Popular baby names in Washington, 2012

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2012 were Sophia for girls (478 babies) and Mason for boys (414). Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 66,375 babies born in Washington in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2012

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

Girls

Juniper: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Esme: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Evalyn: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Makena: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cambria: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Elsie: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elsa: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Evelynn: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mira: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kaia: 27 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Soren: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kasen: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Milo: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Ronan: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Kellen: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lewis: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maxim: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gideon: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Finnegan: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Odin: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	478	–	1
2	Emma	454	↑1	2
3	Olivia	434	↓1	4
4	Isabella	328	↑1	3
5	Ava	304	↑1	5
6	Emily	304	↓2	6
7	Abigail	276	–	7
8	Elizabeth	250	↑2	10
9	Mia	229	↑6	8
10	Ella	224	↑1	12
11	Evelyn	220	↑3	27
12	Natalie	207	–	17
13	Chloe	206	↓4	11
14	Charlotte	201	↑10	19
15	Avery	199	↑16	13
16	Madison	199	↓8	9
17	Amelia	195	↑1	23
18	Grace	195	↓5	21
19	Zoey	191	↑4	20
20	Lillian	188	↑2	25
21	Lily	183	↓4	16
22	Hannah	180	↑4	22
23	Zoe	174	↓3	30
24	Brooklyn	173	↓8	29
25	Harper	172	↑9	24
26	Audrey	162	↓1	41
27	Samantha	161	↓6	26
28	Addison	153	↓9	14
29	Aubrey	152	↑19	15
30	Sofia	145	↓3	18
31	Allison	136	new	38
32	Stella	132	↑5	62
33	Anna	131	↑7	34
34	Hailey	129	↓6	32
35	Victoria	126	↓2	28
36	Claire	122	↓7	45
37	Alexis	119	↓7	40
38	Lucy	119	–	66
39	Naomi	116	↓4	79
40	Ruby	112	new	>100
41	Maya	111	↓2	63
42	Ellie	110	new	85
43	Kaylee	110	↓11	35
44	Savannah	109	↓8	43
45	Scarlett	109	↓1	61
46	Eva	105	↑3	86
47	Violet	104	new	89
48	Sophie	102	new	52
49	Piper	100	new	98
50	Aaliyah	99	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	414	–	2
2	Liam	409	–	6
3	Ethan	396	↑1	3
4	Alexander	354	↓1	9
5	Benjamin	337	↑5	16
6	Noah	330	–	4
7	Jacob	320	↓2	1
8	Daniel	315	↓1	11
9	Michael	315	↑3	7
10	James	306	↑8	14
11	William	305	↓2	5
12	Logan	302	↓4	22
13	Elijah	300	↑6	13
14	Aiden	290	↑3	10
15	Samuel	290	↓2	25
16	Jackson	289	↓5	21
17	Henry	284	↑7	44
18	Lucas	279	↑5	27
19	Wyatt	279	↑2	41
20	Gabriel	263	↓6	24
21	Jayden	260	↓5	8
22	Owen	260	↑3	38
23	Andrew	256	↓3	18
24	Isaac	253	↑7	30
25	David	251	↓10	20
26	Anthony	230	–	15
27	Caleb	217	↑2	32
28	Carter	217	↑5	36
29	Nathan	216	↑5	29
30	Ryan	211	↑6	26
31	Hunter	210	↑10	45
32	Joshua	210	↓5	17
33	Levi	210	new	55
34	Jack	209	↓4	46
35	Oliver	207	↑5	73
36	Joseph	205	↓4	19
37	Matthew	202	↓9	12
38	John	184	↑5	28
39	Jonathan	183	↓4	34
40	Eli	182	new	43
41	Landon	180	↓19	35
42	Dylan	179	↓3	31
43	Evan	177	↓5	47
44	Brayden	175	↑2	39
45	Isaiah	166	↓8	42
46	Connor	164	↓2	59
47	Ryder	163	↓5	100
48	Luke	160	↑2	37
49	Jaxon	157	new	66
50	Gavin	155	↓5	40

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