State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,809 Washington births in 1950 across 820 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#82Kristineoutside the national top 200
#65Rick#168 nationally
#84Shelley#170 nationally
#96Chris#178 nationally
#69Robin#149 nationally
#60Jim#139 nationally
#53Dan#129 nationally
#77Bradley#152 nationally
#88Penny#161 nationally
#52Colleen#124 nationally
#58Claudia#126 nationally
#66Gayle#133 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,330US #1
#2Mary820US #2
#3Susan789US #5
#4Patricia727US #3
#5Kathleen561US #10
#6Barbara557US #4
#7Nancy512US #6
#8Karen476US #12
#9Carol456US #9
#10Sandra442US #8
#11Sharon388US #11
#12Pamela342US #17
#13Deborah309US #7
#14Donna301US #13
#15Judith300US #21
#16Janet296US #18
#17Janice287US #22
#18Christine281US #28
#19Cheryl262US #29
#20Diane262US #16
#21Judy241US #25
#22Cynthia220US #23
#23Margaret216US #15
#24Marilyn205US #37
#25Kathy201US #38
#26Vicki199US #61
#27Kathryn198US #46
#28Catherine189US #34
#29Elizabeth187US #24
#30Katherine176US #58
#31Diana173US #47
#32Gail169US #42
#33Connie160US #44
#34Shirley155US #19
#35Bonnie150US #33
#36Joyce150US #27
#37Teresa147US #81
#38Peggy145US #41
#39Carolyn142US #20
#40Lynn142US #76
#41Rebecca134US #36
#42Sally131US #78
#43Beverly125US #31
#44Cathy124US #75
#45Jean124US #48
#46Marcia123US #77
#47Joan121US #40
#48Julie117US #111
#49Ann115US #45
#50Paula115US #54
#51Gloria114US #30
#52Colleen113US #124
#53Virginia112US #43
#54Wendy110US #114
#55Betty100US #26
#56Jane98US #39
#57Jacqueline95US #55
#58Claudia94US #126
#59Darlene94US #79
#60Sherry94US #62
#61Debra93US #59
#62Theresa93US #65
#63Laura90US #63
#64Marsha90US #68
#65Suzanne90US #71
#66Gayle85US #133
#67Elaine84US #60
#68Joanne84US #67
#69Robin84US #149
#70Denise83US #82
#71Ruth83US #49
#72Roberta82US #96
#73Vickie82US #108
#74Constance81US #85
#75Victoria81US #94
#76Leslie80US #134
#77Brenda79US #14
#78Martha79US #32
#79Sheila77US #70
#80Jeanne76US #95
#81Valerie75US #116
#82Kristine74
#83Marie71US #72
#84Shelley70US #170
#85Lynda69US #107
#86Jennifer68US #118
#87Marlene67US #112
#88Penny67US #161
#89Charlotte66US #80
#90Dianne66US #90
#91Anita65US #99
#92Jill65US #142
#93Lois65US #83
#94Ellen64US #66
#95Helen64US #50
#96Jo64US #64
#97Terry64US #127
#98Dorothy63US #35
#99Frances63US #51
#100Charlene62US #103

Boys

#1Michael1,395US #4
#2Robert1,256US #2
#3James1,158US #1
#4John1,112US #3
#5David1,056US #5
#6Richard987US #7
#7William852US #6
#8Gary729US #10
#9Steven720US #16
#10Thomas673US #8
#11Ronald507US #12
#12Donald492US #14
#13Larry435US #11
#14Kenneth421US #15
#15Charles418US #9
#16Mark409US #23
#17Stephen392US #19
#18Dennis377US #17
#19Daniel366US #21
#20Douglas355US #28
#21Gregory349US #25
#22Bruce309US #26
#23Paul279US #18
#24Patrick273US #38
#25Terry247US #30
#26Joseph224US #13
#27Timothy222US #32
#28George214US #20
#29Jerry205US #24
#30Roger202US #27
#31Jack193US #48
#32Gerald192US #34
#33Edward178US #22
#34Wayne168US #35
#35Jeffrey167US #43
#36Scott167US #82
#37Dale163US #49
#38Brian156US #79
#39Lawrence156US #33
#40Alan147US #41
#41Frank145US #29
#42Raymond142US #31
#43Randy141US #80
#44Craig136US #69
#45Randall121US #70
#46Steve121US #83
#47Peter120US #37
#48Christopher116US #72
#49Harold115US #45
#50Rodney99US #88
#51Danny98US #39
#52Carl91US #44
#53Dan91US #129
#54Keith91US #78
#55Philip88US #53
#56Stanley86US #60
#57Arthur84US #46
#58Frederick82US #75
#59Gordon81US #108
#60Jim80US #139
#61Mike80US #113
#62Walter80US #40
#63Ralph78US #52
#64Russell78US #67
#65Rick77US #168
#66Jay75US #115
#67Roy75US #51
#68Allen73US #71
#69Phillip73US #64
#70Darrell72US #116
#71Dean72US #120
#72Lee72US #91
#73Micheal71US #104
#74Glenn70US #59
#75Howard67US #63
#76Anthony66US #36
#77Bradley66US #152
#78Kevin66US #73
#79Clifford65US #100
#80Martin65US #85
#81Fred64US #84
#82Norman64US #90
#83Jon63US #138
#84Leonard63US #77
#85Bill62US #131
#86Duane62US #137
#87Marvin62US #93
#88Tom62US #145
#89Eric60US #98
#90Joe57US #54
#91Andrew56US #68
#92Don56US #107
#93Glen56US #125
#94Barry54US #74
#95Albert53US #56
#96Chris53US #178
#97Harry52US #61
#98Leslie50US #126
#99Curtis48US #97
#100Eugene48US #58

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑28Jacqueline#57
↑25Robin#69
↑24Frederick#58
↑23Vickie#73
↑23Rick#65
↑22Darrell#70
↑21Jay#66
↑19Claudia#58

Falling

↓38Dorothy#98
↓34Bill#85
↓34Don#92
↓30Terry#97
↓26Lynda#85
↓26Eugene#100
↓25Helen#95
↓23Mike#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.