State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,668 Washington births in 1935 across 488 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#51Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#46Karen#172 nationally
#57Myrna#176 nationally
#71Dixie#188 nationally
#84Colleenoutside the national top 200
#96Daveoutside the national top 200
#52Dick#142 nationally
#98Mike#184 nationally
#63Joy#148 nationally
#16Sharon#96 nationally
#73Pat#150 nationally
#88Delbert#165 nationally

Girls

#1Shirley451US #2
#2Barbara399US #3
#3Mary375US #1
#4Patricia301US #5
#5Donna220US #23
#6Carol218US #11
#7Betty197US #4
#8Marilyn193US #14
#9Joan178US #7
#10Nancy156US #9
#11Janet131US #22
#12Beverly130US #20
#13Joanne130US #44
#14Dorothy129US #6
#15Marlene118US #39
#16Sharon118US #96
#17Joyce104US #12
#18Darlene101US #91
#19Margaret98US #8
#20Arlene95US #59
#21Virginia95US #16
#22Janice93US #47
#23Phyllis89US #27
#24Sally88US #58
#25Jean86US #18
#26Lois81US #21
#27Carolyn79US #28
#28Helen78US #10
#29Sandra77US #50
#30Dolores74US #26
#31Doris67US #13
#32Marjorie67US #46
#33Frances66US #19
#34Norma65US #29
#35Joann64US #53
#36Alice63US #25
#37Gloria63US #32
#38Elizabeth61US #17
#39Evelyn57US #31
#40Delores56US #57
#41Roberta52US #77
#42Ruth52US #15
#43Charlotte51US #65
#44Judith50US #54
#45June49US #55
#46Karen49US #172
#47Diane48US #109
#48Sylvia48US #60
#49Kathleen47US #71
#50Carole42US #93
#51Claudia42
#52Geraldine42US #40
#53Jacqueline42US #79
#54Bonnie41US #62
#55Marie40US #33
#56Marian39US #105
#57Myrna39US #176
#58Lorraine38US #68
#59Louise37US #45
#60Yvonne37US #98
#61Rose36US #37
#62Ann34US #30
#63Joy32US #148
#64Susan32US #126
#65Anna31US #34
#66Elaine31US #51
#67Irene31US #52
#68Juanita31US #72
#69Kay30US #134
#70Martha30US #24
#71Dixie29US #188
#72Judy29US #143
#73Pat29US #150
#74Pauline29US #80
#75Audrey28US #64
#76Charlene28US #146
#77Jeanette28US #104
#78Jo28US #73
#79Anne27US #84
#80Florence27US #74
#81Loretta27US #69
#82Peggy27US #36
#83Rita27US #63
#84Colleen26
#85Edna26US #67
#86Grace26US #83
#87Hazel26US #92
#88Patsy26US #56
#89Catherine25US #42
#90Esther25US #94
#91Gladys25US #78
#92Maxine25US #120
#93Ellen24US #95
#94Katherine24US #103
#95Kathryn24US #111
#96Lillian24US #66
#97Wanda24US #49
#98Anita23US #119
#99Eleanor23US #48
#100Elsie23US #113

Boys

#1Robert590US #1
#2Richard458US #5
#3John456US #3
#4James406US #2
#5Donald379US #7
#6William343US #4
#7Ronald243US #12
#8David219US #11
#9Gary206US #44
#10Charles199US #6
#11George175US #8
#12Kenneth171US #15
#13Jack157US #18
#14Larry156US #33
#15Gerald154US #21
#16Jerry138US #22
#17Thomas117US #9
#18Don104US #51
#19Paul104US #14
#20Edward101US #13
#21Raymond100US #17
#22Gordon93US #70
#23Harold92US #20
#24Michael83US #41
#25Frank81US #16
#26Bill74US #60
#27Roger74US #36
#28Marvin69US #45
#29Jim68US #90
#30Joseph68US #10
#31Arthur67US #29
#32Carl66US #28
#33Fred66US #34
#34Dale63US #61
#35Harry61US #37
#36Bob60US #81
#37Eugene60US #26
#38Dennis59US #72
#39Norman59US #38
#40Roy59US #40
#41Walter59US #23
#42Douglas55US #75
#43Melvin55US #57
#44Wayne55US #49
#45Howard54US #39
#46Albert53US #31
#47Bruce52US #77
#48Ray52US #64
#49Lawrence51US #35
#50Ralph51US #32
#51Stanley51US #56
#52Dick50US #142
#53Gene48US #66
#54Clifford46US #88
#55Leroy46US #50
#56Vernon46US #94
#57Lee43US #80
#58Joe41US #25
#59Tom40US #110
#60Philip39US #65
#61Duane38US #105
#62Ernest37US #55
#63Leonard36US #54
#64Patrick36US #112
#65Daniel35US #43
#66Earl35US #46
#67Clarence34US #48
#68Warren34US #97
#69Allen33US #83
#70Henry33US #27
#71Glenn32US #78
#72Keith32US #125
#73Alvin31US #91
#74Lloyd31US #84
#75Alfred30US #63
#76Clyde30US #82
#77Louis30US #42
#78Russell29US #68
#79Ted29US #144
#80Theodore29US #79
#81Darrell28US #136
#82Glen27US #124
#83Peter27US #59
#84Alan26US #122
#85Lyle26US #156
#86Frederick25US #73
#87Herbert25US #58
#88Delbert24US #165
#89Floyd24US #76
#90Leslie24US #131
#91Lewis23US #98
#92Terry23US #154
#93Cecil22US #109
#94Leo22US #92
#95Victor22US #116
#96Dave21
#97Edwin21US #89
#98Mike21US #184
#99Rodney21US #149
#100Allan20US #150

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑37Claudia#51
↑33Karen#46
↑31Patrick#64
↑30Sandra#29
↑29Joy#63
↑26Marvin#28
↑25Yvonne#60
↑24Judith#44

Falling

↓46Eleanor#99
↓38Kathryn#95
↓37Edwin#97
↓27Loretta#81
↓26Ellen#93
↓24Pat#73
↓24Peggy#82
↓21Delbert#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.