State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,513 Washington births in 1929 across 479 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#75Lorenoutside the national top 200
#46Dick#168 nationally
#69Colleen#186 nationally
#84Nadineoutside the national top 200
#86Patoutside the national top 200
#100Bertoutside the national top 200
#90Joy#177 nationally
#71Delbert#157 nationally
#49Jim#132 nationally
#84Ted#167 nationally
#81Darlene#160 nationally
#59Larry#135 nationally

Girls

#1Mary432US #1
#2Betty431US #2
#3Barbara316US #7
#4Shirley304US #9
#5Patricia279US #10
#6Dorothy255US #3
#7Margaret172US #5
#8Donna170US #47
#9Beverly168US #39
#10Dolores167US #14
#11Helen159US #4
#12Lois158US #17
#13Jean141US #12
#14Virginia139US #11
#15Doris132US #6
#16Joan132US #13
#17Joyce128US #23
#18Phyllis115US #24
#19Ruth108US #8
#20Gloria107US #28
#21Marjorie105US #30
#22Carol97US #63
#23Marilyn92US #33
#24Frances90US #16
#25June83US #48
#26Alice79US #21
#27Evelyn78US #19
#28Norma77US #25
#29Joanne75US #101
#30Maxine69US #85
#31Lorraine68US #42
#32Marian66US #75
#33Marie65US #22
#34Bonnie64US #86
#35Janet58US #82
#36Nancy58US #32
#37Delores57US #74
#38Geraldine56US #43
#39Florence55US #35
#40Irene54US #29
#41Mildred52US #18
#42Lillian51US #40
#43Gladys50US #44
#44Peggy49US #70
#45Charlotte47US #73
#46Rose47US #26
#47Audrey46US #58
#48Elizabeth46US #15
#49Kathleen46US #89
#50Eleanor45US #38
#51Anna44US #20
#52Louise42US #31
#53Esther41US #71
#54Jacqueline41US #87
#55Jeanne41US #92
#56Wilma41US #66
#57Elsie40US #78
#58Ethel38US #56
#59Roberta38US #126
#60Vivian38US #81
#61Arlene35US #105
#62Laura35US #90
#63Marion35US #53
#64Thelma35US #41
#65Ellen34US #97
#66Juanita34US #60
#67Martha34US #27
#68Carolyn33US #77
#69Colleen33US #186
#70Leona33US #122
#71Pauline33US #50
#72Eileen32US #98
#73Bernice31US #55
#74Edna30US #51
#75Wanda29US #61
#76Edith28US #59
#77Elaine28US #67
#78Janice28US #136
#79Ramona28US #120
#80Violet28US #111
#81Darlene27US #160
#82Jane27US #62
#83Josephine27US #45
#84Nadine27
#85Grace26US #54
#86Pat26
#87Rosemary26US #80
#88Katherine25US #84
#89Joann24US #144
#90Joy24US #177
#91Pearl24US #114
#92Sally24US #112
#93Vera24US #99
#94Verna24US #156
#95Anita23US #125
#96Ann23US #46
#97Eva23US #83
#98Kathryn23US #104
#99Patsy23US #118
#100Ruby23US #36

Boys

#1Robert713US #1
#2Donald475US #7
#3Richard427US #6
#4John395US #3
#5William380US #4
#6James367US #2
#7Jack254US #14
#8George244US #8
#9Charles231US #5
#10Kenneth147US #18
#11David139US #17
#12Harold136US #16
#13Frank123US #12
#14Thomas103US #11
#15Ronald100US #45
#16Paul95US #13
#17Arthur93US #22
#18Raymond93US #15
#19Bob92US #89
#20Edward91US #10
#21Gerald91US #33
#22Don87US #78
#23Eugene83US #20
#24Harry83US #27
#25Walter83US #19
#26Bill80US #63
#27Gordon78US #79
#28Roy75US #35
#29Norman73US #40
#30Fred72US #34
#31Albert68US #24
#32Ralph68US #26
#33Carl66US #28
#34Howard65US #31
#35Joseph64US #9
#36Dale58US #73
#37Lawrence58US #38
#38Gene57US #68
#39Jerry56US #61
#40Clarence55US #37
#41Leonard55US #42
#42Herbert54US #25
#43Earl53US #36
#44Stanley53US #48
#45Lloyd52US #62
#46Dick50US #168
#47Ray50US #57
#48Melvin48US #49
#49Jim47US #132
#50Marvin47US #46
#51Vernon47US #71
#52Bruce43US #112
#53Ernest43US #43
#54Douglas42US #97
#55Henry42US #21
#56Glenn39US #80
#57Daniel37US #47
#58Alfred36US #41
#59Larry36US #135
#60Leroy36US #51
#61Louis36US #32
#62Warren36US #92
#63Edwin35US #66
#64Wayne35US #69
#65Joe34US #30
#66Floyd33US #58
#67Keith33US #138
#68Russell33US #56
#69Theodore33US #65
#70Tom33US #134
#71Delbert32US #157
#72Billy31US #23
#73Dean31US #133
#74Leo30US #60
#75Loren30
#76Roger30US #64
#77Lyle29US #152
#78Victor29US #100
#79Duane28US #137
#80Glen28US #123
#81Jimmy28US #115
#82Michael28US #54
#83Frederick27US #67
#84Ted27US #167
#85Wallace27US #106
#86Allen26US #86
#87Arnold26US #95
#88Elmer26US #70
#89Francis26US #39
#90Gilbert26US #91
#91Jimmie26US #98
#92Alvin25US #77
#93Clifford25US #72
#94Peter25US #55
#95Clyde23US #74
#96Patrick23US #121
#97Wesley23US #143
#98Allan22US #161
#99Bernard22US #52
#100Bert22

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑34Delores#37
↑33Wilma#56
↑32Thelma#64
↑27Ethel#58
↑23Arlene#61
↑21Gladys#43
↑20Leo#74
↑19Janet#35

Falling

↓31Edith#76
↓28Elaine#77
↓27Clifford#93
↓26Ann#96
↓26Wallace#85
↓25Grace#85
↓25Elmer#88
↓21Martha#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.