Popular baby names in Washington, 2021

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2021 were Olivia for girls (454 babies) and Liam for boys (404). Social Security records list 62,918 babies born in Washington in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2021

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

Girls

Milana: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Yuna: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Anika: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nyra: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rosalina: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Aarna: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Freyja: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Taytum: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Saanvi: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mira: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Alder: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Cedar: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Atharv: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Vihaan: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Kiaan: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Westley: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Emery: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Anders: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Avyaan: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bjorn: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	454	–	1
2	Amelia	333	↑2	4
3	Emma	296	↓1	2
4	Charlotte	280	↓1	3
5	Sophia	275	–	6
6	Evelyn	256	–	9
7	Harper	227	↑4	10
8	Isabella	223	↑2	7
9	Eleanor	221	↑3	15
10	Ava	218	↓3	5
11	Mia	209	↓3	8
12	Luna	208	↑3	11
13	Hazel	193	↓4	28
14	Isla	177	↑10	34
15	Nora	175	↑14	27
16	Emily	173	–	21
17	Penelope	166	↑3	23
18	Lily	164	↑20	31
19	Elizabeth	163	↓5	14
20	Abigail	161	↓3	17
21	Aurora	148	↑2	35
22	Sofia	147	↓4	18
23	Scarlett	146	↑7	20
24	Avery	145	↓2	19
25	Chloe	145	↓4	25
26	Camila	139	↓13	12
27	Ella	138	↑5	16
28	Willow	136	↑14	39
29	Aria	133	↑4	22
30	Zoe	133	↑16	42
31	Zoey	133	↓3	38
32	Maya	131	↑7	55
33	Violet	131	↓6	36
34	Ellie	130	↓15	30
35	Grace	128	↑6	33
36	Mila	127	↓11	26
37	Naomi	125	↑3	54
38	Lucy	124	↓3	48
39	Riley	123	↑10	37
40	Audrey	121	↑10	60
41	Layla	121	↑6	24
42	Stella	121	↓16	41
43	Emilia	116	↓6	40
44	Madison	115	↓10	29
45	Ruby	111	↓2	62
46	Eliana	109	↓2	47
47	Alice	105	new	65
48	Hannah	104	↓12	44
49	Nova	103	new	32
50	Juniper	101	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Liam	404	↑1	1
2	Noah	395	↑1	2
3	Oliver	388	↓2	3
4	Henry	363	↑1	9
5	Theodore	351	↑2	10
6	Benjamin	310	↓2	7
7	William	282	↑1	6
8	Elijah	277	↓2	4
9	James	265	↑1	5
10	Lucas	251	↓1	8
11	Jack	247	↑2	11
12	Owen	228	↑6	22
13	Ezra	226	↑7	37
14	Samuel	216	↑5	23
15	Alexander	215	↓4	13
16	Ethan	215	–	20
17	Daniel	209	↓2	16
18	Jackson	209	↓6	14
19	Mateo	207	↓5	15
20	Levi	203	↑8	12
21	Leo	198	↑2	31
22	Asher	196	↑7	25
23	Logan	192	↓2	21
24	David	191	↑2	30
25	Wyatt	191	↓8	29
26	Hudson	190	↓1	34
27	Mason	188	↓3	18
28	Julian	179	↑7	33
29	Aiden	177	↓7	26
30	Isaac	175	–	40
31	Lincoln	167	–	45
32	Ezekiel	164	↑18	53
33	Sebastian	160	↓6	19
34	Michael	158	↑5	17
35	Miles	156	↓1	55
36	Luke	155	↓3	32
37	Elias	153	↑6	48
38	Joseph	153	new	28
39	Luca	151	new	42
40	Gabriel	150	↓4	38
41	Kai	140	new	70
42	Grayson	137	↓2	35
43	Jacob	136	↓6	24
44	Carter	133	↓6	39
45	Maverick	132	↑1	47
46	Wesley	132	new	85
47	Isaiah	131	↓3	56
48	Cooper	130	new	68
49	Matthew	129	↓17	36
50	Emmett	127	new	>100

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