State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,969 Washington births in 1931 across 481 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#53Pat#198 nationally
#70Colleenoutside the national top 200
#75Dianeoutside the national top 200
#31Dick#152 nationally
#75Rodney#187 nationally
#93Caroleoutside the national top 200
#53Gary#153 nationally
#72Lyle#157 nationally
#35Jim#116 nationally
#49Darlene#128 nationally
#91Darrell#167 nationally
#97Neil#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary377US #1
#2Barbara333US #4
#3Betty333US #2
#4Patricia304US #8
#5Shirley258US #9
#6Donna230US #32
#7Dorothy221US #3
#8Beverly169US #31
#9Joan167US #5
#10Dolores166US #14
#11Marilyn160US #19
#12Margaret157US #7
#13Joyce140US #15
#14Virginia128US #12
#15Helen127US #6
#16Nancy114US #17
#17Gloria112US #23
#18Jean111US #13
#19Lois111US #20
#20Carol110US #46
#21Joanne109US #68
#22Doris104US #10
#23Norma86US #22
#24Phyllis83US #29
#25Ruth80US #11
#26Frances73US #18
#27Alice72US #21
#28Marjorie70US #34
#29Geraldine69US #38
#30Marlene68US #95
#31Bonnie67US #73
#32Evelyn66US #24
#33June64US #44
#34Delores60US #58
#35Janet60US #45
#36Elizabeth57US #16
#37Ann55US #35
#38Joann52US #90
#39Louise52US #33
#40Lorraine50US #49
#41Janice49US #104
#42Marian49US #84
#43Irene48US #37
#44Peggy48US #42
#45Jacqueline46US #78
#46Arlene44US #77
#47Eleanor43US #40
#48Rose43US #30
#49Darlene40US #128
#50Florence40US #43
#51Kathleen39US #87
#52Edna38US #52
#53Pat38US #198
#54Rosemary38US #88
#55Charlotte37US #75
#56Marie37US #27
#57Elaine36US #72
#58Jane36US #50
#59Maxine36US #101
#60Mildred35US #26
#61Carolyn34US #60
#62Hazel34US #74
#63Rita34US #48
#64Jeanne32US #98
#65Roberta32US #121
#66Sally32US #97
#67Lillian31US #47
#68Audrey30US #64
#69Wilma30US #69
#70Colleen29
#71Juanita29US #57
#72Eileen28US #106
#73Grace28US #70
#74Anita27US #117
#75Diane27
#76Ellen27US #99
#77Esther27US #79
#78Marion27US #66
#79Vivian27US #82
#80Anna26US #25
#81Elsie26US #86
#82Laura26US #89
#83Lucille26US #62
#84Loretta25US #96
#85Margie25US #107
#86Martha25US #28
#87Thelma25US #53
#88Viola25US #127
#89Edith24US #65
#90Jo24US #116
#91Joy24US #152
#92Pauline24US #56
#93Carole23
#94Catherine23US #36
#95Clara23US #61
#96Josephine23US #51
#97Patsy23US #83
#98Wanda23US #54
#99Yvonne23US #151
#100Anne22US #80

Boys

#1Robert656US #1
#2Richard453US #5
#3Donald443US #7
#4James381US #2
#5William376US #4
#6John375US #3
#7Charles244US #6
#8Jack210US #15
#9David180US #13
#10George173US #8
#11Kenneth150US #14
#12Gerald120US #26
#13Thomas114US #10
#14Ronald112US #27
#15Don110US #59
#16Frank106US #16
#17Harold104US #18
#18Edward99US #11
#19Bill97US #57
#20Jerry93US #43
#21Raymond90US #17
#22Paul89US #12
#23Bob81US #78
#24Walter77US #20
#25Ralph76US #25
#26Larry73US #88
#27Norman73US #36
#28Fred72US #33
#29Gordon72US #76
#30Joseph69US #9
#31Dick67US #152
#32Stanley67US #49
#33Carl66US #28
#34Dale66US #62
#35Jim65US #116
#36Roy65US #35
#37Lawrence63US #38
#38Gene62US #64
#39Howard62US #34
#40Albert60US #24
#41Arthur60US #23
#42Harry58US #30
#43Eugene53US #21
#44Herbert52US #41
#45Wayne51US #58
#46Leonard49US #48
#47Ray49US #60
#48Joe48US #29
#49Douglas46US #85
#50Glen46US #112
#51Earl45US #40
#52Bruce44US #101
#53Gary44US #153
#54Daniel42US #44
#55Roger42US #53
#56Vernon42US #74
#57Marvin41US #45
#58Theodore40US #70
#59Clarence39US #39
#60Lloyd39US #68
#61Ernest38US #47
#62Glenn37US #72
#63Duane33US #104
#64Keith33US #123
#65Leroy33US #52
#66Philip33US #71
#67Allen31US #79
#68Billy30US #19
#69Edwin30US #67
#70Wallace30US #114
#71Clifford29US #75
#72Lyle29US #157
#73Henry28US #22
#74Patrick28US #111
#75Rodney28US #187
#76Tom28US #125
#77Warren28US #100
#78Dean27US #127
#79Leslie27US #139
#80Louis27US #37
#81Melvin27US #51
#82Alan26US #120
#83Alvin26US #80
#84Arnold26US #98
#85Floyd26US #66
#86Frederick25US #73
#87Jimmy25US #89
#88Alfred24US #50
#89Bernard24US #54
#90Jimmie24US #81
#91Darrell23US #167
#92Wesley23US #143
#93Delbert22US #159
#94Everett21US #136
#95Russell21US #63
#96Lee20US #90
#97Neil20US #165
#98Ted20US #155
#99Tommy20US #115
#100Clyde19US #77

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑52Janice#41
↑41Jane#58
↑38Rosemary#54
↑33Gary#53
↑28Pat#53
↑27Glen#50
↑25Edna#52
↑24Eileen#72

Falling

↓41Alfred#88
↓39Yvonne#99
↓34Martha#86
↓33Anna#80
↓33Melvin#81
↓31Ted#98
↓29Lillian#67
↓28Edith#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.