State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,231 Washington births in 1937 across 539 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#75Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#41Dick#153 nationally
#89Colleenoutside the national top 200
#92Lorenoutside the national top 200
#76Lyle#167 nationally
#51Deanna#139 nationally
#81Mike#168 nationally
#29Karen#113 nationally
#95Dixie#174 nationally
#81Diana#157 nationally
#65Myrna#137 nationally
#82Rodney#151 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara388US #2
#2Mary378US #1
#3Patricia357US #3
#4Carol320US #6
#5Donna242US #21
#6Shirley242US #4
#7Sharon226US #41
#8Nancy211US #7
#9Janet194US #18
#10Betty189US #5
#11Joan188US #9
#12Marilyn186US #13
#13Janice170US #25
#14Beverly144US #14
#15Darlene135US #72
#16Marlene135US #40
#17Margaret133US #10
#18Sandra130US #26
#19Dorothy129US #8
#20Joyce120US #11
#21Joanne117US #51
#22Jean100US #23
#23Sally98US #59
#24Arlene96US #60
#25Carolyn95US #20
#26Helen95US #12
#27Virginia91US #16
#28Judith90US #34
#29Karen84US #113
#30Carole83US #56
#31Diane82US #76
#32Ann81US #30
#33Lois80US #29
#34Frances79US #19
#35Marjorie78US #57
#36Alice75US #28
#37Roberta75US #66
#38Kay74US #79
#39Gloria68US #32
#40Phyllis68US #27
#41Dolores65US #37
#42Elizabeth63US #17
#43Evelyn63US #36
#44Judy62US #91
#45Ruth61US #15
#46Doris59US #22
#47Delores58US #68
#48Bonnie56US #64
#49Geraldine55US #44
#50Linda55US #49
#51Deanna54US #139
#52Kathleen54US #61
#53Joann53US #58
#54Susan53US #97
#55Norma52US #33
#56Jacqueline48US #70
#57Marie48US #35
#58Peggy48US #31
#59Lorraine47US #83
#60Sylvia46US #50
#61Gail45US #99
#62Loretta43US #63
#63Rose43US #38
#64Elaine42US #45
#65Myrna40US #137
#66Anita38US #93
#67Jo38US #73
#68June38US #71
#69Eleanor36US #53
#70Ellen36US #102
#71Marcia36US #124
#72Jeanette35US #90
#73Patsy35US #54
#74Charlotte34US #67
#75Claudia34
#76Louise34US #48
#77Martha33US #24
#78Juanita32US #75
#79Pat32US #147
#80Audrey31US #85
#81Diana31US #157
#82Irene31US #62
#83Jane31US #42
#84Jeanne31US #149
#85Maxine31US #136
#86Yvonne31US #77
#87Edith30US #96
#88Marian30US #129
#89Colleen29
#90Wilma29US #80
#91Florence28US #81
#92Kathryn28US #108
#93Rita28US #69
#94Anna27US #39
#95Dixie26US #174
#96Edna26US #74
#97Joy26US #162
#98Katherine26US #103
#99Margie26US #111
#100Wanda26US #55

Boys

#1Robert659US #1
#2James507US #2
#3Richard470US #5
#4John464US #3
#5Donald379US #7
#6William379US #4
#7David315US #8
#8Ronald293US #11
#9Gary270US #29
#10Charles248US #6
#11Larry234US #16
#12Jerry179US #17
#13Gerald176US #20
#14Kenneth176US #14
#15George173US #10
#16Thomas161US #9
#17Jack159US #23
#18Michael151US #27
#19Edward142US #13
#20Frank119US #18
#21Paul107US #15
#22Don92US #51
#23Raymond92US #19
#24Harold89US #21
#25Bob88US #81
#26Wayne87US #44
#27Jim82US #82
#28Roger79US #36
#29Carl77US #28
#30Dennis74US #63
#31Ralph72US #34
#32Dale71US #59
#33Joseph71US #12
#34Walter71US #26
#35Bill69US #64
#36Fred67US #35
#37Douglas60US #74
#38Leroy60US #56
#39Lawrence59US #38
#40Stanley58US #57
#41Dick57US #153
#42Gordon57US #75
#43Roy57US #40
#44Bruce56US #70
#45Albert55US #37
#46Arthur55US #31
#47Daniel54US #39
#48Terry54US #113
#49Norman53US #43
#50Duane49US #115
#51Howard48US #42
#52Lee47US #78
#53Melvin47US #50
#54Marvin46US #49
#55Joe45US #25
#56Ray44US #71
#57Eugene43US #33
#58Patrick43US #94
#59Tom43US #108
#60Clifford42US #90
#61Ernest42US #53
#62Allen41US #76
#63Harry41US #41
#64Philip41US #62
#65Gene40US #61
#66Leonard40US #58
#67Lloyd40US #91
#68Theodore39US #86
#69Edwin35US #89
#70Glenn35US #88
#71Leslie35US #131
#72Peter35US #52
#73Darrell34US #130
#74Earl34US #48
#75Frederick34US #68
#76Lyle34US #167
#77Henry33US #30
#78Keith30US #123
#79Dean29US #127
#80Floyd29US #80
#81Mike29US #168
#82Rodney29US #151
#83Alan28US #103
#84Clarence28US #54
#85Dan28US #149
#86Glen28US #122
#87Vernon28US #96
#88Warren27US #106
#89Louis26US #46
#90Allan25US #124
#91Alvin25US #99
#92Loren24
#93Russell24US #67
#94Arnold23US #111
#95Francis23US #55
#96Martin23US #87
#97Phillip23US #98
#98Billy22US #22
#99Harvey22US #95
#100Neil22US #157

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑42Ann#32
↑34Terry#48
↑33Marie#57
↑30Anita#66
↑29Lorraine#59
↑28Leroy#38
↑27Carole#30
↑21Diane#31

Falling

↓39Dixie#95
↓36Joy#97
↓35Yvonne#86
↓31Katherine#98
↓27Charlotte#74
↓26Margie#99
↓24Colleen#89
↓23Joann#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.