Is Wash a boy or girl name?

Wash is a boy’s name. Of the 1,196 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Wash

Recorded 1880–1972 · United States

Wash was most popular in 1921, when 31 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,660 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,196 people named Wash.

Wash over time

Births per year. The dot marks Wash’s peak in 1921. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Wash a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Wash is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,196 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Wash

Where Wash is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Alabama 28.8×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org