State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,192 Washington births in 1948 across 801 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#75Ronoutside the national top 200
#67Greg#178 nationally
#91Kristineoutside the national top 200
#92Robinoutside the national top 200
#55Colleen#161 nationally
#84Candace#190 nationally
#70Rick#174 nationally
#100Dickoutside the national top 200
#64Dave#161 nationally
#85Wendy#182 nationally
#78Tim#171 nationally
#57Bob#141 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,750US #1
#2Susan863US #5
#3Mary805US #2
#4Patricia722US #4
#5Barbara629US #3
#6Sandra533US #6
#7Karen525US #12
#8Kathleen524US #10
#9Carol522US #8
#10Nancy516US #7
#11Sharon471US #9
#12Pamela376US #22
#13Donna359US #11
#14Cheryl339US #25
#15Judy331US #16
#16Diane302US #19
#17Judith296US #15
#18Margaret284US #13
#19Janice269US #23
#20Janet252US #24
#21Christine242US #35
#22Marilyn211US #33
#23Shirley194US #20
#24Carolyn187US #14
#25Kathy181US #55
#26Cynthia180US #27
#27Diana180US #48
#28Bonnie175US #34
#29Kathryn158US #54
#30Betty154US #18
#31Vicki150US #81
#32Catherine146US #41
#33Joyce145US #21
#34Connie144US #43
#35Joan143US #37
#36Virginia142US #36
#37Beverly139US #31
#38Elizabeth139US #26
#39Gail139US #51
#40Peggy134US #38
#41Sally132US #72
#42Julie128US #117
#43Katherine128US #68
#44Sherry121US #61
#45Ann117US #44
#46Marcia113US #79
#47Cathy112US #104
#48Lynn112US #80
#49Darlene111US #77
#50Joanne111US #65
#51Deborah106US #30
#52Teresa106US #82
#53Gloria104US #28
#54Jean104US #47
#55Colleen96US #161
#56Rebecca95US #50
#57Claudia93US #122
#58Lynda93US #84
#59Suzanne93US #66
#60Dorothy92US #29
#61Frances91US #42
#62Jane89US #39
#63Paula88US #52
#64Marsha86US #76
#65Alice85US #49
#66Roberta84US #101
#67Jo83US #56
#68Ruth83US #45
#69Terry79US #133
#70Charlotte77US #69
#71Helen77US #40
#72Janis77US #121
#73Sue76US #78
#74Laura74US #73
#75Jeanne73US #95
#76Sheila73US #71
#77Elaine72US #53
#78Penny72US #153
#79Leslie71US #131
#80Marlene71US #109
#81Victoria70US #108
#82Theresa68US #63
#83Dianne67US #86
#84Candace66US #190
#85Wendy66US #182
#86Kay65US #113
#87Yvonne65US #112
#88Phyllis64US #46
#89Charlene63US #105
#90Constance63US #93
#91Kristine63
#92Robin63
#93Jill62US #150
#94Rita62US #59
#95Sheryl61US #144
#96Gayle60US #141
#97Jacqueline60US #58
#98Marie59US #60
#99Maureen59US #88
#100Sylvia58US #100

Boys

#1Robert1,277US #2
#2John1,242US #3
#3James1,230US #1
#4Michael1,073US #6
#5David972US #5
#6Richard935US #7
#7William758US #4
#8Gary683US #12
#9Thomas587US #8
#10Ronald533US #10
#11Larry526US #11
#12Steven511US #23
#13Donald479US #14
#14Dennis464US #17
#15Charles410US #9
#16Kenneth398US #15
#17Stephen337US #20
#18Daniel325US #22
#19Paul319US #18
#20Terry319US #26
#21Douglas278US #33
#22Jerry271US #21
#23Gregory266US #32
#24Bruce265US #28
#25Mark255US #29
#26Steve240US #60
#27George235US #16
#28Mike217US #68
#29Patrick213US #48
#30Joseph196US #13
#31Dale193US #56
#32Gerald186US #30
#33Jim184US #86
#34Roger182US #24
#35Bill181US #84
#36Jack177US #43
#37Timothy177US #38
#38Edward176US #19
#39Wayne168US #34
#40Alan147US #46
#41Dan144US #113
#42Frank144US #25
#43Raymond138US #27
#44Lawrence132US #31
#45Tom132US #94
#46Danny127US #39
#47Craig123US #82
#48Gordon115US #112
#49Randy108US #99
#50Fred107US #66
#51Don103US #91
#52Brian101US #95
#53Harold101US #36
#54Carl99US #42
#55Jon99US #128
#56Peter98US #37
#57Bob95US #141
#58Rodney94US #92
#59Keith91US #89
#60Jeffrey90US #58
#61Walter90US #35
#62Stanley88US #65
#63Philip85US #54
#64Dave83US #161
#65Roy81US #49
#66Russell80US #67
#67Greg79US #178
#68Joe78US #47
#69Phillip77US #69
#70Rick76US #174
#71Randall75US #98
#72Arthur74US #44
#73Ralph74US #51
#74Scott74US #122
#75Ron73
#76Darrell67US #121
#77Marvin67US #90
#78Tim66US #171
#79Norman65US #85
#80Howard64US #63
#81Gene61US #111
#82Leonard61US #71
#83Micheal61US #148
#84Dean59US #143
#85Eugene59US #61
#86Allan58US #132
#87Duane58US #140
#88Melvin58US #81
#89Albert57US #55
#90Allen57US #72
#91Clifford56US #105
#92Frederick56US #75
#93Eric55US #114
#94Harry55US #57
#95Glenn54US #73
#96Barry53US #74
#97Lee53US #93
#98Lloyd53US #118
#99Warren52US #109
#100Dick50

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑42Deborah#51
↑36Colleen#55
↑34Rebecca#56
↑28Phillip#69
↑27Teresa#52
↑24Randy#49
↑22Rodney#58
↑20Carl#54

Falling

↓26Glenn#95
↓23Allen#90
↓22Phyllis#88
↓22Rita#94
↓21Lee#97
↓20Gayle#96
↓16Laura#74
↓16Penny#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.