State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,573 Washington births in 1941 across 599 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#84Lynne#200 nationally
#56Dick#171 nationally
#57Julie#169 nationally
#98Gretchenoutside the national top 200
#64Myrna#161 nationally
#89Claudia#185 nationally
#91Dixie#181 nationally
#88Dave#177 nationally
#98Gregory#183 nationally
#54Pat#134 nationally
#77Pamela#155 nationally
#83Neil#161 nationally

Girls

#1Sharon520US #15
#2Patricia425US #3
#3Mary423US #1
#4Linda420US #5
#5Judith414US #6
#6Barbara355US #2
#7Carol352US #4
#8Karen351US #19
#9Judy340US #16
#10Sandra321US #9
#11Nancy250US #8
#12Donna213US #20
#13Susan202US #27
#14Janet189US #18
#15Joan185US #17
#16Janice181US #22
#17Carolyn165US #11
#18Marilyn160US #30
#19Shirley157US #10
#20Diane151US #40
#21Margaret150US #12
#22Betty145US #7
#23Joyce141US #13
#24Bonnie130US #33
#25Kathleen125US #36
#26Beverly123US #29
#27Darlene106US #76
#28Virginia105US #23
#29Dorothy102US #14
#30Joanne90US #54
#31Sally90US #61
#32Jean89US #32
#33Gloria80US #26
#34Roberta77US #72
#35Ann76US #37
#36Helen76US #24
#37Carole74US #48
#38Kay72US #70
#39Elizabeth71US #21
#40Marlene71US #83
#41Phyllis71US #35
#42Ruth67US #28
#43Alice65US #34
#44Frances61US #31
#45Lois60US #43
#46Marjorie60US #71
#47Charlotte59US #55
#48Gail59US #68
#49Peggy59US #39
#50Arlene55US #77
#51Joann52US #58
#52Jane51US #46
#53Jo50US #66
#54Pat50US #134
#55Norma49US #47
#56Elaine48US #44
#57Julie48US #169
#58Louise48US #62
#59Connie46US #79
#60Charlene45US #125
#61Kathryn45US #87
#62Geraldine44US #45
#63Marcia44US #105
#64Myrna44US #161
#65Katherine43US #85
#66Sue43US #75
#67Anita42US #91
#68Doris42US #38
#69Marie40US #42
#70Evelyn39US #50
#71Sylvia39US #65
#72Jacqueline37US #73
#73Jeanette37US #98
#74Martha37US #25
#75Dianne35US #146
#76Jeanne35US #126
#77Pamela35US #155
#78Catherine34US #51
#79Diana34US #100
#80Eleanor34US #78
#81Irene34US #74
#82Rose34US #49
#83Suzanne34US #97
#84Lynne33US #200
#85Anna32US #56
#86Delores32US #80
#87Ellen32US #67
#88Patsy32US #52
#89Claudia31US #185
#90Deanna31US #137
#91Dixie31US #181
#92June31US #90
#93Lynn31US #171
#94Sheila31US #110
#95Yvonne31US #120
#96Eileen30US #121
#97Juanita29US #84
#98Gretchen28
#99Loretta28US #81
#100Anne27US #82

Boys

#1James696US #1
#2Robert689US #2
#3John638US #3
#4Richard509US #5
#5Gary490US #19
#6William481US #4
#7David468US #7
#8Michael395US #16
#9Larry373US #11
#10Ronald345US #9
#11Donald300US #10
#12Dennis286US #23
#13Thomas248US #8
#14Charles232US #6
#15Jerry222US #14
#16Kenneth213US #15
#17George190US #13
#18Gerald169US #20
#19Paul163US #18
#20Roger134US #25
#21Jack129US #32
#22Edward119US #17
#23Terry113US #64
#24Frank108US #21
#25Jim108US #80
#26Douglas106US #53
#27Dale100US #59
#28Wayne97US #37
#29Joseph93US #12
#30Raymond93US #22
#31Bill89US #68
#32Bruce89US #51
#33Daniel89US #31
#34Mike86US #111
#35Norman84US #49
#36Fred83US #43
#37Stephen80US #41
#38Patrick79US #70
#39Don75US #66
#40Walter75US #26
#41Lawrence72US #34
#42Carl71US #29
#43Arthur65US #33
#44Ralph65US #38
#45Roy62US #39
#46Tom61US #88
#47Gordon60US #92
#48Eugene59US #42
#49Harold59US #24
#50Bob58US #103
#51Stanley56US #57
#52Steve56US #112
#53Harry55US #48
#54Lee54US #81
#55Leonard54US #54
#56Dick52US #171
#57Peter52US #44
#58Duane51US #129
#59Keith51US #119
#60Ray51US #83
#61Howard50US #47
#62Phillip49US #77
#63Steven49US #90
#64Henry48US #28
#65Philip48US #52
#66Joe47US #30
#67Alan46US #84
#68Frederick46US #69
#69Melvin46US #56
#70Gene45US #72
#71Marvin45US #63
#72Earl44US #58
#73Leroy43US #67
#74Albert42US #40
#75Warren41US #105
#76Glenn40US #86
#77Russell39US #75
#78Alfred38US #74
#79Darrell38US #130
#80Jon37US #128
#81Allen34US #73
#82Ernest34US #61
#83Neil34US #161
#84Rodney34US #127
#85Ted33US #156
#86Dean32US #143
#87Jay32US #137
#88Dave31US #177
#89Theodore31US #95
#90Barry30US #91
#91Brian30US #153
#92Clifford30US #94
#93Vernon30US #108
#94Danny29US #120
#95Louis29US #50
#96Billy28US #27
#97Edwin28US #97
#98Gregory28US #183
#99Lynn28US #141
#100Timothy27US #121

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑41Steve#52
↑37Connie#59
↑33Anita#67
↑25Sue#66
↑23Warren#75
↑19Glenn#76
↑18Kay#38
↑18Harry#53

Falling

↓37Ellen#87
↓30Clifford#92
↓29Allen#81
↓26Irene#81
↓25Melvin#69
↓24Jacqueline#72
↓24Marvin#71
↓21Deanna#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.