State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,384 Washington births in 2008 across 2,233 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#92Claraoutside the national top 200
#99Stella#186 nationally
#43Lucy#112 nationally
#50Naomi#119 nationally
#98Ellie#167 nationally
#65Oliver#118 nationally
#42Isabelle#93 nationally
#63Ruby#113 nationally
#57Riley#106 nationally
#71Eva#114 nationally
#84Lilly#125 nationally
#31Amelia#68 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia430US #4
#2Emma396US #1
#3Ava380US #5
#4Sophia380US #7
#5Emily375US #3
#6Isabella373US #2
#7Abigail340US #8
#8Madison312US #6
#9Chloe308US #10
#10Elizabeth267US #9
#11Grace258US #21
#12Lily246US #24
#13Natalie245US #13
#14Samantha235US #11
#15Ella220US #19
#16Hannah217US #17
#17Addison193US #12
#18Hailey190US #25
#19Alexis188US #15
#20Mia187US #14
#21Anna185US #26
#22Taylor184US #22
#23Audrey182US #44
#24Lillian171US #29
#25Ashley160US #18
#26Avery157US #38
#27Sarah150US #20
#28Savannah148US #33
#29Kaylee144US #31
#30Nevaeh138US #34
#31Amelia135US #68
#32Claire135US #62
#33Sofia135US #36
#34Alyssa130US #16
#35Brooklyn128US #48
#36Jasmine128US #43
#37Lauren126US #30
#38Peyton124US #60
#39Brianna123US #23
#40Madeline123US #56
#41Zoe121US #58
#42Isabelle120US #93
#43Lucy119US #112
#44Sydney117US #49
#45Evelyn115US #54
#46Riley114US #39
#47Julia112US #41
#48Maya112US #71
#49Victoria111US #27
#50Naomi110US #119
#51Alexandra109US #61
#52Allison109US #32
#53Kylie109US #51
#54Kayla107US #28
#55Alexa106US #50
#56Vanessa105US #78
#57Kaitlyn104US #53
#58Aubrey102US #42
#59Payton102US #91
#60Gabriella101US #35
#61Paige101US #89
#62Makayla100US #37
#63Ruby100US #113
#64Morgan97US #46
#65Maria95US #63
#66Charlotte94US #86
#67Jessica92US #59
#68Leah92US #40
#69Mackenzie92US #65
#70Trinity92US #70
#71Eva90US #114
#72Faith90US #90
#73Valeria90US #73
#74Katherine89US #45
#75Brooke88US #52
#76Isabel88US #97
#77Bailey87US #82
#78Jennifer86US #84
#79Katelyn86US #80
#80Megan85US #100
#81Sophie84US #75
#82Rylee83US #116
#83Layla82US #55
#84Lilly82US #125
#85Madelyn82US #64
#86Jocelyn81US #67
#87Sadie81US #109
#88Gracie80US #99
#89Rachel80US #74
#90Aaliyah79US #76
#91Angelina79US #69
#92Clara78
#93Hayden77US #127
#94Molly77US #104
#95Mya77US #103
#96Serenity76US #111
#97Autumn74US #87
#98Ellie74US #167
#99Stella74US #186
#100Kimberly72US #57

Boys

#1Ethan464US #3
#2Jacob455US #1
#3Alexander441US #6
#4Daniel414US #5
#5Logan381US #19
#6William352US #8
#7Noah346US #15
#8Aiden342US #16
#9Samuel339US #27
#10Joshua330US #4
#11David329US #14
#12Andrew324US #12
#13Elijah306US #22
#14Michael306US #2
#15Benjamin305US #25
#16Gabriel290US #24
#17Nathan288US #21
#18Matthew287US #10
#19Anthony283US #7
#20James274US #17
#21Joseph272US #13
#22Jackson270US #32
#23Mason269US #35
#24Ryan269US #18
#25Jayden268US #11
#26Dylan267US #31
#27Jack257US #39
#28Isaac251US #37
#29Gavin246US #30
#30Evan240US #38
#31Tyler236US #28
#32Hunter231US #54
#33Christopher229US #9
#34Wyatt228US #62
#35Caleb221US #34
#36Owen217US #58
#37Angel213US #36
#38Jose212US #40
#39Jonathan210US #26
#40Liam210US #75
#41Brandon209US #33
#42Christian200US #23
#43Lucas196US #46
#44Luke192US #43
#45Henry189US #78
#46Zachary186US #47
#47John185US #20
#48Landon180US #45
#49Connor177US #57
#50Austin176US #55
#51Carter174US #65
#52Kevin172US #41
#53Nicholas172US #29
#54Isaiah167US #42
#55Tristan161US #81
#56Jordan160US #48
#57Riley160US #106
#58Cole159US #85
#59Brayden157US #51
#60Adrian156US #56
#61Brody155US #70
#62Cooper154US #92
#63Aaron153US #50
#64Carson153US #89
#65Oliver150US #118
#66Blake147US #90
#67Aidan142US #59
#68Cameron142US #53
#69Robert140US #49
#70Julian134US #61
#71Josiah133US #95
#72Luis131US #64
#73Thomas131US #52
#74Diego130US #69
#75Chase128US #67
#76Jason127US #60
#77Jesus124US #79
#78Hayden123US #76
#79Justin123US #44
#80Charles117US #63
#81Juan117US #66
#82Adam115US #72
#83Kaden115US #100
#84Levi115US #116
#85Ian114US #80
#86Colton113US #98
#87Eli113US #99
#88Alex110US #84
#89Caden108US #96
#90Sebastian108US #74
#91Kyle105US #97
#92Nathaniel105US #77
#93Parker103US #103
#94Eric100US #86
#95Ayden99US #91
#96Carlos99US #73
#97Micah97US #121
#98Miguel97US #101
#99Timothy97US #107
#100Xavier97US #71

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑50Peyton#38
↑28Lucy#43
↑25Payton#59
↑25Gabriella#60
↑24Makayla#62
↑23Alexandra#51
↑20Aubrey#58
↑20Wyatt#34

Falling

↓44Rachel#89
↓27Katherine#74
↓25Jessica#67
↓25Jocelyn#86
↓23Kimberly#100
↓20Isabel#76
↓20Ian#85
↓17Kaitlyn#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.