State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,717 Washington births in 1938 across 551 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#68Claudiaoutside the national top 200
#73Colleenoutside the national top 200
#57Dick#165 nationally
#97Daveoutside the national top 200
#99Fredrick#194 nationally
#66Mike#154 nationally
#98Steven#184 nationally
#56Myrna#134 nationally
#71Pat#149 nationally
#42Deanna#115 nationally
#27Bob#94 nationally
#81Ted#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary382US #1
#2Barbara369US #2
#3Patricia364US #3
#4Sharon344US #30
#5Carol332US #6
#6Shirley253US #5
#7Donna250US #20
#8Nancy222US #7
#9Marilyn191US #19
#10Betty178US #4
#11Judith171US #12
#12Sandra171US #14
#13Janet167US #16
#14Joan165US #10
#15Janice148US #24
#16Beverly146US #18
#17Darlene145US #76
#18Karen145US #50
#19Margaret137US #9
#20Dorothy128US #8
#21Judy123US #41
#22Virginia114US #22
#23Diane113US #64
#24Linda111US #31
#25Carolyn107US #15
#26Joanne105US #57
#27Sally103US #54
#28Jean102US #27
#29Joyce101US #11
#30Arlene90US #63
#31Helen88US #13
#32Marlene88US #51
#33Phyllis83US #28
#34Lois81US #33
#35Ann72US #32
#36Gloria72US #36
#37Roberta72US #73
#38Kay71US #81
#39Frances69US #23
#40Susan63US #71
#41Kathleen62US #58
#42Deanna61US #115
#43Doris61US #25
#44Marjorie61US #53
#45Bonnie59US #65
#46Dolores59US #43
#47Elizabeth59US #17
#48Geraldine59US #45
#49Joann57US #68
#50Carole56US #46
#51Evelyn56US #38
#52Elaine55US #42
#53Ruth55US #21
#54Rosalie53US #66
#55Delores51US #75
#56Myrna51US #134
#57Jacqueline50US #69
#58Alice49US #29
#59Gail48US #77
#60Peggy47US #35
#61Jeanette46US #91
#62Charlotte45US #70
#63June44US #79
#64Katherine44US #105
#65Marcia44US #116
#66Loretta43US #62
#67Marie43US #37
#68Claudia42
#69Irene42US #72
#70Louise42US #59
#71Pat41US #149
#72Norma39US #34
#73Colleen38
#74Sylvia38US #56
#75Catherine37US #48
#76Jane36US #44
#77Jo36US #78
#78Marian36US #128
#79Rose36US #39
#80Yvonne36US #101
#81Lorraine33US #93
#82Charlene32US #143
#83Connie31US #110
#84Ellen31US #89
#85Margie31US #109
#86Anita30US #99
#87Kathryn30US #114
#88Wanda30US #49
#89Eleanor29US #60
#90Edith28US #102
#91Jeanne28US #148
#92Anna27US #40
#93Anne27US #84
#94Juanita27US #80
#95Patsy27US #55
#96Sheila27US #136
#97Suzanne27US #133
#98Eileen26US #113
#99Florence26US #90
#100Georgia26US #138

Boys

#1Robert676US #1
#2James526US #2
#3John502US #3
#4Richard483US #5
#5William395US #4
#6Gary375US #22
#7Donald373US #7
#8David357US #8
#9Ronald330US #10
#10Larry278US #16
#11Charles243US #6
#12Michael209US #21
#13Kenneth200US #14
#14Jerry186US #17
#15George185US #11
#16Gerald172US #19
#17Thomas172US #9
#18Jack165US #25
#19Dennis125US #49
#20Raymond116US #20
#21Frank111US #18
#22Paul110US #15
#23Edward109US #13
#24Roger95US #31
#25Dale94US #56
#26Douglas91US #60
#27Bob89US #94
#28Joseph87US #12
#29Jim85US #81
#30Wayne85US #40
#31Fred84US #38
#32Terry84US #86
#33Bill83US #67
#34Don81US #52
#35Norman79US #43
#36Harold77US #23
#37Daniel70US #39
#38Walter70US #26
#39Arthur69US #32
#40Lawrence63US #36
#41Howard62US #42
#42Gordon59US #78
#43Ralph55US #35
#44Clifford54US #89
#45Eugene54US #33
#46Leroy54US #61
#47Patrick53US #88
#48Gene52US #65
#49Roy52US #41
#50Duane51US #114
#51Carl50US #29
#52Ray49US #72
#53Bruce48US #66
#54Marvin48US #53
#55Tom48US #106
#56Albert47US #37
#57Dick47US #165
#58Melvin47US #54
#59Allen45US #73
#60Leonard45US #57
#61Stanley43US #59
#62Stephen43US #74
#63Harry40US #44
#64Keith40US #120
#65Peter40US #48
#66Mike39US #154
#67Alan38US #91
#68Lee38US #80
#69Warren38US #102
#70Edwin37US #90
#71Glenn37US #83
#72Dean36US #129
#73Theodore36US #84
#74Henry35US #30
#75Joe34US #28
#76Lloyd34US #92
#77Darrell33US #128
#78Ernest33US #55
#79Philip33US #64
#80Phillip33US #95
#81Ted33US #147
#82Floyd32US #96
#83Glen31US #121
#84Frederick29US #71
#85Herbert29US #68
#86Vernon29US #103
#87Earl28US #50
#88Francis28US #51
#89Jon28US #126
#90Neil28US #152
#91Rodney28US #133
#92Russell28US #70
#93Alfred25US #69
#94Harvey25US #99
#95Leslie24US #135
#96Allan23US #119
#97Dave23
#98Steven23US #184
#99Fredrick22US #194
#100Ronnie22US #113

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑34Katherine#64
↑26Linda#24
↑23Judy#21
↑19Warren#69
↑17Judith#11
↑17Gene#48
↑17Phillip#80
↑16Colleen#73

Falling

↓24Leslie#95
↓22Alice#58
↓22Lorraine#81
↓22Patsy#95
↓22Carl#51
↓21Stanley#61
↓20Carole#50
↓20Anita#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.