Wash
Last seen for boys in 1972 at #4,986
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 21 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,196since 1880
Wash over time
Rank among boys' names. Wash has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
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| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
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| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #1,754 | 18 |
| 1948 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #1,884 | 15 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,821 | 15 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,753 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #1,981 | 16 |
| 1925 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1923 | #1,385 | 28 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1919 | #1,321 | 29 |
| 1918 | #1,710 | 20 |
| 1917 | #1,755 | 18 |
| 1916 | #1,374 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,306 | 26 |
| 1914 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #1,311 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #596 | 12 |
| 1900 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | #583 | 12 |
| 1898 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #556 | 14 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #497 | 16 |
| 1891 | #524 | 12 |
| 1890 | #814 | 7 |
| 1889 | #446 | 17 |
| 1888 | #377 | 24 |
| 1887 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | #578 | 11 |
| 1885 | #422 | 18 |
| 1884 | #416 | 19 |
| 1883 | #381 | 20 |
| 1882 | #347 | 26 |
| 1881 | #431 | 16 |
| 1880 | #373 | 21 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Wash was already there! It came in at #373, and was given to 21 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1893, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Wash
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1891 (#814 → #524)
- Biggest drop: 492 spots in 1912 (#925 → #1,417)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #347 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1894–1909
- Highest: 1 in 4,373 boys born in 1882 were named Wash (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,322 boys born in 1972 (0.00%)
- 18.0% of all boys named Wash (215) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 183 | #347 (1882) | #432 |
| 1890s | 95 | #497 (1892) | #674 |
| 1900s | 127 | #555 (1900) | #696 |
| 1910s | 192 | #925 (1911) | #1,339 |
| 1920s | 215 | #1,329 (1921) | #1,703 |
| 1930s | 151 | #1,538 (1931) | #1,933 |
| 1940s | 128 | #1,754 (1949) | #2,176 |
| 1950s | 87 | #2,321 (1950) | #2,863 |
| 1960s | 13 | #3,097 (1961) | #3,751 |
| 1970s | 5 | #4,986 (1972) | #4,986 |
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.
Wash in 1937
Top boys' names in 1937
More about 1937
boys
1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 59,259 of them was named Wash, which outranked 59.5% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,576Sigmund19
- #1,576Thelma19
- #1,576Tyler19
- #1,627Wash18
- #1,627Algie18
- #1,627Alvan18
- #1,627Alvino18
- #1,688Adell17
- #1,688Adron17
- #1,688Agapito17
Tied with 60 names at #1,627; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.