Popular baby names in Washington, 2009

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2009 were Isabella for girls (451 babies) and Alexander for boys (446). Alexander ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 68,322 babies born in Washington in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2009

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

Girls

Sawyer: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Makena: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Evelynn: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miya: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Vera: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Olive: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Annika: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elsie: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elsa: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Paityn: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Leif: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Soren: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Maxim: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kellan: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Kellen: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Elliott: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Malakai: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Finley: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kaeden: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cyrus: 29 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Isabella	451	↑5	1
2	Sophia	430	↑2	4
3	Olivia	428	↓2	3
4	Emma	388	↓2	2
5	Abigail	327	↑2	8
6	Emily	324	↓1	6
7	Ava	318	↓4	5
8	Elizabeth	274	↑2	11
9	Chloe	272	–	9
10	Madison	260	↓2	7
11	Natalie	226	↑2	16
12	Alexis	222	↑7	13
13	Ella	222	↑2	15
14	Lily	222	↓2	18
15	Addison	219	↑2	12
16	Mia	215	↑4	10
17	Grace	204	↓6	17
18	Samantha	195	↓4	14
19	Lillian	191	↑5	27
20	Hannah	187	↓4	23
21	Evelyn	179	↑24	40
22	Hailey	177	↓4	25
23	Anna	172	↓2	28
24	Taylor	166	↓2	22
25	Audrey	148	↓2	49
26	Ashley	146	↓1	20
27	Sarah	139	–	21
28	Brooklyn	138	↑7	37
29	Sofia	136	↑4	36
30	Avery	132	↓4	32
31	Claire	130	↑1	53
32	Sydney	128	↑12	48
33	Amelia	125	↓2	55
34	Victoria	125	↑15	31
35	Zoe	125	↑6	47
36	Maya	124	↑12	61
37	Alyssa	121	↓3	19
38	Kaylee	121	↓9	26
39	Leah	121	new	29
40	Peyton	121	↓2	42
41	Allison	120	new	30
42	Payton	119	new	84
43	Lucy	116	–	>100
44	Alexa	115	new	43
45	Riley	114	↑1	38
46	Nevaeh	113	↓16	34
47	Jasmine	112	↓11	51
48	Julia	112	↓1	50
49	Charlotte	110	new	68
50	Madeline	109	↓10	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Alexander	446	↑2	4
2	Jacob	429	–	1
3	Ethan	418	↓2	2
4	William	415	↑2	5
5	Daniel	391	↓1	7
6	Benjamin	351	↑9	19
7	Logan	351	↓2	17
8	Aiden	345	–	12
9	Samuel	337	–	24
10	David	333	↑1	14
11	Michael	321	↑3	3
12	Noah	319	↓5	9
13	Joshua	304	↓3	6
14	Jayden	296	↑11	8
15	Liam	288	↑25	49
16	Jackson	286	↑6	27
17	Elijah	283	↓4	21
18	James	283	↑2	18
19	Gabriel	280	↓3	22
20	Andrew	279	↓8	16
21	Anthony	274	↓2	11
22	Matthew	256	↓4	13
23	Owen	256	↑13	51
24	Nathan	254	↓7	25
25	Jack	251	↑2	42
26	Joseph	249	↓5	15
27	Mason	249	↓4	34
28	Isaac	248	–	40
29	Jonathan	243	↑10	29
30	Caleb	242	↑5	31
31	Ryan	242	↓7	20
32	Lucas	230	↑11	39
33	Gavin	228	↓4	33
34	Wyatt	225	–	60
35	Landon	220	↑13	36
36	Angel	209	↑1	37
37	Christopher	208	↓4	10
38	Tyler	202	↓7	28
39	Hunter	195	↓7	56
40	Dylan	194	↓14	30
41	Evan	193	↓11	35
42	Carter	192	new	50
43	Henry	192	↑2	71
44	Isaiah	191	new	41
45	John	187	↑2	26
46	Connor	184	↑3	52
47	Christian	183	↓5	23
48	Jose	180	↓10	43
49	Austin	175	↑1	63
50	Zachary	175	↓4	53

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