84
#33Norman68US #41
#34Carl67US #28
#35Earl65US #31
#36Henry64US #18
#37Leonard62US #38
#38Don58US #106
#39Wayne56US #74
#40Clarence55US #30
#41Bob53US #129
#42Vernon52US #67
#43Lloyd51US #62
#44Ray50US #64
#45Theodore50US #63
#46Dale49US #86
#47Edwin49US #57
#48Warren49US #66
#49Melvin47US #50
#50Ronald45US #104
#51Floyd44US #58
#52Wallace43US #92
#53Clifford42US #59
#54Ernest42US #37
#55Glenn42US #77
#56Dick41
#57Leo41US #54
#58Allen40US #94
#59Elmer38US #61
#60Calvin37US #47
#61Joe37US #34
#62Herbert36US #42
#63Jim36US #147
#64Louis36US #29
#65Wesley35US #135
#66Gene34US #112
#67Harvey33US #88
#68Marvin33US #51
#69Russell33US #53
#70Dean32US #140
#71Douglas32US #103
#72Alfred31US #43
#73Daniel31US #44
#74Glen31US #117
#75Keith31US #146
#76Leroy31US #52
#77Tom30US #138
#78Alvin28US #70
#79Francis28US #35
#80Lewis28US #79
#81Peter28US #60
#82Chester27US #73
#83Leslie27US #119
#84Lester27US #81
#85Victor27US #89
#86Bernard26US #48
#87Jerry26US #107
#88Roger26US #90
#89Arnold25US #95
#90Clyde25US #68
#91Samuel25US #46
#92Bruce24US #130
#93Loren24
#94Virgil24US #120
#95Billy23US #49
#96Delbert23US #167
#97Neil23
#98Cecil22US #87
#99Patrick22US #143
#100Frederick21US #65

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑41Pauline#45
↑39Bonnie#41
↑38Dick#56
↑36Marilyn#35
↑33Joan#57
↑27Marion#49
↑24Laura#67
↑22Allen#58

Falling

↓33Ellen#79
↓30Beatrice#93
↓26Edith#63
↓23Francis#79
↓21Hazel#56
↓21Juanita#70
↓20Katherine#72
↓19Bette#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.