Washington
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #8,987
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 29 births
- Debut · boys
- 24 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,644since 1880
Washington over time
Rank among boys' names. Washington 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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #7,034 | 11 |
| 2019 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #7,066 | 11 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #6,306 | 13 |
| 2011 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,125 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,044 | 16 |
| 1962 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,423 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #1,751 | 21 |
| 1956 | #2,015 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #1,939 | 16 |
| 1951 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1948 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1947 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,349 | 24 |
| 1944 | #1,370 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,399 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,458 | 21 |
| 1938 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,326 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,498 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,181 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,216 | 31 |
| 1931 | #1,538 | 21 |
| 1930 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,098 | 42 |
| 1926 | #1,018 | 46 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 34 |
| 1924 | #1,045 | 46 |
| 1923 | #1,177 | 37 |
| 1922 | #1,158 | 38 |
| 1921 | #901 | 60 |
| 1920 | #965 | 51 |
| 1919 | #908 | 54 |
| 1918 | #986 | 46 |
| 1917 | #964 | 45 |
| 1916 | #1,058 | 37 |
| 1915 | #893 | 48 |
| 1914 | #795 | 44 |
| 1913 | #969 | 26 |
| 1912 | #854 | 27 |
| 1911 | #759 | 18 |
| 1910 | #556 | 26 |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,113 | 7 |
| 1907 | #591 | 18 |
| 1906 | #798 | 10 |
| 1905 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #492 | 19 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #583 | 14 |
| 1901 | #433 | 19 |
| 1900 | #424 | 28 |
| 1899 | #481 | 16 |
| 1898 | #473 | 19 |
| 1897 | #438 | 19 |
| 1896 | #551 | 14 |
| 1895 | #456 | 19 |
| 1894 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | #538 | 13 |
| 1892 | #480 | 17 |
| 1891 | #476 | 14 |
| 1890 | #458 | 16 |
| 1889 | #415 | 19 |
| 1888 | #359 | 26 |
| 1887 | #516 | 12 |
| 1886 | #383 | 21 |
| 1885 | #388 | 21 |
| 1884 | #325 | 29 |
| 1883 | #381 | 20 |
| 1882 | #370 | 23 |
| 1881 | #375 | 20 |
| 1880 | #350 | 24 |
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 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Washington
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #325 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1880–1907
- 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%)
- 15.7% of all boys named Washington (415) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 215 | #325 (1884) | #386 |
| 1890s | 162 | #438 (1897) | #487 |
| 1900s | 144 | #424 (1900) | #706 |
| 1910s | 371 | #556 (1910) | #874 |
| 1920s | 415 | #901 (1921) | #1,118 |
| 1930s | 249 | #1,181 (1933) | #1,373 |
| 1940s | 241 | #1,213 (1947) | #1,444 |
| 1950s | 165 | #1,657 (1950) | #1,982 |
| 1960s | 119 | #2,043 (1966) | #2,508 |
| 1970s | 121 | #2,125 (1970) | #3,147 |
| 1980s | 81 | #2,779 (1981) | #4,704 |
| 1990s | 104 | #3,636 (1991) | #5,654 |
| 2000s | 84 | #5,246 (2004) | #8,613 |
| 2010s | 129 | #4,331 (2017) | #6,593 |
| 2020s | 44 | #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 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
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150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 5,374 of them was named Washington, which outranked 71.8% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).