State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,873 Washington births in 1944 across 725 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#71Ronoutside the national top 200
#66Dick#190 nationally
#65Penny#180 nationally
#87Colleenoutside the national top 200
#50Dave#163 nationally
#56Vicki#161 nationally
#97Rickoutside the national top 200
#99Terryoutside the national top 200
#92Lyle#189 nationally
#53Dan#144 nationally
#92Leslie#182 nationally
#74Julie#162 nationally

Girls

#1Linda812US #3
#2Mary684US #1
#3Sharon654US #8
#4Carol601US #5
#5Barbara543US #2
#6Sandra466US #6
#7Karen465US #16
#8Patricia464US #4
#9Susan433US #13
#10Judy430US #12
#11Nancy420US #7
#12Judith408US #9
#13Donna311US #17
#14Kathleen290US #20
#15Janet289US #21
#16Diane247US #24
#17Cheryl238US #36
#18Marilyn232US #27
#19Janice227US #28
#20Carolyn206US #11
#21Margaret198US #14
#22Shirley195US #15
#23Pamela180US #44
#24Betty171US #10
#25Joan169US #22
#26Joyce151US #18
#27Bonnie141US #34
#28Virginia140US #26
#29Kathy122US #110
#30Beverly121US #35
#31Dorothy117US #19
#32Darlene109US #76
#33Joanne109US #55
#34Ann108US #39
#35Diana108US #60
#36Carole102US #43
#37Connie102US #51
#38Gloria98US #25
#39Roberta98US #70
#40Elizabeth97US #23
#41Sally93US #59
#42Jean90US #37
#43Claudia87US #120
#44Gail87US #56
#45Ruth86US #32
#46Peggy85US #45
#47Helen82US #31
#48Katherine82US #77
#49Kathryn82US #68
#50Phyllis82US #40
#51Sue82US #62
#52Kay81US #88
#53Lois79US #47
#54Alice73US #38
#55Dianne72US #90
#56Vicki70US #161
#57Frances69US #33
#58Jo66US #61
#59Christine65US #75
#60Elaine65US #46
#61Lynn65US #116
#62Catherine64US #49
#63Charlotte64US #50
#64Lynda63US #113
#65Penny62US #180
#66Sherry62US #100
#67Joann61US #65
#68Pat59US #154
#69Rita59US #54
#70Eileen58US #73
#71Jeanne58US #108
#72Marcia58US #89
#73Arlene57US #101
#74Julie57US #162
#75Suzanne56US #78
#76Anita52US #95
#77Charlene52US #109
#78Rose51US #52
#79Sheila51US #103
#80Evelyn50US #57
#81Marie50US #48
#82Marjorie50US #85
#83Ellen48US #63
#84Marlene48US #106
#85Doris44US #42
#86Jeanette44US #117
#87Colleen43
#88Geraldine43US #53
#89Jane43US #41
#90Gayle42US #173
#91Glenda42US #79
#92Leslie42US #182
#93Norma42US #66
#94Anne41US #86
#95Martha41US #29
#96Paula41US #82
#97Andrea40US #128
#98Maureen40US #107
#99Terry40
#100Joy39US #163

Boys

#1Robert1,021US #2
#2John1,018US #3
#3James969US #1
#4Richard849US #5
#5David756US #6
#6Gary708US #15
#7Michael643US #9
#8William616US #4
#9Larry478US #12
#10Ronald411US #10
#11Donald387US #11
#12Dennis366US #20
#13Thomas359US #8
#14Charles344US #7
#15Kenneth306US #16
#16Jerry277US #19
#17George239US #14
#18Gerald209US #24
#19Paul199US #17
#20Mike198US #80
#21Jim197US #68
#22Terry190US #43
#23Douglas185US #34
#24Bill178US #66
#25Roger167US #23
#26Jack164US #30
#27Daniel159US #25
#28Steven159US #52
#29Bruce149US #51
#30Edward149US #18
#31Dale141US #61
#32Patrick139US #64
#33Frank137US #21
#34Raymond128US #22
#35Stephen127US #28
#36Don119US #72
#37Fred116US #47
#38Wayne116US #37
#39Tom110US #87
#40Steve104US #89
#41Carl102US #36
#42Joseph102US #13
#43Bob95US #109
#44Alan89US #55
#45Harold89US #27
#46Howard88US #53
#47Lawrence88US #32
#48Arthur86US #29
#49Walter84US #26
#50Dave82US #163
#51Roy82US #39
#52Peter78US #40
#53Dan77US #144
#54Joe77US #33
#55Ralph77US #42
#56Stanley75US #57
#57Gene74US #95
#58Mark73US #93
#59Danny72US #76
#60Brian71US #116
#61Timothy71US #92
#62Norman70US #58
#63Gordon68US #105
#64Philip66US #60
#65Russell66US #63
#66Dick63US #190
#67Eugene63US #48
#68Harry61US #49
#69Rodney61US #123
#70Melvin60US #67
#71Ron59
#72Allen55US #77
#73Dean55US #134
#74Duane55US #135
#75Jon53US #122
#76Clifford52US #99
#77Lee52US #85
#78Leroy52US #78
#79Edwin51US #106
#80Keith51US #104
#81Marvin51US #75
#82Gregory49US #152
#83Henry49US #35
#84Leonard49US #56
#85Barry48US #84
#86Lloyd48US #102
#87Albert46US #44
#88Earl46US #65
#89Ray46US #86
#90Frederick44US #73
#91Glenn44US #88
#92Lyle43US #189
#93Warren43US #100
#94Jeffrey41US #101
#95Ernest40US #59
#96Jimmy40US #41
#97Rick40
#98Darrell39US #133
#99Floyd36US #110
#100Joel36US #125

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑36Christine#59
↑31Claudia#43
↑29Katherine#48
↑22Joann#67
↑20Peggy#46
↑19Arlene#73
↑17Kathy#29
↑17Danny#59

Falling

↓24Suzanne#75
↓24Martha#95
↓24Keith#80
↓22Julie#74
↓22Glenn#91
↓21Norma#93
↓21Darrell#98
↓20Colleen#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.