State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,971 Washington births in 1926 across 489 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
#83Colleenoutside the national top 200
#86Iris#199 nationally
#90Neiloutside the national top 200
#92Patoutside the national top 200
#94Nadineoutside the national top 200
#86Ted#191 nationally
#100Joanneoutside the national top 200
#44Jim#143 nationally
#79Bette#166 nationally
#53Dean#139 nationally
#97Larry#178 nationally

Girls

#1Betty479US #3
#2Mary435US #1
#3Dorothy343US #2
#4Shirley250US #14
#5Patricia246US #23
#6Margaret239US #5
#7Helen237US #4
#8Barbara236US #16
#9Virginia183US #8
#10Doris167US #7
#11Jean158US #12
#12Lois145US #19
#13Phyllis139US #33
#14Ruth136US #6
#15Frances131US #10
#16Alice128US #17
#17Gloria126US #20
#18Marjorie122US #22
#19Evelyn121US #13
#20Beverly112US #74
#21June108US #40
#22Norma93US #29
#23Donna89US #90
#24Joyce83US #44
#25Marian78US #70
#26Marilyn77US #65
#27Marie76US #18
#28Florence71US #26
#29Eleanor67US #32
#30Dolores66US #49
#31Elizabeth66US #11
#32Maxine65US #85
#33Irene64US #21
#34Mildred64US #9
#35Lillian59US #28
#36Elaine58US #68
#37Lorraine57US #53
#38Louise57US #27
#39Carol56US #113
#40Jeanne56US #88
#41Anna54US #15
#42Joan52US #51
#43Rose52US #25
#44Edith50US #42
#45Elsie50US #69
#46Esther50US #62
#47Juanita50US #52
#48Bernice49US #45
#49Audrey48US #60
#50Geraldine48US #54
#51Nancy48US #57
#52Pauline48US #39
#53Peggy47US #104
#54Bonnie46US #105
#55Marion45US #47
#56Kathleen44US #83
#57Roberta44US #135
#58Thelma44US #36
#59Grace43US #46
#60Katherine43US #72
#61Lucille43US #43
#62Gladys42US #35
#63Hazel42US #48
#64Violet42US #94
#65Eileen39US #92
#66Jacqueline39US #119
#67Janet39US #110
#68Charlotte38US #78
#69Vivian37US #80
#70Catherine36US #31
#71Ellen36US #100
#72Rosemary36US #95
#73Wanda36US #66
#74Ann35US #55
#75Ethel35US #41
#76Ruby35US #30
#77Vera35US #84
#78Wilma34US #67
#79Bette33US #166
#80Marguerite33US #137
#81Martha33US #24
#82Arlene32US #108
#83Colleen31
#84Agnes30US #77
#85Kathryn30US #87
#86Iris29US #199
#87Laura28US #81
#88Anita27US #150
#89Eva27US #79
#90Georgia27US #116
#91Josephine27US #37
#92Pat27
#93Anne25US #86
#94Nadine25
#95Carolyn24US #114
#96Delores24US #145
#97Edna24US #38
#98Jane24US #56
#99Janice24US #159
#100Joanne24

Boys

#1Robert714US #1
#2John469US #2
#3William431US #4
#4Donald395US #9
#5Richard357US #7
#6James356US #3
#7George256US #6
#8Jack253US #16
#9Charles208US #5
#10Kenneth150US #18
#11Harold147US #14
#12David125US #22
#13Raymond125US #15
#14Edward122US #10
#15Frank118US #12
#16Thomas112US #11
#17Arthur105US #20
#18Eugene98US #23
#19Walter97US #17
#20Ralph96US #24
#21Gerald92US #41
#22Howard92US #27
#23Paul86US #13
#24Fred84US #31
#25Harry83US #25
#26Gordon81US #76
#27Bob75US #102
#28Albert73US #21
#29Bill71US #74
#30Norman70US #39
#31Roy69US #34
#32Joseph68US #8
#33Don67US #96
#34Earl66US #32
#35Lawrence65US #36
#36Stanley65US #43
#37Carl63US #26
#38Henry63US #19
#39Ray63US #57
#40Clifford61US #62
#41Clarence53US #29
#42Gene53US #91
#43Lloyd52US #60
#44Jim50US #143
#45Joe49US #33
#46Ronald49US #88
#47Ernest48US #37
#48Vernon48US #66
#49Wayne48US #68
#50Melvin46US #47
#51Edwin45US #55
#52Dale43US #84
#53Dean43US #139
#54Wallace42US #95
#55Warren42US #71
#56Dick41
#57Alfred40US #45
#58Douglas40US #103
#59Louis40US #30
#60Daniel39US #46
#61Herbert39US #44
#62Elmer38US #61
#63Leonard37US #38
#64Bruce36US #127
#65Floyd36US #53
#66Marvin36US #50
#67Jerry35US #97
#68Glen34US #121
#69Russell34US #52
#70Francis33US #35
#71Harvey33US #90
#72Leroy31US #51
#73Leslie31US #126
#74Lester31US #78
#75Peter31US #58
#76Philip31US #70
#77Alvin30US #72
#78Tom30US #138
#79Glenn29US #75
#80Leo29US #54
#81Lyle29US #152
#82Keith28US #148
#83Allen27US #93
#84Calvin27US #65
#85Theodore27US #63
#86Ted26US #191
#87Delbert25US #163
#88Frederick25US #64
#89Lee25US #85
#90Neil25
#91Clyde24US #67
#92Victor24US #94
#93Wesley24US #132
#94Andrew23US #59
#95Duane23US #160
#96Gilbert23US #101
#97Larry23US #178
#98Arnold22US #99
#99Milton22US #83
#100Patrick22US #141

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑41Dolores#30
↑38Audrey#49
↑28Elaine#36
↑28Bruce#64
↑24Gene#42
↑23Elsie#45
↑23Juanita#47
↑21Janet#67

Falling

↓40Theodore#85
↓37Edna#97
↓28Wesley#93
↓26Leonard#63
↓25Charlotte#68
↓25Allen#83
↓24Glenn#79
↓24Calvin#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.