Popular baby names in Washington, 2006

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2006 were Emma for girls (422 babies) and Jacob for boys (495). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 66,969 babies born in Washington in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2006

Names given at least 15 times in Washington that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Sonja: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Elsa: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Amelie: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lucille: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Malia: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maleah: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Danika: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Parker: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Aurora: 49 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Hazel: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Soren: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Milo: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Emmett: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ryker: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Elliott: 47 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kellen: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Orion: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rowan: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ronan: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
August: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emma	422	–	2
2	Emily	392	–	1
3	Ava	377	↑3	5
4	Olivia	359	–	7
5	Isabella	353	–	4
6	Madison	347	↓3	3
7	Sophia	347	–	9
8	Abigail	301	↑1	6
9	Hannah	294	↑1	8
10	Elizabeth	285	↑2	11
11	Natalie	279	↑3	17
12	Grace	267	↓1	16
13	Samantha	264	↓5	10
14	Hailey	239	↑6	25
15	Chloe	233	↑3	18
16	Mia	228	↑6	13
17	Ella	221	↓4	21
18	Alexis	212	↓3	14
19	Sarah	206	–	15
20	Anna	198	↓3	22
21	Ashley	191	↓5	12
22	Taylor	189	↓1	23
23	Lily	185	↑5	33
24	Lauren	164	↑3	24
25	Alyssa	162	↓1	19
26	Jasmine	159	–	29
27	Zoe	156	↓2	54
28	Jessica	153	↓5	32
29	Addison	150	new	28
30	Lillian	149	↑4	38
31	Sydney	148	↓2	34
32	Savannah	134	↑12	30
33	Audrey	133	↓2	69
34	Alexandra	132	new	40
35	Kaylee	129	↑14	42
36	Katherine	126	↑4	37
37	Nevaeh	126	new	43
38	Victoria	125	↓6	27
39	Mackenzie	124	new	53
40	Brooke	122	↑7	44
41	Julia	122	↓4	31
42	Kayla	121	↓7	26
43	Brianna	119	↓4	20
44	Maya	119	↑6	57
45	Sofia	119	↓3	55
46	Kaitlyn	118	new	41
47	Madeline	117	↓2	71
48	Megan	116	↓7	60
49	Claire	113	new	86
50	Isabelle	112	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jacob	495	–	1
2	Alexander	474	↑1	12
3	Ethan	464	↓1	4
4	Daniel	407	↑1	6
5	Logan	399	↑5	20
6	Andrew	394	↓2	7
7	Samuel	348	↑8	25
8	Michael	340	↓2	2
9	Nathan	335	↑8	23
10	Benjamin	329	↑1	24
11	William	328	↑2	10
12	David	326	↓3	13
13	Ryan	320	↑5	14
14	Noah	318	–	15
15	Joshua	314	↓8	3
16	Matthew	314	↓4	5
17	Anthony	310	↑2	9
18	James	294	↑4	16
19	Tyler	292	↓11	18
20	Joseph	289	↓4	11
21	Aiden	286	↑8	32
22	Jack	278	↑4	36
23	Mason	276	↑17	40
24	Gabriel	267	↓3	28
25	Elijah	263	↓2	29
26	Christopher	259	↑1	8
27	Dylan	256	↓7	26
28	Jackson	250	↑4	35
29	Austin	248	↑10	41
30	Owen	244	↑12	58
31	Isaac	242	↓6	48
32	Caleb	241	↑2	34
33	Evan	229	↓3	42
34	Isaiah	229	↑10	39
35	Gavin	228	↑2	38
36	Jonathan	222	↓8	22
37	Jose	222	↓4	30
38	Jayden	220	↑12	49
39	Nicholas	217	↓8	17
40	Hunter	215	↑6	54
41	Lucas	210	↓5	59
42	Zachary	210	↓18	33
43	Aidan	207	↓2	44
44	Christian	200	↓1	21
45	Connor	198	–	53
46	Luke	193	↓11	43
47	Cameron	189	new	52
48	Angel	187	–	31
49	Brandon	182	↓2	27
50	Wyatt	182	new	82

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