Popular baby names in Washington, 2018

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2018 were Olivia for girls (413 babies) and Liam for boys (441). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 64,912 babies born in Washington in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2018

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

Girls

Roslyn: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Milana: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Juniper: 80 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Saoirse: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Opal: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ramona: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Penny: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Myra: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Annika: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Joelle: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Magnus: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Leif: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Forest: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Soren: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alden: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kasen: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Cassius: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Aarav: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ronan: 63 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Koda: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Olivia	413	–	2
2	Emma	407	–	1
3	Evelyn	326	–	10
4	Amelia	304	↑4	8
5	Charlotte	298	↑1	6
6	Isabella	285	↓1	4
7	Sophia	285	–	5
8	Ava	283	↓4	3
9	Mia	267	–	7
10	Harper	259	↑1	9
11	Abigail	241	↓1	11
12	Emily	234	↑1	12
13	Elizabeth	218	↓1	13
14	Mila	205	↑29	14
15	Grace	189	↑3	24
16	Luna	187	↑16	23
17	Aria	186	–	19
18	Eleanor	185	↓2	32
19	Ella	185	↑1	15
20	Sofia	178	↓1	17
21	Penelope	167	↓7	26
22	Nora	165	↑3	30
23	Avery	159	↓8	16
24	Chloe	156	↓1	25
25	Hannah	149	↑1	33
26	Hazel	148	↓5	42
27	Lily	146	–	31
28	Ellie	145	↑17	36
29	Lillian	144	↑6	34
30	Camila	143	↑4	18
31	Scarlett	142	↓7	20
32	Violet	142	↓1	43
33	Audrey	138	↓11	46
34	Aurora	138	↓5	44
35	Natalie	133	↓5	39
36	Zoey	131	↑3	29
37	Everly	130	new	53
38	Madison	130	↓1	22
39	Victoria	128	↓6	21
40	Maya	127	↓12	62
41	Zoe	124	↑5	40
42	Claire	121	new	50
43	Alice	119	↑1	71
44	Emilia	119	new	58
45	Stella	115	↓7	38
46	Addison	111	↓4	35
47	Ruby	110	–	74
48	Adeline	109	↓7	78
49	Isla	109	new	82
50	Riley	109	↓10	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	441	–	1
2	Oliver	378	–	5
3	William	358	↑1	3
4	Noah	352	↓1	2
5	Henry	342	↑2	16
6	Alexander	324	↑7	11
7	Benjamin	309	↓2	6
8	Elijah	307	↑2	7
9	Logan	295	↓3	10
10	James	294	↓2	4
11	Lucas	275	↓2	8
12	Ethan	272	↓1	12
13	Daniel	267	↑1	15
14	Wyatt	262	↑1	27
15	Samuel	259	↑1	21
16	Jackson	253	↑4	17
17	Owen	245	↓5	25
18	David	242	↑9	22
19	Mason	234	↓2	9
20	Theodore	233	↑2	44
21	Jack	206	↓2	28
22	Sebastian	206	↑7	18
23	Jacob	205	↓2	13
24	Leo	205	↑17	50
25	Isaac	203	↓2	34
26	Michael	200	↓2	14
27	Julian	197	↑7	36
28	Grayson	195	↑8	32
29	Lincoln	195	↓11	41
30	Hudson	194	↑8	55
31	Carter	187	↓1	24
32	Levi	185	–	33
33	Asher	178	↑2	47
34	Mateo	178	↓3	37
35	Ezra	176	↑7	59
36	Luke	175	↑3	30
37	Matthew	168	↓11	20
38	Aiden	164	↓13	19
39	Gabriel	159	↓11	35
40	Jaxon	159	↑4	39
41	Charles	158	new	53
42	John	158	new	26
43	Joseph	157	↑2	23
44	Thomas	150	↓4	49
45	Emmett	149	new	>100
46	Hunter	149	↓9	56
47	Nathan	145	↓4	48
48	Jameson	144	new	91
49	Cooper	143	new	83
50	Caleb	141	↓2	45

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