State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,845 Washington births in 1932 across 489 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#44Pat#177 nationally
#38Dick#149 nationally
#90Colleenoutside the national top 200
#97Merleoutside the national top 200
#100Sharonoutside the national top 200
#47Diane#142 nationally
#33Darlene#122 nationally
#47Gary#136 nationally
#58Ted#147 nationally
#77Neil#162 nationally
#67Carole#151 nationally
#93Rodney#172 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara405US #3
#2Mary398US #1
#3Betty317US #2
#4Shirley276US #9
#5Patricia275US #6
#6Donna237US #29
#7Beverly185US #28
#8Joan181US #5
#9Dorothy175US #4
#10Marilyn170US #16
#11Joyce130US #12
#12Carol128US #32
#13Dolores122US #18
#14Margaret120US #7
#15Virginia120US #14
#16Nancy117US #13
#17Helen114US #8
#18Joanne114US #62
#19Janet109US #35
#20Jean108US #15
#21Lois107US #20
#22Gloria102US #25
#23Doris84US #10
#24Marlene84US #78
#25Ruth82US #11
#26Alice80US #21
#27Marjorie76US #37
#28Phyllis76US #30
#29Evelyn72US #23
#30Sally64US #84
#31Delores62US #56
#32Frances60US #19
#33Darlene59US #122
#34Bonnie58US #64
#35Elizabeth58US #17
#36Norma58US #22
#37Arlene55US #80
#38Rose52US #33
#39Joann51US #79
#40Eleanor50US #45
#41Geraldine50US #42
#42June49US #44
#43Jacqueline48US #85
#44Pat48US #177
#45Lorraine47US #55
#46Carolyn46US #46
#47Diane46US #142
#48Ann45US #34
#49Peggy45US #40
#50Charlotte44US #74
#51Marian44US #86
#52Audrey42US #61
#53Florence42US #47
#54Louise41US #36
#55Mildred41US #26
#56Janice40US #94
#57Kathleen39US #83
#58Juanita38US #58
#59Roberta38US #109
#60Grace37US #72
#61Marie37US #31
#62Irene35US #43
#63Maxine35US #110
#64Rosemary33US #100
#65Elaine32US #68
#66Patsy32US #77
#67Carole31US #151
#68Jeanne31US #112
#69Lillian31US #48
#70Loretta31US #89
#71Jane30US #49
#72Anna29US #24
#73Gladys29US #54
#74Joy29US #147
#75Wilma29US #65
#76Ellen28US #104
#77Marion28US #73
#78Martha28US #27
#79Pauline28US #59
#80Bernice27US #71
#81Catherine27US #39
#82Jo27US #103
#83Sylvia27US #96
#84Edith26US #69
#85Edna26US #50
#86Laura26US #88
#87Clara25US #70
#88Leona25US #134
#89Anita24US #116
#90Colleen24
#91Anne23US #81
#92Esther23US #82
#93Georgia23US #118
#94Vivian23US #90
#95Yvonne23US #160
#96Eileen22US #114
#97Rita22US #53
#98Connie21US #153
#99Hazel21US #75
#100Sharon21

Boys

#1Robert608US #1
#2Richard442US #5
#3Donald413US #7
#4James379US #2
#5William366US #4
#6John363US #3
#7Ronald214US #16
#8George210US #8
#9Charles200US #6
#10Jack199US #17
#11Kenneth165US #14
#12David160US #12
#13Gerald123US #24
#14Don116US #55
#15Frank103US #15
#16Edward101US #11
#17Thomas98US #10
#18Larry88US #65
#19Harold87US #18
#20Jerry87US #34
#21Bob85US #79
#22Bill83US #58
#23Raymond80US #19
#24Dale79US #61
#25Walter78US #21
#26Eugene75US #22
#27Arthur72US #25
#28Norman71US #37
#29Fred67US #33
#30Gordon66US #81
#31Joseph65US #9
#32Paul65US #13
#33Jim64US #104
#34Ralph64US #27
#35Joe60US #29
#36Lawrence59US #35
#37Wayne59US #57
#38Dick57US #149
#39Stanley54US #52
#40Carl53US #28
#41Roy53US #38
#42Howard52US #36
#43Marvin52US #46
#44Ray52US #59
#45Gene51US #64
#46Harry49US #32
#47Gary48US #136
#48Earl47US #41
#49Duane46US #105
#50Albert44US #26
#51Glenn44US #77
#52Melvin44US #51
#53Douglas43US #85
#54Vernon43US #78
#55Bruce39US #98
#56Daniel39US #42
#57Roger39US #50
#58Ted39US #147
#59Henry36US #23
#60Leonard36US #48
#61Michael36US #54
#62Keith35US #133
#63Lloyd35US #71
#64Billy34US #20
#65Ernest34US #47
#66Lee34US #86
#67Edwin33US #72
#68Herbert33US #44
#69Patrick33US #114
#70Clarence32US #40
#71Glen32US #118
#72Louis32US #39
#73Theodore30US #67
#74Tom29US #116
#75Floyd28US #68
#76Alfred26US #49
#77Neil26US #162
#78Russell26US #63
#79Wallace26US #117
#80Delbert25US #151
#81Dennis25US #121
#82Peter25US #62
#83Wesley25US #144
#84Allan24US #153
#85Clifford24US #84
#86Jimmy24US #76
#87Leroy24US #53
#88Jimmie23US #75
#89Victor23US #110
#90Allen22US #80
#91Darrell22US #154
#92Leslie22US #142
#93Rodney22US #172
#94Martin21US #88
#95Alan20US #127
#96Elmer20US #94
#97Merle20
#98Warren20US #102
#99Alvin19US #87
#100Gilbert19US #97

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑40Ted#58
↑36Sally#30
↑31Patsy#66
↑30Lee#66
↑29Melvin#52
↑28Diane#47
↑26Carole#67
↑20Neil#77

Falling

↓37Hazel#99
↓34Rita#97
↓33Edna#85
↓24Eileen#96
↓24Herbert#68
↓23Allen#90
↓22Leroy#87
↓21Glen#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.