State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,769 Washington births in 1927 across 503 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#45Dick#186 nationally
#61Colleen#192 nationally
#51Joanne#181 nationally
#85Nadineoutside the national top 200
#88Yvonne#200 nationally
#93Lorenoutside the national top 200
#76Bette#175 nationally
#86Joy#183 nationally
#100Ted#190 nationally
#49Jim#136 nationally
#91Larry#176 nationally
#64Keith#141 nationally

Girls

#1Betty483US #3
#2Mary462US #1
#3Dorothy334US #2
#4Barbara299US #10
#5Shirley282US #9
#6Patricia253US #18
#7Helen205US #4
#8Lois173US #19
#9Margaret172US #5
#10Virginia163US #8
#11Ruth160US #6
#12Jean154US #14
#13Doris149US #7
#14Beverly126US #57
#15Phyllis119US #29
#16Evelyn118US #15
#17Donna114US #70
#18Gloria109US #22
#19Marjorie107US #25
#20Frances105US #12
#21Alice101US #17
#22Dolores98US #34
#23Lorraine91US #44
#24Marilyn88US #46
#25Joyce84US #35
#26Norma74US #26
#27Irene72US #21
#28Marie70US #20
#29Maxine70US #87
#30June68US #43
#31Mildred68US #11
#32Geraldine65US #58
#33Joan63US #41
#34Carol62US #106
#35Bonnie59US #100
#36Elizabeth58US #13
#37Marian58US #74
#38Rose56US #23
#39Florence55US #28
#40Louise55US #27
#41Anna52US #16
#42Lillian52US #32
#43Jeanne50US #85
#44Kathleen50US #83
#45Lucille50US #45
#46Charlotte48US #75
#47Nancy47US #56
#48Violet46US #103
#49Eleanor45US #33
#50Pauline45US #42
#51Joanne44US #181
#52Edith43US #48
#53Elaine43US #69
#54Elsie43US #72
#55Audrey42US #62
#56Juanita42US #55
#57Wilma41US #68
#58Jacqueline40US #115
#59Ann39US #59
#60Bernice39US #49
#61Colleen39US #192
#62Eileen39US #91
#63Esther38US #65
#64Jane38US #60
#65Roberta38US #122
#66Ethel37US #47
#67Peggy37US #96
#68Edna35US #40
#69Gladys34US #37
#70Marion33US #51
#71Ruby33US #30
#72Grace32US #50
#73Hazel32US #53
#74Martha32US #24
#75Wanda32US #66
#76Bette31US #175
#77Clara31US #63
#78Gertrude31US #78
#79Katherine31US #73
#80Thelma31US #38
#81Catherine30US #31
#82Janet29US #111
#83Vivian29US #77
#84Loretta28US #127
#85Nadine28
#86Joy27US #183
#87Kathryn27US #90
#88Yvonne27US #200
#89Laura26US #82
#90Rosemary26US #86
#91Agnes25US #81
#92Arlene25US #108
#93Beatrice25US #67
#94Ellen25US #93
#95Janice25US #159
#96Sally25US #147
#97Sylvia25US #116
#98Carolyn24US #99
#99Josephine24US #39
#100Leona24US #121

Boys

#1Robert690US #1
#2Donald442US #8
#3John413US #2
#4William383US #4
#5James348US #3
#6Richard348US #6
#7Jack245US #16
#8George235US #7
#9Charles226US #5
#10Kenneth153US #18
#11Thomas135US #11
#12Frank125US #12
#13David124US #21
#14Harold120US #14
#15Edward108US #10
#16Walter105US #17
#17Ralph98US #24
#18Bill96US #69
#19Arthur95US #22
#20Gordon95US #74
#21Don94US #90
#22Paul93US #13
#23Raymond90US #15
#24Bob88US #100
#25Eugene86US #20
#26Joseph85US #9
#27Gerald80US #38
#28Harry79US #25
#29Norman76US #39
#30Howard75US #28
#31Albert74US #23
#32Roy73US #34
#33Ronald70US #63
#34Fred68US #35
#35Carl64US #26
#36Lloyd63US #58
#37Lawrence62US #37
#38Wayne62US #67
#39Gene61US #72
#40Stanley59US #44
#41Dale57US #81
#42Earl55US #33
#43Melvin54US #48
#44Henry53US #19
#45Dick52US #186
#46Douglas52US #104
#47Ernest48US #41
#48Ray47US #60
#49Jim45US #136
#50Daniel44US #46
#51Clarence43US #32
#52Jerry43US #93
#53Clifford41US #65
#54Joe41US #30
#55Leonard41US #40
#56Bruce40US #123
#57Edwin40US #57
#58Francis40US #36
#59Philip40US #75
#60Herbert38US #42
#61Glenn37US #76
#62Marvin37US #47
#63Glen36US #115
#64Keith36US #141
#65Leroy36US #51
#66Elmer35US #61
#67Vernon35US #71
#68Alfred33US #45
#69Louis33US #29
#70Theodore33US #62
#71Tom32US #138
#72Floyd31US #53
#73Warren31US #79
#74Dean30US #133
#75Leo29US #55
#76Russell29US #54
#77Wallace28US #96
#78Alvin27US #66
#79Leslie27US #126
#80Milton27US #88
#81Patrick27US #140
#82Wesley26US #134
#83Allen25US #95
#84Delbert25US #159
#85Lee25US #86
#86Lewis25US #82
#87Lyle25US #151
#88Billy24US #31
#89Clyde24US #68
#90Frederick24US #64
#91Larry24US #176
#92Lester24US #83
#93Loren24
#94Victor24US #98
#95Calvin23US #73
#96Chester23US #85
#97Roger23US #84
#98Harvey22US #94
#99Peter22US #59
#100Ted22US #190

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑49Joanne#51
↑34Jane#64
↑29Edna#68
↑22Charlotte#46
↑22Colleen#61
↑21Wilma#57
↑19Bonnie#35
↑19Milton#80

Falling

↓27Harvey#98
↓24Peter#99
↓23Ellen#94
↓23Wallace#77
↓22Thelma#80
↓21Dean#74
↓20Eleanor#49
↓19Katherine#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.