State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,023 Washington births in 1930 across 519 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#70Colleenoutside the national top 200
#38Dick#161 nationally
#81Patoutside the national top 200
#86Gary#194 nationally
#94Nadineoutside the national top 200
#60Yvonne#165 nationally
#31Jim#125 nationally
#67Ted#156 nationally
#63Darlene#141 nationally
#74Delbert#151 nationally
#60Dean#129 nationally
#40Larry#108 nationally

Girls

#1Betty409US #2
#2Mary401US #1
#3Shirley316US #11
#4Barbara313US #6
#5Patricia302US #7
#6Dorothy228US #3
#7Donna212US #37
#8Dolores182US #13
#9Joan173US #8
#10Helen172US #4
#11Margaret172US #5
#12Beverly169US #34
#13Marilyn165US #22
#14Joyce139US #18
#15Virginia137US #12
#16Lois128US #17
#17Jean116US #14
#18Ruth114US #10
#19Doris112US #9
#20Evelyn110US #19
#21Gloria105US #30
#22Carol96US #54
#23Phyllis96US #28
#24Marjorie94US #32
#25Alice90US #20
#26Joanne86US #81
#27Jacqueline84US #74
#28Frances83US #16
#29Nancy81US #24
#30Norma78US #25
#31Bonnie68US #78
#32Janet64US #53
#33Lorraine64US #46
#34Geraldine63US #43
#35Delores62US #66
#36June58US #47
#37Louise58US #31
#38Lillian57US #44
#39Elizabeth56US #15
#40Maxine53US #93
#41Irene51US #33
#42Rose49US #29
#43Wilma48US #68
#44Charlotte47US #75
#45Marie46US #26
#46Ann44US #41
#47Anna43US #23
#48Audrey43US #63
#49Florence43US #38
#50Jeanne42US #92
#51Joann41US #118
#52Martha41US #27
#53Sally41US #98
#54Arlene40US #103
#55Carolyn40US #72
#56Marian40US #80
#57Roberta40US #125
#58Rita39US #42
#59Kathleen38US #84
#60Yvonne38US #165
#61Edith37US #61
#62Peggy37US #67
#63Darlene36US #141
#64Eleanor36US #39
#65Juanita36US #57
#66Mildred36US #21
#67Violet36US #120
#68Katherine33US #85
#69Marion33US #60
#70Colleen32
#71Elaine32US #69
#72Jeanette32US #106
#73Laura32US #89
#74Ruby32US #36
#75Thelma32US #45
#76Bernice31US #58
#77Edna31US #51
#78Hazel31US #71
#79Grace30US #62
#80Jo30US #131
#81Pat29
#82Vera29US #104
#83Elsie28US #88
#84Leona28US #130
#85Patsy28US #97
#86Verna28US #151
#87Vivian28US #91
#88Anita27US #115
#89Clara27US #64
#90Esther27US #77
#91Gladys27US #48
#92Rosemary27US #82
#93Janice26US #126
#94Nadine26
#95Viola26US #116
#96Eileen25US #110
#97Loretta25US #105
#98Ellen23US #100
#99Jane23US #55
#100Joy23US #163

Boys

#1Robert674US #1
#2Donald470US #7
#3Richard446US #5
#4James398US #2
#5William390US #4
#6John387US #3
#7Jack224US #14
#8George214US #8
#9Charles198US #6
#10Kenneth161US #17
#11David150US #15
#12Ronald140US #37
#13Edward128US #10
#14Harold127US #18
#15Frank109US #13
#16Thomas103US #11
#17Bill100US #59
#18Paul96US #12
#19Don94US #68
#20Gerald91US #30
#21Bob90US #88
#22Jerry89US #51
#23Norman85US #40
#24Ralph83US #25
#25Walter83US #19
#26Raymond82US #16
#27Eugene80US #21
#28Arthur79US #23
#29Joseph78US #9
#30Gordon77US #77
#31Jim75US #125
#32Lawrence73US #36
#33Stanley72US #49
#34Carl70US #26
#35Roy70US #33
#36Howard64US #31
#37Harry61US #28
#38Dick58US #161
#39Fred58US #32
#40Larry57US #108
#41Albert56US #24
#42Ernest56US #43
#43Dale55US #64
#44Wayne54US #65
#45Earl53US #38
#46Henry53US #22
#47Alfred49US #46
#48Melvin49US #50
#49Ray47US #57
#50Gene46US #70
#51Marvin46US #48
#52Roger46US #58
#53Douglas42US #89
#54Joe42US #27
#55Clarence40US #39
#56Francis40US #42
#57Glenn40US #71
#58Lloyd40US #69
#59Clifford38US #73
#60Dean38US #129
#61Bruce37US #109
#62Duane37US #120
#63Billy36US #20
#64Daniel36US #47
#65Herbert36US #35
#66Leroy35US #53
#67Ted35US #156
#68Vernon35US #72
#69Warren34US #96
#70Leonard33US #45
#71Keith32US #130
#72Russell32US #60
#73Allen31US #85
#74Delbert31US #151
#75Elmer31US #80
#76Theodore31US #67
#77Glen30US #114
#78Jimmy30US #102
#79Tom30US #132
#80Alvin29US #79
#81Edwin27US #66
#82Louis26US #34
#83Victor26US #100
#84Wesley26US #142
#85Floyd25US #61
#86Gary25US #194
#87Patrick25US #118
#88Philip25US #75
#89Clyde24US #76
#90Harvey24US #92
#91Peter24US #56
#92Everett23US #134
#93Wallace23US #112
#94Bernard22US #52
#95Lester22US #95
#96Lyle22US #160
#97Cecil21US #99
#98Leon21US #81
#99Martin21US #83
#100Lee20US #82

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑50Ann#46
↑39Sally#53
↑38Joann#51
↑34Clifford#59
↑33Francis#56
↑27Jacqueline#27
↑26Ruby#74
↑24Roger#52

Falling

↓48Gladys#91
↓37Esther#90
↓33Ellen#98
↓29Leonard#70
↓27Vivian#87
↓26Elsie#83
↓25Mildred#66
↓24Marian#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.