Washington
Washington is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. Its best rank was 330th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192160 births
- Best rank
- #330in 1884
- Since 1880
- 2,644people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,644 boys have been named Washington in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 60 births.
The name has all but left use: 8 births in 2024, against 60 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1930, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Washington | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 215 | |
| 1890s | 162 | |
| 1900s | 144 | |
| 1910s | 371 | |
| 1920s | 415 | |
| 1930s | 249 | |
| 1940s | 241 | |
| 1950s | 165 | |
| 1960s | 119 | |
| 1970s | 121 | |
| 1980s | 81 | |
| 1990s | 104 | |
| 2000s | 84 | |
| 2010s | 129 | |
| 2020s | 44 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Washington was the 909th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Washington
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Simpeak 1918
- Gustavepeak 1915
- Charleypeak 1920
- Ikepeak 1953
- Ciceropeak 1920
- Gusspeak 1920
- Fatepeak 1919
- Columbuspeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.