State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,156 Washington births in 1933 across 477 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#33Sharon#178 nationally
#72Nadineoutside the national top 200
#34Dick#144 nationally
#92Lorenoutside the national top 200
#93Colleenoutside the national top 200
#94Karenoutside the national top 200
#95Kay#200 nationally
#58Yvonne#159 nationally
#59Pat#160 nationally
#79Rodney#173 nationally
#50Diane#134 nationally
#67Darrell#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary388US #1
#2Barbara362US #3
#3Patricia291US #6
#4Donna265US #24
#5Betty255US #2
#6Shirley228US #9
#7Beverly175US #26
#8Joan166US #5
#9Dorothy154US #4
#10Marilyn152US #16
#11Janet151US #25
#12Nancy138US #11
#13Carol135US #20
#14Joyce125US #12
#15Joanne115US #56
#16Helen108US #8
#17Lois108US #19
#18Margaret108US #7
#19Dolores107US #21
#20Virginia92US #15
#21Jean84US #14
#22Ruth84US #13
#23Phyllis83US #28
#24Darlene82US #96
#25Gloria82US #31
#26Marlene82US #50
#27Doris80US #10
#28Alice79US #22
#29Sally69US #76
#30Geraldine63US #42
#31Janice60US #81
#32Marjorie60US #41
#33Sharon58US #178
#34Bonnie57US #68
#35Jacqueline57US #86
#36Arlene55US #74
#37Frances55US #18
#38Norma54US #23
#39Louise53US #39
#40Delores52US #52
#41Elizabeth49US #17
#42Evelyn49US #30
#43Lorraine49US #54
#44June48US #45
#45Kathleen47US #77
#46Ann46US #34
#47Irene45US #46
#48Laura44US #91
#49Joann42US #72
#50Diane41US #134
#51Eleanor41US #38
#52Florence41US #49
#53Carolyn40US #40
#54Marie40US #33
#55Peggy39US #36
#56Roberta36US #112
#57Sylvia36US #84
#58Yvonne36US #159
#59Pat35US #160
#60Charlotte34US #79
#61Marion34US #73
#62Carole33US #107
#63Jeanne32US #125
#64Juanita32US #63
#65Marian32US #89
#66Rose31US #35
#67Audrey30US #59
#68Eileen30US #115
#69Esther30US #88
#70Jane30US #47
#71Loretta29US #87
#72Nadine29
#73Vivian28US #98
#74Bernice27US #83
#75Grace27US #69
#76Mildred27US #32
#77Pauline27US #64
#78Elaine26US #61
#79Ellen26US #104
#80Jo26US #90
#81Leona26US #139
#82Martha26US #27
#83Patsy26US #65
#84Anita25US #116
#85Wanda25US #48
#86Anna24US #29
#87Clara24US #67
#88Elsie24US #99
#89Jeanette24US #103
#90Joy23US #147
#91Maxine23US #110
#92Wilma23US #66
#93Colleen22
#94Karen22
#95Kay22US #200
#96Pearl22US #143
#97Rita22US #53
#98Rosemary22US #102
#99Connie21US #146
#100Edith21US #80

Boys

#1Robert575US #1
#2Richard452US #5
#3Donald388US #7
#4James387US #2
#5John387US #3
#6William285US #4
#7Jack200US #17
#8Ronald196US #12
#9Charles194US #6
#10Kenneth177US #15
#11George176US #8
#12Jerry140US #31
#13David138US #13
#14Gerald128US #22
#15Thomas111US #10
#16Frank108US #16
#17Gary104US #80
#18Edward100US #11
#19Larry98US #58
#20Harold94US #18
#21Raymond89US #19
#22Paul86US #14
#23Bill81US #59
#24Don80US #54
#25Ralph75US #29
#26Fred71US #34
#27Dale68US #65
#28Jim68US #98
#29Arthur65US #25
#30Bob63US #82
#31Joseph63US #9
#32Walter59US #21
#33Wayne58US #52
#34Dick56US #144
#35Roy56US #39
#36Douglas54US #81
#37Harry53US #35
#38Norman52US #37
#39Daniel51US #42
#40Marvin51US #44
#41Stanley51US #55
#42Eugene50US #23
#43Gene50US #66
#44Carl49US #28
#45Earl48US #41
#46Leonard48US #47
#47Ray47US #62
#48Albert46US #30
#49Howard45US #36
#50Melvin45US #51
#51Bruce43US #91
#52Lawrence43US #38
#53Gordon42US #71
#54Joe40US #27
#55Roger37US #48
#56Duane35US #102
#57Lloyd35US #73
#58Leroy33US #56
#59Glenn32US #74
#60Peter32US #60
#61Theodore32US #68
#62Warren32US #99
#63Clarence31US #43
#64Edwin31US #77
#65Ernest31US #50
#66Clifford30US #86
#67Darrell30US #148
#68Glen30US #124
#69Henry30US #24
#70Michael30US #53
#71Alfred29US #57
#72Patrick27US #110
#73Philip27US #70
#74Vernon27US #83
#75Alan26US #122
#76Allen26US #84
#77Dean26US #128
#78Lewis26US #92
#79Rodney26US #173
#80Delbert25US #157
#81Wesley25US #147
#82Alvin24US #88
#83Dennis24US #106
#84Franklin24US #33
#85Louis24US #40
#86Tom24US #117
#87Wallace24US #120
#88Billy23US #20
#89Keith23US #127
#90Lee23US #79
#91Leo23US #75
#92Loren23
#93Herbert22US #49
#94Lyle22US #158
#95Clyde21US #87
#96Eddie21US #93
#97Floyd21US #69
#98Jimmy21US #64
#99Victor21US #116
#100Leslie20US #137

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑67Sharon#33
↑38Laura#48
↑37Yvonne#58
↑36Warren#62
↑30Gary#17
↑29Leroy#58
↑28Eileen#68
↑26Sylvia#57

Falling

↓34Rosemary#98
↓28Rose#66
↓28Maxine#91
↓27Keith#89
↓25Herbert#93
↓24Billy#88
↓24Lee#90
↓23Gordon#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.