Here are the top 100 baby names in Washington state for 2023. See if yours made the list

Each year, the U.S. Social Security Administration releases data showing the most popular baby names by state. The 2023 results have just been released, listing the top 100 most commonly picked names for baby boys and girls.

The ranking also includes the number of occurrences in the state, based on Social Security card application data.

Here are the top names in Washington state for baby boys and girls in 2023.

WA’s most popular male names

The top boy names in Washington state in 2023 had hundreds of uses, with the number one name occurring 416 times. Here are the top 15:

1. Oliver - 416
2. Liam - 402
3. Noah - 343
4. Theodore - 331
5. Henry - 293
6. Mateo - 270
7. James - 266
8. Benjamin - 244
9. Lucas - 242
10. Ezra - 237
11. Elijah - 229
12. William - 229
13. Leo - 221
14. Owen - 221
15. Daniel - 218

There are several biblical names included on the list, such as Ezra, Elijah, Samuel, Isaac and Ezekiel. Additionally, there were several names from big films over the past couple of years, including Luca (and alternately, Luka), Maverick and Miles.

Some noteworthy mentions include Hudson, Santiago, Rowan, Adriel and Atlas.

The last three names on the Top 100 for Washington are tied, with 76 uses: Jeremiah, Jude and Sawyer. Just one step above was another three-way tie: Archer, Ryan and Walker all had 77 uses.

WA’s most popular female names

The most common names for female babies had slightly less popularity than the males. The top two male names had more than 400 uses, while the top two female names had more than 300.

Here are the top 15 girl names:

1. Olivia - 359
2. Amelia - 303
3. Emma - 271
4. Sophia - 270
5. Evelyn - 265
6. Charlotte - 258
7. Mia - 245
8. Isabella - 215
9. Harper - 200
10. Eleanor - 199
11. Sofia - 192
12. Ava - 184
13. Hazel - 182
14. Lily - 175
15. Violet - 170

The top 100 female names includes a mix of more traditional names, such as Elizabeth, Penelope, Willow, Grace and Adeline, and more modern names, such as Juniper, Gianna, Nova, and Lainey.

There are also several names with multiple spellings, such as Amelia and Emelia, Madelyn and Madeline, and Zoe and Zoey.

The last three names on the list are tied, with 59 uses: Georgia, Julia and Rose.

Most common U.S. baby names

There is some overlap between the Washington state lists and the most popular baby names in the nation.

The top 10 male names across the U.S. were:

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. Oliver
4. James
5. Elijah
6. Mateo
7. Theodore
8. Henry
9. Lucas
10. William

The top 10 female names were:

1. Olivia
2. Emma
3. Charlotte
4. Amelia
5. Sophia
6. Mia
7. Isabella
8. Ava
9. Evelyn
10. Luna

This story was originally published May 16, 2024 at 12:43 PM with the headline "Here are the top 100 baby names in Washington state for 2023. See if yours made the list."