State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,677 Washington births in 1943 across 715 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#62Ronoutside the national top 200
#48Penny#184 nationally
#67Colleenoutside the national top 200
#48Dave#167 nationally
#70Dick#188 nationally
#62Vicki#179 nationally
#86Leslie#191 nationally
#52Julie#156 nationally
#94Patty#187 nationally
#46Kathy#136 nationally
#59Pat#145 nationally
#82Gayle#168 nationally

Girls

#1Linda776US #4
#2Sharon758US #8
#3Mary601US #1
#4Carol574US #5
#5Patricia543US #3
#6Karen524US #15
#7Judy516US #13
#8Barbara496US #2
#9Sandra449US #6
#10Judith421US #7
#11Nancy376US #9
#12Susan321US #18
#13Donna301US #17
#14Janet279US #20
#15Diane258US #24
#16Kathleen244US #22
#17Carolyn241US #11
#18Marilyn237US #27
#19Shirley234US #12
#20Janice224US #26
#21Margaret217US #14
#22Joan190US #21
#23Bonnie179US #34
#24Betty175US #10
#25Joyce153US #16
#26Pamela136US #54
#27Beverly127US #32
#28Sally127US #57
#29Virginia126US #25
#30Darlene125US #73
#31Dorothy121US #19
#32Joanne118US #49
#33Cheryl117US #102
#34Jean114US #36
#35Diana111US #62
#36Roberta103US #66
#37Elizabeth96US #23
#38Frances95US #31
#39Helen93US #28
#40Ann92US #37
#41Gloria90US #30
#42Carole89US #42
#43Ruth88US #33
#44Gail87US #55
#45Connie81US #59
#46Kathy81US #136
#47Elaine79US #46
#48Penny78US #184
#49Kay77US #81
#50Dianne74US #88
#51Suzanne73US #86
#52Julie72US #156
#53Jo70US #63
#54Alice69US #38
#55Charlotte69US #47
#56Lois69US #43
#57Phyllis67US #39
#58Lynda66US #115
#59Pat66US #145
#60Sheila66US #92
#61Sherry65US #123
#62Vicki65US #179
#63Kathryn64US #75
#64Lynn64US #134
#65Sue64US #72
#66Peggy63US #41
#67Colleen60
#68Marie59US #45
#69Marjorie58US #79
#70Marlene58US #104
#71Martha58US #29
#72Norma57US #58
#73Catherine55US #48
#74Claudia54US #159
#75Ellen54US #67
#76Geraldine54US #51
#77Katherine54US #78
#78Jane52US #44
#79Jeanne50US #113
#80Marcia50US #96
#81Charlene49US #121
#82Gayle49US #168
#83Rita49US #52
#84Eileen48US #68
#85Rose47US #50
#86Leslie46US #191
#87Loretta46US #89
#88Sylvia46US #77
#89Joann45US #60
#90Paula45US #93
#91Anne44US #80
#92Arlene44US #90
#93Joy44US #157
#94Patty44US #187
#95Christine42US #84
#96Jacqueline42US #65
#97Lorraine42US #94
#98Doris41US #40
#99Jeanette41US #110
#100Georgia40US #119

Boys

#1Robert1,010US #2
#2James957US #1
#3John915US #3
#4Richard778US #5
#5David741US #6
#6Michael655US #10
#7William641US #4
#8Gary588US #16
#9Larry530US #12
#10Ronald497US #9
#11Donald429US #11
#12Dennis399US #20
#13Charles370US #7
#14Thomas338US #8
#15Kenneth313US #15
#16Jerry306US #17
#17George240US #14
#18Douglas216US #28
#19Terry208US #49
#20Gerald202US #23
#21Paul186US #19
#22Jim182US #75
#23Roger168US #24
#24Bill167US #65
#25Edward167US #18
#26Jack165US #34
#27Daniel153US #25
#28Stephen147US #29
#29Joseph146US #13
#30Mike142US #90
#31Steven142US #58
#32Frank140US #21
#33Bruce138US #51
#34Raymond134US #22
#35Dale132US #59
#36Patrick122US #69
#37Fred120US #45
#38Don118US #72
#39Wayne118US #41
#40Lawrence116US #32
#41Tom116US #87
#42Bob109US #110
#43Gordon108US #98
#44Steve101US #93
#45Norman100US #56
#46Harold97US #27
#47Ralph89US #40
#48Dave87US #167
#49Stanley85US #54
#50Carl81US #33
#51Roy80US #38
#52Peter79US #39
#53Alan77US #67
#54Mark77US #101
#55Dan76US #139
#56Keith76US #108
#57Walter75US #26
#58Gene73US #89
#59Howard73US #48
#60Arthur72US #30
#61Eugene71US #47
#62Ron69
#63Joe68US #35
#64Leonard66US #55
#65Melvin66US #63
#66Philip65US #57
#67Rodney65US #118
#68Harry64US #50
#69Glenn63US #85
#70Dick62US #188
#71Marvin62US #66
#72Dean59US #142
#73Allen58US #76
#74Albert55US #43
#75Russell55US #73
#76Danny54US #88
#77Darrell54US #140
#78Ray54US #84
#79Lee53US #91
#80Leroy53US #74
#81Clifford52US #94
#82Duane52US #138
#83Henry51US #31
#84Jon49US #127
#85Phillip49US #81
#86Ted47US #157
#87Edwin45US #107
#88Frederick45US #70
#89Lloyd45US #104
#90Earl43US #60
#91Leslie43US #121
#92Craig41US #164
#93Harvey39US #111
#94Martin39US #83
#95Barry38US #82
#96Lynn38US #147
#97Tommy38US #77
#98Ernest37US #61
#99Joel37US #128
#100Warren37US #102

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑43Jo#53
↑40Penny#48
↑34Suzanne#51
↑30Ron#62
↑29Alan#53
↑28Lynda#58
↑28Vicki#62
↑23Elaine#47

Falling

↓25Arlene#92
↓24Geraldine#76
↓24Charlene#81
↓23Marjorie#69
↓22Marlene#70
↓22Jacqueline#96
↓21Peggy#66
↓21Warren#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.