Washington

Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987

Peak · boys
#325
1884 · 29 births
Debut · boys
1880
24 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,644
since 1880

Washington over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Washington has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #325, 1884boys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
2024#8,9878
2023#8,2559
2022#7,76810
2021#10,7996
2020#7,03411
2019#7,64310
2018#6,70312
2017#4,33123
2016#7,15711
2015#7,06611
2014#6,30713
2013#6,60312
2012#6,30613
2011#5,67515
2010#8,1399
2009#9,8647
2008#6,76312
2007#12,3675
2006#8,7328
2005#8,2998
2004#5,24615
2003#7,8318
2002#10,6675
2001#6,01311
2000#10,3495
1999#8,7046
1998#6,3149
1997#6,1009
1996#5,9829
1995#4,79112
1994#5,8689
1993#4,69712
1992#6,6707
1991#3,63616
1990#3,77915
1989#5,6158
1988#5,7517
1987#5,4597
1986—
1985#4,3339
1984#6,3155
1983#4,4998
1982#3,96610
1981#2,77916
1980#3,61511
1979#2,89715
1978#5,0596
1977#3,03713
1976#3,47110
1975#2,75114
1974#2,54915
1973#3,4459
1972#2,99111
1971#3,14610
1970#2,12518
1969#3,5957
1968#2,44512
1967#2,7609
1966#2,04315
1965#2,17814
1964#2,20514
1963#2,04416
1962#2,8489
1961#2,53811
1960#2,42312
1959#2,53011
1958#1,83819
1957#1,75121
1956#2,01516
1955#2,43511
1954#2,04415
1953#1,83618
1952#1,93916
1951#1,77418
1950#1,65720
1949#1,43426
1948#1,55922
1947#1,21336
1946#1,50922
1945#1,34924
1944#1,37024
1943#1,39925
1942#1,79916
1941#1,41123
1940#1,39723
1939#1,45821
1938#1,39723
1937#1,40323
1936#1,38423
1935#1,32626
1934#1,49821
1933#1,18131
1932#1,21631
1931#1,53821
1930#1,33029
1929#1,27231
1928#1,32330
1927#1,09842
1926#1,01846
1925#1,22534
1924#1,04546
1923#1,17737
1922#1,15838
1921#90160
1920#96551
1919#90854
1918#98646
1917#96445
1916#1,05837
1915#89348
1914#79544
1913#96926
1912#85427
1911#75918
1910#55626
1909#1,0838
1908#1,1137
1907#59118
1906#79810
1905#63614
1904#49219
1903#9107
1902#58314
1901#43319
1900#42428
1899#48116
1898#47319
1897#43819
1896#55114
1895#45619
1894#52115
1893#53813
1892#48017
1891#47614
1890#45816
1889#41519
1888#35926
1887#51612
1886#38321
1885#38821
1884#32529
1883#38120
1882#37023
1881#37520
1880#35024
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Washington was already there! It came in at #350, and was given to 24 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Washington is popular in 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedWVVirginia: #342 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,852 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedLAMississippi: #425 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,129 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Washington, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Virginia#342 · 1 in 3,852
  2. Mississippi#425 · 1 in 4,129

Best ever in a state: #205 in Mississippi, 1910.

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Virginia#34261 in 3,852
Mississippi#42551 in 4,129
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Washington
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 527 spots in 1910 (#1,083 → #556)
  • Biggest drop: 522 spots in 1908 (#591 → #1,113)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #325 (29 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1880–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,946
  • Highest: 1 in 3,946 boys born in 1884 were named Washington (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 15.7% of all boys named Washington (415) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s215#325 (1884)#386
1890s162#438 (1897)#487
1900s144#424 (1900)#706
1910s371#556 (1910)#874
1920s415#901 (1921)#1,118
1930s249#1,181 (1933)#1,373
1940s241#1,213 (1947)#1,444
1950s165#1,657 (1950)#1,982
1960s119#2,043 (1966)#2,508
1970s121#2,125 (1970)#3,147
1980s81#2,779 (1981)#4,704
1990s104#3,636 (1991)#5,654
2000s84#5,246 (2004)#8,613
2010s129#4,331 (2017)#6,593
2020s44#7,034 (2020)#8,569

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Washington in 1927

boys
#1,098
42 births · 1 in 26,831 boys

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #1,098Washington42
More about 1927

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 26,831 of them was named Washington, which outranked 77.1% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Washington
  1. #1,080Odie43
  2. #1,080Verlyn43
  3. #1,080Welton43
  4. #1,098Washington42
  5. #1,098Alvah42
  6. #1,098Bernardo42
  7. #1,098Chas42
  8. #1,112Arlis41
  9. #1,112Barbara41
  10. #1,112Blake41

Tied with 13 names at #1,098; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1927 →