State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 2016 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,175 Washington births in 2016 across 2,326 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#91Elise#168 nationally
#65Isla#127 nationally
#88Calvin#149 nationally
#41Clara#100 nationally
#77Emmett#136 nationally
#82Bennett#140 nationally
#74Jameson#128 nationally
#98Ryker#148 nationally
#69Wesley#117 nationally
#98Athena#142 nationally
#41Theodore#83 nationally
#67Hadley#108 nationally

Girls

#1Emma448US #1
#2Olivia434US #2
#3Sophia346US #4
#4Evelyn310US #12
#5Ava308US #3
#6Mia306US #6
#7Charlotte301US #7
#8Amelia286US #10
#9Abigail270US #8
#10Elizabeth250US #13
#11Emily247US #9
#12Harper241US #11
#13Isabella240US #5
#14Avery207US #16
#15Eleanor197US #41
#16Ella196US #17
#17Sofia196US #14
#18Audrey195US #39
#19Grace190US #19
#20Penelope185US #27
#21Madison181US #15
#22Aria180US #23
#23Lily179US #24
#24Hazel178US #52
#25Scarlett175US #18
#26Chloe167US #20
#27Lillian166US #28
#28Natalie162US #31
#29Ellie157US #43
#30Nora149US #36
#31Zoey149US #26
#32Brooklyn145US #34
#33Hannah144US #33
#34Claire143US #40
#35Stella143US #45
#36Zoe143US #35
#37Lucy140US #55
#38Aurora138US #66
#39Riley135US #22
#40Camila132US #32
#41Clara131US #100
#42Mila131US #48
#43Violet130US #47
#44Layla128US #30
#45Addison123US #29
#46Adeline120US #63
#47Maya120US #64
#48Victoria120US #21
#49Quinn119US #79
#50Ruby119US #71
#51Anna114US #49
#52Alice112US #76
#53Cora112US #87
#54Paisley106US #46
#55Piper106US #67
#56Luna105US #77
#57Samantha104US #44
#58Madeline102US #90
#59Ariana99US #54
#60Eva98US #74
#61Sadie96US #60
#62Aubrey95US #25
#63Alexa93US #51
#64Eliana91US #93
#65Isla91US #127
#66Naomi91US #75
#67Hadley90US #108
#68Hailey89US #68
#69Emilia88US #103
#70Kinsley88US #86
#71Arianna86US #69
#72Elena85US #94
#73Willow85US #96
#74Aaliyah84US #53
#75Isabelle83US #102
#76Vivian83US #95
#77Annabelle82US #104
#78Autumn82US #65
#79Allison81US #50
#80Everly81US #107
#81Leah80US #37
#82Savannah80US #38
#83Kennedy79US #59
#84Lydia79US #80
#85Josephine78US #114
#86Madelyn77US #62
#87Kaylee76US #72
#88Alexandra75US #110
#89Katherine75US #91
#90Sarah75US #57
#91Elise74US #168
#92Emery74US #130
#93Jasmine73US #122
#94Melanie73US #82
#95Adalynn70US #124
#96Sophie70US #109
#97Delilah69US #115
#98Athena67US #142
#99Maria67US #113
#100Alexis66US #118

Boys

#1Liam408US #2
#2Benjamin391US #6
#3Oliver390US #12
#4James362US #5
#5Noah356US #1
#6William341US #3
#7Henry329US #22
#8Elijah318US #9
#9Ethan317US #10
#10Alexander306US #11
#11Owen290US #24
#12Mason289US #4
#13Samuel289US #21
#14Daniel281US #13
#15Logan275US #18
#16Wyatt271US #33
#17Jackson265US #17
#18Lucas263US #14
#19David250US #19
#20Jacob245US #7
#21Michael243US #8
#22Lincoln242US #51
#23Matthew231US #15
#24Isaac221US #31
#25Jack221US #38
#26Luke209US #29
#27Gabriel203US #25
#28Caleb202US #44
#29Levi202US #42
#30Hudson200US #61
#31Aiden199US #16
#32Carter199US #26
#33Hunter199US #45
#34Andrew195US #34
#35Grayson193US #37
#36Sebastian193US #23
#37Joseph192US #20
#38Jaxon185US #41
#39Jayden183US #27
#40Julian180US #39
#41Theodore179US #83
#42John171US #28
#43Mateo168US #59
#44Asher167US #71
#45Nathan161US #43
#46Anthony160US #30
#47Charles160US #52
#48Isaiah159US #47
#49Ryan156US #40
#50Joshua155US #35
#51Dylan154US #32
#52Jonathan153US #56
#53Landon152US #53
#54Thomas152US #48
#55Eli151US #50
#56Ezra150US #85
#57Leo148US #74
#58Evan145US #69
#59Josiah142US #55
#60Sawyer138US #97
#61Cooper137US #79
#62Nolan136US #67
#63Aaron135US #49
#64Easton134US #66
#65Adrian133US #60
#66Christian133US #46
#67Connor131US #54
#68Elias128US #93
#69Wesley126US #117
#70Cameron122US #57
#71Christopher121US #36
#72Jason120US #84
#73Ian119US #78
#74Jameson119US #128
#75Parker119US #87
#76Declan118US #109
#77Emmett118US #136
#78Jeremiah114US #58
#79Silas114US #119
#80Maxwell113US #111
#81Adam112US #75
#82Bennett112US #140
#83Jose112US #77
#84Roman110US #98
#85Angel109US #70
#86Ryder108US #102
#87Dominic107US #72
#88Calvin105US #149
#89Brayden104US #64
#90Colton104US #68
#91Harrison104US #107
#92Kevin104US #90
#93Carson103US #81
#94Leonardo103US #96
#95Micah102US #115
#96Miles102US #105
#97Austin101US #73
#98Ryker99US #148
#99Jordan98US #65
#100Weston96US #121

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑41Adeline#46
↑26Mateo#43
↑22Eleanor#15
↑20Layla#44
↑20Quinn#49
↑19Vivian#76
↑18Aurora#38
↑18Camila#40

Falling

↓33Austin#97
↓32Savannah#82
↓23Brayden#89
↓19Kaylee#87
↓18Alexa#63
↓18Kennedy#83
↓16Aubrey#62
↓16Christopher#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.