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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Wash

Wash was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 354th; the most babies were born in 1921 (31). More babies were named Wash in the 1920s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedboys
Babies in 2025
0boys
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
192131 babies
Total since 1880
1,196babies recorded

Wash popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970——
1960——
1950#2,43311
1940#1,98014
1930#1,81518
1920#1,54025
1910#1,11410
1900#57719
1890#8787
1880#37921

How popular is Wash, counting every spelling?

Wash has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Wash?

About 100 people born in the US named Wash are alive today, with a median age of 77; half are between 70 and 82. That makes Wash a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Wash by state

How common Wash was among boys born in each state in 1919–1923, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (9.0×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesSC0.05District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMS0.10Alabama: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesAL0.23Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Wash, boys, 1919–1923. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Wash: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Wash, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Wash

How popular is the name Wash?

Wash was not among the names given to 5 or more boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, when it ranked 354th; the most babies were born in 1921 (31). More babies were named Wash in the 1920s than in any other decade.

Is Wash a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 0 girls and 1,196 boys.

Where was Wash most popular?

In 1919–1923, Wash was most common in Alabama (0.23 per 1,000 boys), followed by Mississippi and South Carolina.