State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,470 Washington births in 1939 across 535 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#43Dick#169 nationally
#86Colleenoutside the national top 200
#94Ronoutside the national top 200
#89Dave#193 nationally
#99Loren#200 nationally
#75Lyle#175 nationally
#71Dixie#169 nationally
#40Mike#129 nationally
#54Pat#142 nationally
#59Myrna#144 nationally
#63Steven#144 nationally
#66Jeanne#147 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara370US #2
#2Patricia370US #3
#3Sharon369US #23
#4Mary349US #1
#5Carol299US #6
#6Nancy284US #7
#7Judith248US #8
#8Marilyn225US #19
#9Sandra214US #13
#10Donna206US #20
#11Linda203US #15
#12Judy202US #28
#13Shirley198US #5
#14Janet171US #17
#15Betty165US #4
#16Joan165US #11
#17Janice158US #24
#18Karen157US #39
#19Darlene134US #75
#20Beverly126US #25
#21Dorothy123US #9
#22Sally117US #52
#23Joyce111US #12
#24Carolyn109US #14
#25Susan109US #44
#26Joanne106US #53
#27Margaret106US #10
#28Diane96US #51
#29Virginia96US #21
#30Helen85US #16
#31Arlene75US #69
#32Geraldine75US #41
#33Gail73US #73
#34Marjorie72US #60
#35Carole71US #47
#36Jean71US #32
#37Alice70US #31
#38Lois70US #35
#39Phyllis70US #30
#40Roberta68US #71
#41Marlene67US #64
#42Elizabeth66US #18
#43Kathleen64US #48
#44Ann63US #33
#45Bonnie59US #61
#46Gloria59US #36
#47Kay59US #76
#48Joann58US #57
#49Ruth56US #22
#50Frances55US #26
#51Jacqueline53US #72
#52Norma53US #38
#53Peggy53US #34
#54Pat51US #142
#55Marie48US #37
#56Elaine47US #45
#57Evelyn47US #40
#58Doris42US #29
#59Myrna42US #144
#60Sylvia42US #62
#61Dolores41US #58
#62Jeanette39US #82
#63Sheila38US #125
#64Anita37US #97
#65Charlotte37US #66
#66Jeanne37US #147
#67Delores36US #79
#68Jo36US #70
#69Ellen35US #80
#70Charlene34US #139
#71Dixie34US #169
#72Eleanor34US #63
#73Irene34US #74
#74Deanna33US #133
#75Laura33US #107
#76Marian33US #130
#77Rose33US #42
#78Yvonne33US #90
#79Anne32US #85
#80Glenda32US #112
#81Katherine32US #101
#82Marcia32US #109
#83Suzanne32US #122
#84Loretta31US #65
#85Margie31US #113
#86Colleen30
#87Diana30US #138
#88Brenda29US #86
#89Esther29US #117
#90Wanda29US #50
#91Lorraine28US #95
#92Anna27US #43
#93Jane27US #46
#94Kathryn27US #106
#95Sue27US #92
#96Connie26US #111
#97June26US #83
#98Maureen26US #146
#99Rosalie26US #114
#100Wilma26US #87

Boys

#1Robert684US #1
#2John520US #3
#3James505US #2
#4Richard479US #5
#5David414US #7
#6William411US #4
#7Gary372US #21
#8Larry317US #14
#9Donald299US #8
#10Ronald256US #10
#11Charles219US #6
#12Michael212US #18
#13Jerry210US #16
#14Kenneth189US #13
#15George185US #11
#16Dennis180US #34
#17Gerald180US #19
#18Thomas166US #9
#19Jack154US #26
#20Edward131US #15
#21Paul127US #17
#22Roger118US #28
#23Raymond93US #22
#24Jim88US #75
#25Joseph87US #12
#26Frank85US #20
#27Wayne85US #39
#28Harold84US #23
#29Fred82US #40
#30Lawrence81US #36
#31Bob79US #89
#32Daniel78US #38
#33Norman76US #44
#34Bill75US #67
#35Douglas75US #58
#36Don73US #56
#37Terry69US #83
#38Walter69US #25
#39Dale68US #59
#40Mike66US #129
#41Gordon65US #82
#42Patrick63US #79
#43Dick61US #169
#44Ralph59US #35
#45Arthur57US #32
#46Eugene57US #37
#47Bruce55US #64
#48Joe55US #27
#49Roy54US #42
#50Alan53US #85
#51Gene50US #69
#52Tom49US #97
#53Carl48US #30
#54Duane48US #118
#55Allen47US #72
#56Melvin45US #51
#57Rodney45US #122
#58Stanley44US #57
#59Harry43US #45
#60Leonard43US #54
#61Stephen42US #65
#62Ray41US #74
#63Steven41US #144
#64Albert39US #41
#65Clifford39US #88
#66Howard39US #47
#67Leroy39US #61
#68Marvin39US #52
#69Peter39US #46
#70Glen37US #123
#71Lee34US #78
#72Darrell33US #130
#73Ernest33US #55
#74Henry32US #31
#75Lyle32US #175
#76Jon31US #121
#77Keith30US #117
#78Lloyd30US #95
#79Philip30US #66
#80Theodore30US #90
#81Glenn29US #87
#82Jimmy29US #43
#83Leslie29US #136
#84Neil29US #152
#85Phillip29US #92
#86Steve29US #139
#87Dean28US #134
#88Russell28US #73
#89Dave27US #193
#90Ronnie27US #109
#91Ted27US #149
#92Frederick26US #71
#93Herbert26US #68
#94Ron26
#95Danny25US #137
#96Earl25US #50
#97Harvey25US #102
#98Lewis25US #107
#99Loren25US #200
#100Alvin24US #103

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑35Steven#63
↑34Rodney#57
↑33Sheila#63
↑27Joe#48
↑26Gail#33
↑26Mike#40
↑25Jeanne#66
↑22Anita#64

Falling

↓45Rosalie#99
↓34June#97
↓32Deanna#74
↓25Howard#66
↓21Clifford#65
↓21Leroy#67
↓18Loretta#84
↓17Katherine#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.