State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 2012 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,371 Washington births in 2012 across 2,228 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#52Eleanor#134 nationally
#78Cora#155 nationally
#69Eliana#144 nationally
#98Hazel#173 nationally
#93Aurora#166 nationally
#54Penelope#125 nationally
#91Josephine#160 nationally
#93Silas#160 nationally
#70Clara#136 nationally
#40Ruby#105 nationally
#64Alice#127 nationally
#84Vivian#141 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia478US #1
#2Emma454US #2
#3Olivia434US #4
#4Isabella328US #3
#5Ava304US #5
#6Emily304US #6
#7Abigail276US #7
#8Elizabeth250US #10
#9Mia229US #8
#10Ella224US #12
#11Evelyn220US #27
#12Natalie207US #17
#13Chloe206US #11
#14Charlotte201US #19
#15Avery199US #13
#16Madison199US #9
#17Amelia195US #23
#18Grace195US #21
#19Zoey191US #20
#20Lillian188US #25
#21Lily183US #16
#22Hannah180US #22
#23Zoe174US #30
#24Brooklyn173US #29
#25Harper172US #24
#26Audrey162US #41
#27Samantha161US #26
#28Addison153US #14
#29Aubrey152US #15
#30Sofia145US #18
#31Allison136US #38
#32Stella132US #62
#33Anna131US #34
#34Hailey129US #32
#35Victoria126US #28
#36Claire122US #45
#37Alexis119US #40
#38Lucy119US #66
#39Naomi116US #79
#40Ruby112US #105
#41Maya111US #63
#42Ellie110US #85
#43Kaylee110US #35
#44Savannah109US #43
#45Scarlett109US #61
#46Eva105US #86
#47Violet104US #89
#48Sophie102US #52
#49Piper100US #98
#50Aaliyah99US #36
#51Camila96US #48
#52Eleanor96US #134
#53Sarah96US #42
#54Penelope94US #125
#55Sydney94US #78
#56Alexa93US #57
#57Aria93US #92
#58Layla93US #31
#59Peyton93US #53
#60Bailey92US #81
#61Arianna88US #49
#62Ashley88US #50
#63Katherine87US #64
#64Alice86US #127
#65Taylor86US #46
#66Alyssa85US #44
#67Annabelle85US #99
#68Leah85US #33
#69Eliana84US #144
#70Clara83US #136
#71Paige83US #106
#72Jasmine79US #83
#73Mackenzie79US #71
#74Nevaeh79US #39
#75Kylie78US #59
#76Alexandra77US #76
#77Vanessa77US #123
#78Cora76US #155
#79Madeline76US #96
#80Mila76US #115
#81Gabriella75US #37
#82Khloe75US #55
#83Lilly75US #110
#84Vivian75US #141
#85Julia74US #65
#86Autumn73US #68
#87Nora73US #108
#88Serenity73US #58
#89Faith72US #75
#90Isabel72US #135
#91Josephine72US #160
#92Lauren72US #72
#93Aurora71US #166
#94Maria71US #101
#95Paisley71US #104
#96Ariana70US #74
#97Brianna69US #51
#98Hazel69US #173
#99Molly69US #90
#100Payton69US #103

Boys

#1Mason414US #2
#2Liam409US #6
#3Ethan396US #3
#4Alexander354US #9
#5Benjamin337US #16
#6Noah330US #4
#7Jacob320US #1
#8Daniel315US #11
#9Michael315US #7
#10James306US #14
#11William305US #5
#12Logan302US #22
#13Elijah300US #13
#14Aiden290US #10
#15Samuel290US #25
#16Jackson289US #21
#17Henry284US #44
#18Lucas279US #27
#19Wyatt279US #41
#20Gabriel263US #24
#21Jayden260US #8
#22Owen260US #38
#23Andrew256US #18
#24Isaac253US #30
#25David251US #20
#26Anthony230US #15
#27Caleb217US #32
#28Carter217US #36
#29Nathan216US #29
#30Ryan211US #26
#31Hunter210US #45
#32Joshua210US #17
#33Levi210US #55
#34Jack209US #46
#35Oliver207US #73
#36Joseph205US #19
#37Matthew202US #12
#38John184US #28
#39Jonathan183US #34
#40Eli182US #43
#41Landon180US #35
#42Dylan179US #31
#43Evan177US #47
#44Brayden175US #39
#45Isaiah166US #42
#46Connor164US #59
#47Ryder163US #100
#48Luke160US #37
#49Jaxon157US #66
#50Gavin155US #40
#51Aaron154US #51
#52Hudson153US #93
#53Blake151US #71
#54Austin150US #58
#55Zachary150US #67
#56Tyler149US #50
#57Julian147US #53
#58Parker147US #81
#59Christopher144US #23
#60Christian143US #33
#61Colton143US #65
#62Cooper142US #83
#63Thomas142US #63
#64Jordan132US #48
#65Adrian130US #61
#66Angel127US #57
#67Robert127US #60
#68Josiah126US #79
#69Carson124US #87
#70Brandon123US #56
#71Ian123US #78
#72Cameron121US #54
#73Charles120US #62
#74Dominic119US #70
#75Nolan119US #89
#76Asher118US #108
#77Lincoln116US #132
#78Nicholas114US #49
#79Kevin113US #69
#80Maxwell113US #114
#81Jeremiah112US #52
#82Bentley111US #75
#83Grayson110US #86
#84Micah110US #103
#85Max108US #105
#86Sebastian108US #64
#87Miles105US #111
#88Brody104US #91
#89Jason104US #76
#90Adam102US #82
#91Jose100US #72
#92Jaxson99US #106
#93Silas99US #160
#94Xavier99US #80
#95Tristan98US #88
#96Cole96US #102
#97Jace96US #85
#98Juan93US #92
#99Chase92US #77
#100Elias92US #115

On the move since 2011

Rising

↑36Bailey#60
↑33Aaliyah#50
↑30Hudson#52
↑26Arianna#61
↑23Ellie#42
↑22Clara#70
↑21Violet#47
↑21Sydney#55

Falling

↓44Julia#85
↓38Gabriella#81
↓36Molly#99
↓32Nevaeh#74
↓32Madeline#79
↓31Jose#91
↓27Payton#100
↓26Lauren#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2011 rankings.