State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,842 Washington births in 1928 across 510 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#48Dick#172 nationally
#63Colleen#185 nationally
#41Joanne#142 nationally
#100Betteoutside the national top 200
#100Darrelloutside the national top 200
#88Joy#188 nationally
#83Ted#175 nationally
#61Larry#150 nationally
#52Jim#137 nationally
#69Delbert#154 nationally
#97Yvonne#181 nationally
#53Roberta#127 nationally

Girls

#1Betty447US #2
#2Mary400US #1
#3Shirley306US #10
#4Barbara301US #8
#5Dorothy293US #3
#6Patricia247US #11
#7Margaret178US #5
#8Beverly172US #46
#9Virginia162US #9
#10Helen157US #4
#11Lois155US #18
#12Doris144US #7
#13Dolores140US #20
#14Ruth134US #6
#15Donna128US #61
#16Phyllis125US #26
#17Jean120US #12
#18Evelyn108US #17
#19Marilyn103US #38
#20Gloria102US #25
#21Joan102US #27
#22Alice95US #19
#23Frances94US #13
#24Marjorie91US #29
#25Lorraine88US #39
#26Joyce84US #30
#27June74US #44
#28Florence72US #32
#29Geraldine70US #50
#30Norma70US #23
#31Carol69US #77
#32Elizabeth66US #14
#33Irene66US #28
#34Maxine59US #84
#35Eleanor58US #36
#36Marie58US #21
#37Mildred56US #15
#38Peggy56US #76
#39Bonnie55US #89
#40Charlotte55US #72
#41Joanne50US #142
#42Lillian50US #35
#43Louise48US #31
#44Marian48US #71
#45Edith47US #56
#46Martha47US #22
#47Nancy47US #43
#48Anna46US #16
#49Elaine46US #68
#50Marion46US #47
#51Juanita45US #58
#52Kathleen45US #82
#53Roberta45US #127
#54Janet44US #95
#55Esther43US #66
#56Rose43US #24
#57Vivian43US #78
#58Ellen42US #98
#59Audrey41US #60
#60Grace41US #52
#61Bernice40US #53
#62Pauline40US #48
#63Colleen39US #185
#64Gladys38US #41
#65Elsie37US #73
#66Jeanne37US #90
#67Carolyn36US #91
#68Violet36US #113
#69Leona35US #122
#70Ann34US #54
#71Delores34US #94
#72Jacqueline34US #97
#73Laura34US #83
#74Wanda33US #63
#75Edna32US #45
#76Eileen32US #102
#77Hazel32US #59
#78Janice32US #149
#79Lucille32US #51
#80Ruby32US #34
#81Ramona31US #117
#82Catherine30US #33
#83Rita30US #57
#84Arlene29US #106
#85Ethel29US #55
#86Margie29US #108
#87Sally29US #128
#88Joy28US #188
#89Wilma28US #69
#90Clara27US #65
#91Georgia27US #115
#92Sylvia27US #119
#93Jane26US #62
#94Josephine26US #42
#95Pearl25US #110
#96Thelma25US #40
#97Yvonne24US #181
#98Beatrice23US #70
#99Bertha23US #81
#100Bette23

Boys

#1Robert682US #1
#2Donald462US #7
#3John446US #2
#4Richard426US #6
#5James374US #3
#6William372US #4
#7Jack243US #15
#8George236US #8
#9Charles223US #5
#10Kenneth177US #17
#11Harold148US #14
#12David116US #19
#13Edward116US #10
#14Frank111US #12
#15Ronald108US #50
#16Thomas107US #11
#17Eugene94US #20
#18Don93US #84
#19Raymond90US #16
#20Gerald86US #41
#21Walter84US #18
#22Bob82US #95
#23Arthur81US #22
#24Albert80US #23
#25Bill80US #64
#26Gordon78US #77
#27Paul78US #13
#28Fred77US #36
#29Ralph77US #24
#30Roy76US #34
#31Howard75US #31
#32Carl74US #28
#33Harry73US #26
#34Norman72US #39
#35Joseph65US #9
#36Clarence64US #35
#37Stanley63US #45
#38Lawrence60US #38
#39Gene58US #62
#40Melvin56US #48
#41Henry55US #21
#42Herbert55US #25
#43Dale53US #75
#44Glenn53US #76
#45Jerry50US #79
#46Wayne50US #69
#47Earl48US #37
#48Dick47US #172
#49Ernest47US #43
#50Warren47US #85
#51Bruce46US #112
#52Jim46US #137
#53Leonard46US #42
#54Joe45US #30
#55Douglas44US #102
#56Ray44US #57
#57Lloyd43US #59
#58Vernon43US #70
#59Wallace42US #104
#60Floyd41US #54
#61Larry41US #150
#62Alfred40US #33
#63Elmer39US #63
#64Marvin39US #46
#65Leroy38US #51
#66Clifford35US #68
#67Dean35US #136
#68Glen35US #115
#69Delbert34US #154
#70Edwin34US #58
#71Billy33US #27
#72Daniel33US #47
#73Francis33US #40
#74Roger32US #71
#75Alvin31US #72
#76Harvey29US #90
#77Louis29US #32
#78Tom29US #135
#79Milton28US #92
#80Philip27US #73
#81Russell27US #55
#82Lee26US #87
#83Ted26US #175
#84Allen25US #93
#85Patrick25US #132
#86Wesley25US #143
#87Theodore24US #66
#88Bernard23US #49
#89Duane23US #141
#90Gilbert23US #96
#91Peter23US #56
#92Chester22US #88
#93Dan22US #164
#94Leo22US #61
#95Lyle22US #155
#96Victor22US #99
#97Leslie21US #128
#98Lester21US #89
#99Arnold19US #98
#100Darrell19

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑36Ellen#58
↑31Carolyn#67
↑31Leona#69
↑30Larry#61
↑29Peggy#38
↑28Martha#46
↑28Janet#54
↑26Vivian#57

Falling

↓34Lucille#79
↓32Wilma#89
↓29Jane#93
↓24Bette#100
↓23Jeanne#66
↓22Daniel#72
↓21Lloyd#57
↓21Philip#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.