State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,478 Washington births in 2001 across 1,782 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#97Ella#190 nationally
#93Levi#171 nationally
#100Payton#164 nationally
#54Riley#105 nationally
#63Lillian#111 nationally
#66Audrey#112 nationally
#59Lily#103 nationally
#81Maxwell#124 nationally
#97Jayden#140 nationally
#53Carson#95 nationally
#93Ava#132 nationally
#61Colby#99 nationally

Girls

#1Emily507US #1
#2Madison452US #2
#3Hannah435US #3
#4Emma351US #13
#5Grace332US #16
#6Olivia332US #10
#7Elizabeth323US #9
#8Samantha310US #7
#9Sarah298US #6
#10Ashley283US #4
#11Jessica283US #11
#12Alexis278US #5
#13Abigail268US #8
#14Taylor251US #12
#15Anna250US #19
#16Megan243US #20
#17Alyssa240US #14
#18Isabella226US #28
#19Hailey219US #33
#20Chloe218US #30
#21Lauren212US #15
#22Natalie204US #32
#23Rachel202US #24
#24Sophia201US #37
#25Sydney189US #23
#26Jasmine175US #25
#27Nicole164US #36
#28Madeline162US #56
#29Jennifer159US #26
#30Kayla155US #17
#31Julia153US #27
#32Morgan149US #29
#33Katherine146US #35
#34Kaitlyn143US #31
#35Maria143US #41
#36Savannah139US #42
#37Mackenzie134US #40
#38Brianna133US #18
#39Zoe132US #65
#40Sierra131US #55
#41Victoria130US #21
#42Allison125US #44
#43Faith123US #53
#44Haley117US #34
#45Alexandra116US #38
#46Makayla116US #54
#47Jenna115US #45
#48Amanda112US #39
#49Stephanie111US #43
#50Jordan110US #47
#51Destiny107US #22
#52Trinity106US #67
#53Claire105US #82
#54Isabel104US #88
#55Katelyn103US #52
#56Andrea101US #49
#57Gabrielle100US #50
#58Shelby100US #68
#59Lily96US #103
#60Rebecca95US #46
#61Kaylee94US #66
#62Bailey93US #69
#63Lillian93US #111
#64Mary90US #48
#65Vanessa89US #64
#66Audrey87US #112
#67Christina87US #80
#68Danielle87US #63
#69Angelina86US #93
#70Kylie86US #95
#71Autumn85US #72
#72Erin85US #60
#73Paige83US #71
#74Sara81US #58
#75Jacqueline80US #70
#76Katie80US #99
#77Molly79US #90
#78Angela77US #77
#79Diana77US #102
#80Michelle77US #59
#81Marissa76US #79
#82Alexa75US #78
#83Jade75US #98
#84Riley75US #106
#85Isabelle74US #113
#86Courtney73US #73
#87Mia73US #76
#88Amy72US #114
#89Maya72US #110
#90Brooke71US #57
#91Caitlin71US #89
#92Cassandra71US #122
#93Ava70US #132
#94Alexandria69US #91
#95Mikayla68US #109
#96Amber67US #51
#97Ella66US #190
#98Cassidy65US #107
#99Kimberly65US #61
#100Payton65US #164

Boys

#1Jacob644US #1
#2Joshua467US #4
#3Ethan464US #17
#4Michael439US #2
#5Andrew436US #7
#6Alexander407US #20
#7Tyler392US #13
#8Daniel388US #9
#9Matthew383US #3
#10Joseph378US #8
#11Nicholas377US #6
#12Ryan371US #15
#13Benjamin354US #27
#14Anthony345US #11
#15David339US #12
#16Samuel334US #26
#17Zachary329US #16
#18William327US #10
#19Austin324US #25
#20Nathan322US #31
#21Dylan320US #21
#22Christopher316US #5
#23Logan300US #29
#24Brandon292US #18
#25Cameron292US #35
#26Gabriel272US #38
#27Jonathan271US #23
#28John269US #14
#29Noah269US #28
#30James257US #19
#31Kyle237US #40
#32Christian236US #24
#33Hunter230US #36
#34Justin229US #22
#35Connor222US #49
#36Isaac220US #47
#37Caleb218US #37
#38Thomas212US #33
#39Jordan211US #39
#40Jose208US #34
#41Cole205US #74
#42Elijah200US #45
#43Aaron193US #42
#44Isaiah183US #43
#45Mason182US #54
#46Kevin175US #32
#47Jackson173US #60
#48Evan172US #56
#49Jack171US #48
#50Alex163US #62
#51Robert163US #30
#52Cody160US #64
#53Carson155US #95
#54Riley155US #105
#55Ian154US #70
#56Nathaniel154US #61
#57Luke153US #50
#58Jason149US #41
#59Aidan146US #86
#60Sean143US #57
#61Colby141US #99
#62Gavin141US #78
#63Juan141US #53
#64Eric137US #44
#65Blake136US #77
#66Tanner134US #101
#67Brian129US #46
#68Spencer129US #103
#69Trevor128US #76
#70Adam127US #51
#71Lucas125US #83
#72Wyatt125US #107
#73Jared124US #65
#74Chase121US #79
#75Seth117US #68
#76Charles116US #55
#77Garrett116US #80
#78Devin113US #71
#79Timothy113US #67
#80Colton110US #118
#81Maxwell109US #124
#82Jesus107US #66
#83Adrian106US #75
#84Jaden106US #114
#85Tristan103US #108
#86Angel100US #58
#87Henry100US #120
#88Luis98US #52
#89Mark98US #84
#90Jesse96US #91
#91Steven96US #63
#92Carter95US #111
#93Levi95US #171
#94Hayden93US #117
#95Carlos92US #59
#96Parker91US #123
#97Jayden89US #140
#98Marcus88US #104
#99Julian86US #82
#100Alejandro85US #88

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑37Carson#53
↑36Jenna#47
↑26Lily#59
↑22Autumn#71
↑21Aidan#59
↑19Logan#23
↑17Lillian#63
↑16Sara#74

Falling

↓37Amber#96
↓28Michelle#80
↓24Cassandra#92
↓21Isabelle#85
↓21Chase#74
↓19Jared#73
↓18Brooke#90
↓17Alexandria#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.