Popular baby names in Washington, 2016

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2016 were Emma for girls (448 babies) and Liam for boys (408). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 69,180 babies born in Washington in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2016

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

Girls

Makena: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Loretta: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kristina: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Saoirse: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lyra: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Milana: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Remy: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Juniper: 60 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Aurelia: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clementine: 21 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Cedar: 21 babies, 8× the national rate
Maxim: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Soren: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cassius: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Otis: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Malcolm: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kasen: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alden: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Odin: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Quincy: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Emma	448	↑1	1
2	Olivia	434	↓1	2
3	Sophia	346	–	4
4	Evelyn	310	↑1	12
5	Ava	308	↓1	3
6	Mia	306	↑2	6
7	Charlotte	301	↑2	7
8	Amelia	286	↑5	10
9	Abigail	270	↑3	8
10	Elizabeth	250	–	13
11	Emily	247	↓5	9
12	Harper	241	↓1	11
13	Isabella	240	↓6	5
14	Avery	207	↑2	16
15	Eleanor	197	↑22	41
16	Ella	196	↑2	17
17	Sofia	196	↓2	14
18	Audrey	195	↑8	39
19	Grace	190	↓5	19
20	Penelope	185	–	27
21	Madison	181	↓4	15
22	Aria	180	↓3	23
23	Lily	179	↑1	24
24	Hazel	178	↓3	52
25	Scarlett	175	↑3	18
26	Chloe	167	↑1	20
27	Lillian	166	↓5	28
28	Natalie	162	↓3	31
29	Ellie	157	↑14	43
30	Nora	149	↑1	36
31	Zoey	149	↑5	26
32	Brooklyn	145	↑6	34
33	Hannah	144	↓10	33
34	Claire	143	↑5	40
35	Stella	143	↓6	45
36	Zoe	143	↓1	35
37	Lucy	140	↓4	55
38	Aurora	138	new	66
39	Riley	135	new	22
40	Camila	133	new	32
41	Clara	131	↑6	100
42	Mila	131	new	48
43	Violet	130	↓11	47
44	Layla	128	new	30
45	Addison	123	↓15	29
46	Adeline	120	new	63
47	Maya	120	↓5	64
48	Victoria	120	↓14	21
49	Quinn	119	new	79
50	Ruby	119	↓9	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Liam	408	↑1	2
2	Benjamin	391	↑2	6
3	Oliver	390	↓2	12
4	James	362	↑6	5
5	Noah	356	↓2	1
6	William	341	–	3
7	Henry	329	↓2	22
8	Elijah	318	↑5	9
9	Ethan	317	↑5	10
10	Alexander	306	↓2	11
11	Owen	290	↑6	24
12	Mason	289	↓1	4
13	Samuel	289	↓4	21
14	Daniel	281	↓2	13
15	Logan	275	↓8	18
16	Wyatt	271	↑3	33
17	Jackson	265	↓1	17
18	Lucas	263	↓3	14
19	David	250	↑3	19
20	Jacob	245	–	7
21	Michael	243	↓3	8
22	Lincoln	242	↑13	51
23	Matthew	231	↑5	15
24	Isaac	221	↓1	31
25	Jack	221	–	38
26	Luke	209	↑1	29
27	Gabriel	203	↓6	25
28	Caleb	202	↑4	44
29	Levi	202	↑4	42
30	Hudson	200	↑1	61
31	Aiden	199	↓7	16
32	Carter	199	↓6	26
33	Hunter	199	↓4	45
34	Andrew	195	↓4	34
35	Grayson	193	↑5	37
36	Sebastian	193	↓2	23
37	Joseph	192	–	20
38	Jaxon	185	↑4	41
39	Jayden	183	–	27
40	Julian	180	↓4	39
41	Theodore	179	new	83
42	John	171	↑1	28
43	Mateo	168	new	59
44	Asher	167	↑1	71
45	Nathan	161	↓4	43
46	Anthony	160	↓8	30
47	Charles	160	↑3	52
48	Isaiah	159	new	47
49	Joshua	156	↓2	35
50	Ryan	156	new	40

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