State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 2009 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,315 Washington births in 2009 across 2,241 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#97Clara#199 nationally
#100Lincoln#189 nationally
#76Ryder#146 nationally
#83Ellie#145 nationally
#43Lucy#101 nationally
#68Stella#126 nationally
#51Naomi#107 nationally
#85Violet#140 nationally
#95Piper#147 nationally
#53Eva#99 nationally
#55Oliver#98 nationally
#65Ruby#108 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella451US #1
#2Sophia430US #4
#3Olivia428US #3
#4Emma388US #2
#5Abigail327US #8
#6Emily324US #6
#7Ava318US #5
#8Elizabeth274US #11
#9Chloe272US #9
#10Madison260US #7
#11Natalie226US #16
#12Alexis222US #13
#13Ella222US #15
#14Lily222US #18
#15Addison219US #12
#16Mia215US #10
#17Grace204US #17
#18Samantha195US #14
#19Lillian191US #27
#20Hannah187US #23
#21Evelyn179US #40
#22Hailey177US #25
#23Anna172US #28
#24Taylor166US #22
#25Audrey148US #49
#26Ashley146US #20
#27Sarah139US #21
#28Brooklyn138US #37
#29Sofia136US #36
#30Avery132US #32
#31Claire130US #53
#32Sydney128US #48
#33Amelia125US #55
#34Victoria125US #31
#35Zoe125US #47
#36Maya124US #61
#37Alyssa121US #19
#38Kaylee121US #26
#39Leah121US #29
#40Peyton121US #42
#41Allison120US #30
#42Payton119US #84
#43Lucy116US #101
#44Alexa115US #43
#45Riley114US #38
#46Nevaeh113US #34
#47Jasmine112US #51
#48Julia112US #50
#49Charlotte110US #68
#50Madeline109US #64
#51Naomi107US #107
#52Brooke106US #54
#53Eva106US #99
#54Lauren105US #46
#55Brianna104US #24
#56Sophie101US #65
#57Bailey100US #85
#58Bella99US #58
#59Savannah96US #39
#60Valeria96US #72
#61Zoey96US #75
#62Alexandra95US #69
#63Kimberly95US #66
#64Kylie95US #62
#65Ruby95US #108
#66Kayla94US #35
#67Makayla92US #44
#68Stella92US #126
#69Kaitlyn91US #67
#70Katherine91US #60
#71Paige90US #98
#72Maria89US #70
#73Jessica88US #78
#74Vanessa88US #91
#75Molly86US #92
#76Isabelle85US #100
#77Mackenzie84US #77
#78Arianna82US #52
#79Aubrey82US #41
#80Faith82US #79
#81Morgan82US #57
#82Andrea80US #73
#83Ellie80US #145
#84Autumn79US #81
#85Violet79US #140
#86Gabriella78US #33
#87Madelyn78US #59
#88Gracie76US #114
#89Layla76US #45
#90Jocelyn75US #71
#91Aaliyah73US #63
#92Liliana73US #120
#93Rachel73US #89
#94Trinity72US #74
#95Piper71US #147
#96Ariana69US #82
#97Clara69US #199
#98Isabel69US #109
#99Jennifer69US #110
#100Lydia68US #117

Boys

#1Alexander446US #4
#2Jacob429US #1
#3Ethan418US #2
#4William415US #5
#5Daniel391US #7
#6Benjamin351US #19
#7Logan351US #17
#8Aiden345US #12
#9Samuel337US #24
#10David333US #14
#11Michael321US #3
#12Noah319US #9
#13Joshua304US #6
#14Jayden296US #8
#15Liam288US #49
#16Jackson286US #27
#17Elijah283US #21
#18James282US #18
#19Gabriel280US #22
#20Andrew279US #16
#21Anthony274US #11
#22Matthew256US #13
#23Owen256US #51
#24Nathan254US #25
#25Jack251US #42
#26Joseph249US #15
#27Isaac248US #40
#28Mason248US #34
#29Jonathan243US #29
#30Caleb242US #31
#31Ryan242US #20
#32Lucas230US #39
#33Gavin228US #33
#34Wyatt225US #60
#35Landon220US #36
#36Angel209US #37
#37Christopher208US #10
#38Tyler202US #28
#39Hunter195US #56
#40Dylan194US #30
#41Evan193US #35
#42Carter192US #50
#43Henry192US #71
#44Isaiah191US #41
#45John187US #26
#46Connor184US #52
#47Christian183US #23
#48Jose180US #43
#49Austin175US #63
#50Zachary175US #53
#51Brandon163US #38
#52Brayden161US #48
#53Aaron160US #54
#54Levi160US #85
#55Oliver160US #98
#56Jordan158US #45
#57Luke157US #47
#58Nicholas157US #32
#59Adrian152US #59
#60Tristan149US #80
#61Blake147US #89
#62Julian147US #62
#63Kevin145US #44
#64Chase144US #61
#65Cole143US #82
#66Charles141US #64
#67Cooper141US #84
#68Riley140US #107
#69Robert134US #55
#70Thomas132US #57
#71Ian129US #73
#72Josiah129US #86
#73Carson128US #88
#74Juan127US #67
#75Cameron124US #58
#76Ryder122US #146
#77Luis121US #69
#78Brody119US #77
#79Jesus112US #78
#80Diego111US #76
#81Micah111US #118
#82Alex110US #83
#83Nathaniel110US #75
#84Jason109US #66
#85Justin109US #46
#86Adam108US #74
#87Colton107US #93
#88Parker107US #96
#89Timothy107US #109
#90Xavier107US #68
#91Eli106US #90
#92Kaden104US #102
#93Carlos103US #79
#94Jaxon102US #124
#95Hayden100US #91
#96Aidan99US #72
#97Dominic98US #81
#98Maxwell98US #132
#99Sebastian97US #70
#100Lincoln96US #189

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑37Kimberly#63
↑31Stella#68
↑30Levi#54
↑29Leah#39
↑25Sophie#56
↑25Liam#15
↑24Evelyn#21
↑23Brooke#52

Falling

↓34Isabelle#76
↓31Savannah#59
↓29Aidan#96
↓26Gabriella#86
↓24Trinity#94
↓22Isabel#98
↓21Aubrey#79
↓21Jennifer#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.