State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,896 Washington births in 1949 across 817 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#78Kristineoutside the national top 200
#94Robinoutside the national top 200
#97Gregoutside the national top 200
#88Candace#174 nationally
#88Rick#170 nationally
#47Dan#125 nationally
#84Bob#162 nationally
#69Colleen#146 nationally
#95Chris#168 nationally
#51Wendy#122 nationally
#45Julie#113 nationally
#90Penny#158 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,538US #1
#2Susan827US #5
#3Mary796US #2
#4Patricia684US #3
#5Kathleen637US #9
#6Barbara594US #4
#7Carol553US #8
#8Sandra520US #6
#9Nancy517US #7
#10Karen475US #11
#11Sharon462US #10
#12Pamela365US #21
#13Donna337US #12
#14Janet306US #23
#15Judith286US #16
#16Diane282US #19
#17Judy282US #20
#18Cheryl277US #28
#19Janice271US #24
#20Margaret268US #14
#21Christine267US #30
#22Kathy223US #42
#23Shirley198US #18
#24Marilyn197US #33
#25Deborah194US #15
#26Cynthia192US #27
#27Kathryn188US #52
#28Vicki182US #70
#29Carolyn177US #17
#30Connie164US #43
#31Catherine162US #37
#32Diana161US #48
#33Elizabeth154US #25
#34Bonnie152US #35
#35Gail152US #51
#36Peggy152US #38
#37Katherine151US #59
#38Joan145US #36
#39Virginia145US #39
#40Gloria139US #29
#41Teresa139US #82
#42Ann134US #44
#43Lynn133US #74
#44Joyce132US #26
#45Julie128US #113
#46Marcia125US #78
#47Laura120US #65
#48Jean119US #45
#49Beverly118US #31
#50Paula118US #55
#51Wendy115US #122
#52Sally112US #77
#53Betty111US #22
#54Rebecca111US #40
#55Cathy110US #81
#56Marsha102US #79
#57Darlene99US #75
#58Constance95US #83
#59Lynda93US #93
#60Dorothy92US #32
#61Suzanne92US #62
#62Joanne91US #61
#63Sherry91US #68
#64Brenda90US #13
#65Jane90US #41
#66Ruth88US #47
#67Terry87US #115
#68Jeanne84US #92
#69Colleen82US #146
#70Helen81US #46
#71Theresa81US #63
#72Phyllis80US #50
#73Sheila79US #76
#74Leslie78US #132
#75Elaine77US #57
#76Victoria77US #96
#77Claudia76US #127
#78Kristine76
#79Lois76US #73
#80Roberta76US #97
#81Gayle75US #137
#82Charlotte74US #71
#83Frances74US #49
#84Martha73US #34
#85Jacqueline72US #58
#86Sue69US #88
#87Valerie69US #108
#88Candace67US #174
#89Jo67US #60
#90Penny67US #158
#91Dianne66US #85
#92Janis66US #131
#93Rita66US #54
#94Robin66
#95Ellen64US #64
#96Vickie63US #124
#97Marlene62US #110
#98Kay61US #119
#99Charlene59US #100
#100Eileen58US #95

Boys

#1Robert1,301US #2
#2John1,264US #3
#3Michael1,228US #5
#4James1,146US #1
#5David1,070US #6
#6Richard945US #7
#7William763US #4
#8Steven704US #20
#9Gary616US #12
#10Ronald576US #11
#11Thomas568US #8
#12Donald535US #13
#13Larry470US #10
#14Dennis462US #16
#15Charles452US #9
#16Stephen416US #19
#17Kenneth386US #15
#18Daniel383US #22
#19Mark360US #24
#20Douglas358US #29
#21Paul306US #17
#22Gregory295US #31
#23Patrick267US #39
#24Bruce264US #26
#25Terry263US #28
#26George243US #18
#27Jerry222US #23
#28Roger206US #25
#29Edward205US #21
#30Joseph201US #14
#31Timothy198US #34
#32Steve177US #68
#33Gerald174US #33
#34Wayne151US #35
#35Jack148US #47
#36Dale144US #54
#37Lawrence142US #32
#38Mike141US #88
#39Jeffrey140US #48
#40Raymond138US #30
#41Frank134US #27
#42Scott133US #99
#43Randy130US #92
#44Alan128US #45
#45Craig127US #77
#46Jim125US #108
#47Dan124US #125
#48Gordon110US #113
#49Brian107US #86
#50Danny107US #40
#51Bill102US #106
#52Carl100US #43
#53Peter100US #38
#54Randall99US #79
#55Harold92US #42
#56Keith92US #85
#57Rodney89US #87
#58Don88US #98
#59Russell86US #69
#60Ralph84US #50
#61Walter83US #37
#62Arthur81US #44
#63Norman79US #90
#64Christopher78US #81
#65Fred78US #72
#66Tom78US #114
#67Glenn77US #61
#68Lee76US #93
#69Micheal76US #122
#70Stanley75US #60
#71Philip74US #55
#72Dean73US #129
#73Allen72US #71
#74Eugene71US #58
#75Phillip71US #66
#76Roy71US #51
#77Glen70US #127
#78Clifford67US #103
#79Howard66US #63
#80Martin65US #83
#81Duane64US #137
#82Frederick63US #70
#83Marvin63US #89
#84Bob62US #162
#85Jon59US #144
#86Harry57US #59
#87Jay57US #118
#88Rick57US #170
#89Albert56US #56
#90Eric56US #105
#91Theodore55US #100
#92Darrell54US #117
#93Kevin54US #95
#94Anthony53US #36
#95Chris53US #168
#96Gene53US #119
#97Greg52
#98Leslie52US #126
#99Melvin52US #82
#100Ray52US #109

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑34Wendy#51
↑32Constance#58
↑32Scott#42
↑29Lee#68
↑28Glenn#67
↑27Laura#47
↑26Deborah#25
↑21Jeffrey#39

Falling

↓30Jon#85
↓30Greg#97
↓27Bob#84
↓23Betty#53
↓22Frances#83
↓22Jo#89
↓21Tom#66
↓20Claudia#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.