State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,567 Washington births in 1936 across 499 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#59Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#65Colleen#198 nationally
#56Dixie#174 nationally
#31Karen#132 nationally
#49Dick#141 nationally
#61Joy#144 nationally
#69Myrna#149 nationally
#92Jon#168 nationally
#84Lyle#159 nationally
#79Pat#152 nationally
#90Delbert#163 nationally
#63Darrell#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary351US #1
#2Barbara340US #3
#3Shirley307US #2
#4Patricia300US #5
#5Carol267US #10
#6Donna262US #22
#7Marilyn225US #13
#8Nancy208US #8
#9Betty189US #4
#10Joan184US #7
#11Beverly158US #17
#12Sharon156US #60
#13Janet151US #21
#14Margaret138US #9
#15Joyce129US #12
#16Dorothy125US #6
#17Janice124US #31
#18Marlene124US #39
#19Arlene110US #54
#20Joanne109US #48
#21Darlene108US #83
#22Carolyn95US #23
#23Virginia95US #14
#24Sandra91US #38
#25Helen89US #11
#26Jean89US #20
#27Sally86US #59
#28Dolores83US #30
#29Lois76US #26
#30Joann71US #55
#31Karen71US #132
#32Ruth71US #16
#33Judith64US #43
#34Marjorie63US #49
#35Phyllis63US #25
#36Frances62US #19
#37Doris61US #15
#38Roberta59US #64
#39Norma58US #29
#40Gloria57US #32
#41Alice56US #27
#42Evelyn55US #34
#43Kay55US #98
#44Bonnie54US #65
#45Elizabeth54US #18
#46Sylvia52US #53
#47Charlotte50US #61
#48Delores50US #58
#49Elaine50US #50
#50Geraldine50US #41
#51Yvonne50US #81
#52Diane49US #112
#53June49US #62
#54Kathleen48US #67
#55Judy45US #118
#56Dixie44US #174
#57Carole43US #73
#58Peggy43US #35
#59Claudia42
#60Jacqueline42US #66
#61Joy41US #144
#62Gail39US #101
#63Jo39US #72
#64Rose39US #37
#65Colleen37US #198
#66Susan37US #110
#67Katherine36US #100
#68Linda35US #97
#69Myrna35US #149
#70Irene34US #57
#71Loretta34US #70
#72Louise34US #46
#73Margie34US #102
#74Ann33US #28
#75Anna33US #36
#76Jeanette33US #94
#77Juanita33US #75
#78Martha33US #24
#79Pat33US #152
#80Wilma33US #78
#81Eleanor32US #47
#82Edith31US #87
#83Ellen31US #99
#84Patsy31US #52
#85Florence30US #80
#86Georgia29US #128
#87Jane29US #42
#88Lorraine29US #76
#89Marian28US #114
#90Marie28US #33
#91Pauline28US #82
#92Esther27US #107
#93Maureen26US #155
#94Maxine26US #127
#95Eileen25US #103
#96Anita24US #104
#97Charlene24US #145
#98Rita24US #69
#99Anne23US #89
#100Audrey23US #68

Boys

#1Robert634US #1
#2James464US #2
#3John455US #3
#4Richard444US #5
#5Donald368US #7
#6William351US #4
#7Ronald270US #12
#8David268US #10
#9Charles222US #6
#10Gary210US #38
#11Larry206US #25
#12Jack173US #20
#13Jerry170US #18
#14Kenneth170US #14
#15George169US #9
#16Gerald164US #19
#17Thomas142US #8
#18Michael118US #33
#19Don110US #51
#20Frank110US #16
#21Edward104US #13
#22Paul101US #15
#23Raymond99US #17
#24Harold83US #21
#25Bill80US #61
#26Jim79US #85
#27Bob77US #77
#28Joseph75US #11
#29Fred71US #36
#30Walter71US #26
#31Ralph68US #31
#32Norman67US #43
#33Roger65US #35
#34Dale64US #59
#35Gordon64US #75
#36Lawrence61US #37
#37Dennis60US #74
#38Wayne58US #45
#39Douglas57US #78
#40Melvin56US #53
#41Roy56US #42
#42Marvin55US #49
#43Ray54US #65
#44Clifford53US #90
#45Howard53US #40
#46Arthur52US #30
#47Carl52US #27
#48Bruce51US #73
#49Dick51US #141
#50Duane51US #110
#51Stanley47US #58
#52Albert46US #34
#53Gene46US #66
#54Earl45US #47
#55Eugene44US #29
#56Leonard43US #54
#57Peter43US #56
#58Tom43US #112
#59Joe42US #23
#60Glenn41US #80
#61Daniel38US #41
#62Dean38US #125
#63Darrell37US #133
#64Glen37US #119
#65Harry36US #39
#66Leroy36US #57
#67Keith35US #122
#68Allen33US #81
#69Lee33US #76
#70Lloyd33US #88
#71Edwin32US #84
#72Henry32US #28
#73Philip31US #63
#74Ernest30US #55
#75Allan29US #138
#76Floyd29US #86
#77Patrick29US #100
#78Theodore29US #87
#79Vernon29US #93
#80Alan28US #108
#81Russell28US #69
#82Terry27US #126
#83Frederick26US #70
#84Lyle26US #159
#85Rodney26US #152
#86Ted26US #144
#87Leslie25US #128
#88Victor25US #116
#89Warren25US #95
#90Delbert24US #163
#91Herbert24US #62
#92Jon24US #168
#93Lewis24US #101
#94Martin24US #92
#95Phillip24US #102
#96Wallace24US #130
#97Harvey23US #97
#98Ronnie23US #147
#99Stephen23US #99
#100Alvin21US #96

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑27Katherine#67
↑26Kay#43
↑26Peter#57
↑26Edwin#71
↑25Allan#75
↑24Peggy#58
↑19Colleen#65
↑19Ralph#31

Falling

↓35Marie#90
↓33Marian#89
↓30Lorraine#88
↓30Harry#65
↓27Alvin#100
↓25Audrey#100
↓23Vernon#79
↓21Charlene#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.