State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,549 Washington births in 1945 across 716 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#68Colleenoutside the national top 200
#67Dick#196 nationally
#91Ronoutside the national top 200
#75Penny#183 nationally
#96Rickoutside the national top 200
#61Dave#164 nationally
#98Janis#184 nationally
#73Julie#155 nationally
#99Jill#177 nationally
#77Pat#154 nationally
#52Dan#127 nationally
#100Deanna#175 nationally

Girls

#1Linda818US #2
#2Mary655US #1
#3Carol592US #5
#4Patricia551US #4
#5Barbara536US #3
#6Sharon512US #8
#7Susan495US #10
#8Judy455US #13
#9Sandra424US #6
#10Karen407US #16
#11Nancy385US #7
#12Judith332US #9
#13Donna325US #17
#14Kathleen310US #19
#15Janet294US #20
#16Diane284US #22
#17Cheryl245US #32
#18Margaret239US #15
#19Marilyn231US #27
#20Janice215US #24
#21Shirley193US #14
#22Carolyn186US #12
#23Pamela175US #42
#24Betty166US #11
#25Bonnie162US #35
#26Joyce158US #18
#27Joan156US #25
#28Kathy148US #101
#29Diana146US #43
#30Ann128US #39
#31Gloria123US #23
#32Sally123US #64
#33Virginia121US #28
#34Jean120US #38
#35Beverly112US #37
#36Joanne111US #53
#37Darlene108US #71
#38Carole106US #51
#39Roberta101US #75
#40Gail99US #52
#41Dorothy98US #21
#42Peggy98US #45
#43Vicki98US #117
#44Ruth96US #33
#45Connie95US #47
#46Elizabeth94US #26
#47Kathryn94US #65
#48Dianne92US #72
#49Marcia90US #88
#50Jane87US #36
#51Helen84US #31
#52Lynn80US #102
#53Lois79US #48
#54Elaine78US #44
#55Christine77US #62
#56Kay77US #91
#57Phyllis72US #40
#58Claudia71US #127
#59Sherry70US #104
#60Alice69US #41
#61Catherine69US #50
#62Lynda69US #111
#63Charlotte67US #55
#64Sue65US #66
#65Frances64US #34
#66Suzanne64US #68
#67Paula63US #67
#68Colleen61
#69Marjorie61US #94
#70Sheila60US #89
#71Jacqueline59US #63
#72Jo59US #60
#73Julie59US #155
#74Martha58US #30
#75Penny58US #183
#76Katherine57US #82
#77Pat57US #154
#78Anne53US #81
#79Ellen53US #61
#80Marie53US #49
#81Anita51US #100
#82Charlene51US #114
#83Leslie51US #142
#84Lynne50US #153
#85Marlene49US #110
#86Jeanne48US #98
#87Marsha48US #113
#88Gayle47US #156
#89Joann47US #80
#90Laura46US #77
#91Norma46US #74
#92Eileen45US #70
#93Georgia45US #116
#94Geraldine44US #56
#95Victoria44US #106
#96Sylvia43US #83
#97Arlene42US #99
#98Janis42US #184
#99Jill42US #177
#100Deanna41US #175

Boys

#1Robert1,073US #2
#2John1,008US #3
#3James1,002US #1
#4Richard892US #5
#5Michael716US #9
#6David696US #6
#7William636US #4
#8Gary624US #13
#9Larry484US #11
#10Thomas396US #8
#11Ronald395US #10
#12Donald387US #12
#13Dennis382US #19
#14Charles352US #7
#15Kenneth301US #16
#16Jerry244US #20
#17Paul241US #17
#18Douglas231US #29
#19George227US #15
#20Terry215US #33
#21Jim210US #68
#22Mike208US #69
#23Steven198US #43
#24Jack190US #32
#25Roger182US #22
#26Daniel170US #24
#27Stephen166US #26
#28Gerald164US #25
#29Bruce161US #48
#30Edward157US #18
#31Bill148US #66
#32Joseph142US #14
#33Wayne139US #35
#34Steve135US #79
#35Frank133US #21
#36Dale129US #61
#37Raymond125US #23
#38Tom124US #89
#39Patrick120US #63
#40Don115US #73
#41Bob113US #107
#42Lawrence108US #30
#43Fred100US #51
#44Alan95US #52
#45Mark93US #72
#46Ralph93US #44
#47Gordon91US #109
#48Brian81US #113
#49Harold81US #28
#50Stanley80US #59
#51Walter80US #27
#52Dan79US #127
#53Gregory79US #96
#54Joe79US #36
#55Roy78US #40
#56Danny77US #56
#57Timothy76US #70
#58Carl75US #39
#59Howard75US #54
#60Keith75US #108
#61Dave69US #164
#62Peter69US #38
#63Rodney66US #105
#64Norman64US #65
#65Allen63US #74
#66Arthur62US #34
#67Dick62US #196
#68Frederick62US #77
#69Dean60US #136
#70Jay60US #125
#71Russell60US #64
#72Ray58US #92
#73Duane57US #138
#74Eugene57US #50
#75Harry57US #47
#76Henry55US #37
#77Lee55US #87
#78Jon54US #112
#79Philip53US #58
#80Phillip52US #85
#81Clifford51US #99
#82Earl49US #71
#83Marvin49US #80
#84Jeffrey48US #91
#85Albert47US #49
#86Allan47US #137
#87Craig47US #134
#88Darrell47US #141
#89Gene47US #100
#90Leonard47US #57
#91Ron47
#92Glenn44US #93
#93Leslie43US #115
#94Randy43US #162
#95Victor43US #95
#96Rick41
#97Ted41US #155
#98Barry39US #84
#99Ernest39US #60
#100Melvin39US #78

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑39Jane#50
↑29Paula#67
↑29Gregory#53
↑23Marcia#49
↑22Frederick#68
↑21Martha#74
↑20Keith#60
↑19Colleen#68

Falling

↓32Gene#89
↓30Melvin#100
↓28Katherine#76
↓24Arlene#97
↓22Joann#89
↓22Eileen#92
↓20Ron#91
↓18Arthur#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.