Popular baby names in Washington, 2017

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2017 were Olivia for girls (432 babies) and Liam for boys (423). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 66,620 babies born in Washington in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2017

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

Girls

Beatrix: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Milana: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Saoirse: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Opal: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ramona: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Juniper: 65 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mavis: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ember: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ingrid: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Astrid: 22 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Bjorn: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leif: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Anders: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lachlan: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Cassius: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Soren: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Forrest: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Finnley: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Magnus: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kellen: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Olivia	432	↑1	2
2	Emma	423	↓1	1
3	Evelyn	337	↑1	9
4	Ava	311	↑1	3
5	Isabella	309	↑8	4
6	Charlotte	305	↑1	7
7	Sophia	292	↓4	5
8	Amelia	285	–	8
9	Mia	261	↓3	6
10	Abigail	256	↓1	10
11	Harper	235	↑1	11
12	Elizabeth	227	↓2	13
13	Emily	227	↓2	12
14	Penelope	195	↑6	24
15	Avery	193	↓1	14
16	Eleanor	189	↓1	36
17	Aria	184	↑5	20
18	Grace	179	↑1	21
19	Sofia	171	↓2	15
20	Ella	169	↓4	16
21	Hazel	164	↑3	43
22	Audrey	159	↓4	46
23	Chloe	158	↑3	22
24	Scarlett	157	↑1	18
25	Nora	154	↑5	29
26	Hannah	153	↑7	32
27	Lily	152	↓4	33
28	Maya	149	↑19	60
29	Aurora	143	↑9	51
30	Natalie	141	↓2	35
31	Violet	140	↑12	47
32	Luna	139	new	37
33	Victoria	139	↑15	19
34	Camila	137	↑6	23
35	Lillian	133	↓8	27
36	Lucy	133	↑1	52
37	Madison	133	↓16	17
38	Stella	133	↓3	42
39	Zoey	132	↓8	28
40	Riley	131	↓1	25
41	Adeline	130	↑5	64
42	Addison	125	↑3	34
43	Mila	125	↓1	30
44	Alice	123	new	70
45	Ellie	123	↓16	44
46	Zoe	122	↓10	41
47	Ruby	116	↑3	79
48	Layla	114	↓4	26
49	Willow	114	new	80
50	Clara	110	↓9	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Liam	423	–	1
2	Oliver	412	↑1	10
3	Noah	353	↑2	2
4	William	348	↑2	3
5	Benjamin	345	↓3	6
6	Logan	331	↑9	5
7	Henry	326	–	19
8	James	321	↓4	4
9	Lucas	321	↑9	11
10	Elijah	305	↓2	8
11	Ethan	304	↓2	14
12	Owen	290	↓1	28
13	Alexander	280	↓3	13
14	Daniel	279	–	15
15	Wyatt	274	↑1	25
16	Samuel	272	↓3	21
17	Mason	258	↓5	7
18	Lincoln	249	↑4	41
19	Jack	244	↑6	36
20	Jackson	237	↓3	20
21	Jacob	231	↓1	9
22	Theodore	224	↑19	61
23	Isaac	223	↑1	32
24	Michael	217	↓3	12
25	Aiden	214	↑6	17
26	Matthew	212	↓3	16
27	David	204	↓8	22
28	Gabriel	193	↓1	31
29	Sebastian	193	↑7	23
30	Carter	190	↑2	24
31	Mateo	190	↑12	42
32	Levi	189	↓3	35
33	Isaiah	185	↑15	46
34	Julian	184	↑6	37
35	Asher	181	↑9	59
36	Grayson	177	↓1	34
37	Hunter	176	↓4	53
38	Hudson	175	↓8	64
39	Luke	173	↓13	30
40	Thomas	170	new	49
41	Leo	168	new	62
42	Ezra	161	new	69
43	Nathan	161	↑2	45
44	Jaxon	159	↓6	43
45	Joseph	159	↓8	18
46	Joshua	157	↑3	38
47	Jayden	153	↓8	26
48	Caleb	149	↓20	50
49	Jonathan	146	new	55
50	Andrew	144	↓16	40

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