The most common names of people born in Washington

Social Security has recorded about 5.4 million births in Washington since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 4.4 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 38. The most common names among them are Jennifer for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Washington, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Washington from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Washington

Most common names of living women born in Washington
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Jennifer	25,000	46
2	Jessica	19,000	37
3	Mary	19,000	63
4	Elizabeth	19,000	38
5	Sarah	18,000	38
6	Emily	17,000	27
7	Linda	16,000	71
8	Susan	15,000	68
9	Michelle	14,000	48
10	Lisa	14,000	55
11	Ashley	14,000	33
12	Amanda	13,000	38
13	Karen	13,000	65
14	Patricia	13,000	68
15	Olivia	12,000	17
16	Emma	12,000	18
17	Kimberly	12,000	48
18	Stephanie	12,000	43
19	Rebecca	11,000	47
20	Samantha	11,000	29
21	Melissa	11,000	44
22	Amy	11,000	45
23	Nicole	11,000	38
24	Julie	11,000	57
25	Rachel	10,000	37
26	Angela	10,000	46
27	Heather	10,000	45
28	Hannah	10,000	25
29	Barbara	10,000	72
30	Laura	9,700	50

Men and boys born in Washington

Most common names of living men born in Washington
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	57,000	50
2	David	46,000	51
3	James	40,000	51
4	John	37,000	55
5	Robert	37,000	57
6	Daniel	30,000	41
7	William	30,000	46
8	Christopher	29,000	41
9	Matthew	26,000	37
10	Joshua	24,000	34
11	Richard	23,000	60
12	Joseph	22,000	40
13	Andrew	22,000	35
14	Ryan	22,000	35
15	Jacob	21,000	28
16	Steven	20,000	55
17	Thomas	20,000	49
18	Brian	19,000	49
19	Mark	19,000	56
20	Jason	19,000	43
21	Kevin	17,000	46
22	Benjamin	17,000	28
23	Anthony	17,000	35
24	Alexander	16,000	25
25	Nicholas	16,000	34
26	Jeffrey	15,000	52
27	Timothy	15,000	48
28	Scott	15,000	54
29	Tyler	15,000	31
30	Charles	14,000	49

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Washington, not the national average.

Names more common in Washington than nationally

Among living people born in Washington, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Tyson is 2.7× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Washington than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Tyson	2.7×	2,100	29
2	Heidi	2.5×	5,500	47
3	Rick	2.4×	2,400	65
4	Kari	2.4×	2,200	51
5	Dan	2.3×	2,200	67
6	Jim	2.3×	2,700	70
7	Rowan	2.2×	2,600	10
8	Elliott	2.2×	2,100	14
9	Conner	2.1×	1,900	23
10	Tanner	2.1×	3,300	25
11	Emmett	2.1×	2,000	11
12	Spencer	2.0×	3,800	29
13	Mike	2.0×	4,200	67
14	Ryder	2.0×	2,200	13
15	Gordon	2.0×	2,000	62

The newest Washington babies

The most popular names for babies born in Washington in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Washington
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Olivia	327	18
2	Charlotte	311	30
3	Amelia	283	16
4	Sophia	277	16
5	Evelyn	262	34
6	Mia	222	15
7	Emma	220	20
8	Eleanor	213	30
9	Sofia	211	14
10	Isabella	208	15

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Washington
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Noah	426	16
2	Liam	403	11
3	Oliver	383	13
4	Theodore	372	29
5	Henry	338	34
6	Benjamin	259	30
7	Mateo	254	8
8	James	251	54
9	Samuel	246	32
10	Elijah	244	16

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Washington with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this