Name Legacy

Baby names in Washington, 2000s

2000–2009 · 651,640 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Washington across the 2000s, with 5,256 births in the decade. The state recorded 651,640 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Washington in the 2000s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Ruvim8015×
Vadim7315×
Dmitriy6111×
Vitaliy4410×
Liliya4510×
Timofey29
Inna29
Chelan5

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob5,256
#2Ethan4,649
#3Emily4,442
#4Alexander4,394
#5Emma4,215
#6Daniel3,997
#7Andrew3,870
#8Joshua3,851
#9Michael3,806
#10Olivia3,700
#11Madison3,596
#12Ryan3,510
#13Benjamin3,451
#14David3,447
#15Samuel3,425
#16Logan3,400
#17William3,390
#18Tyler3,388
#19Matthew3,359
#20Hannah3,356
#21Joseph3,192
#22Isabella3,182
#23Anthony3,099
#24Nathan3,073
#25Abigail3,023

Other decades in Washington

All Washington names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org