Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Wash

#4,315 most common boys' name of all time · #10,567 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1880–1972

Rank among boys
#4,315
Rank overall
#10,567 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
1,196
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1921 #1,331
Best rank
#351 1882
📖The word “wash” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
18801900192019401960

Wash is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1972 — 5 5 #5,007
1969 — 5 5 #4,420
1961 — 8 8 #3,106
1959 — 7 7 #3,310
1958 — 9 9 #2,831
1957 — 10 10 #2,642
1956 — 5 5 #3,963
1955 — 10 10 #2,574
1954 — 9 9 #2,758
1953 — 11 11 #2,403
1952 — 7 7 #3,107
1951 — 8 8 #2,858
1950 — 11 11 #2,326
1949 — 18 18 #1,762
1948 — 16 16 #1,887
1947 — 5 5 #3,753
1946 — 15 15 #1,891
1945 — 12 12 #2,019
1944 — 13 13 #2,000
1943 — 10 10 #2,420
1942 — 10 10 #2,397
1941 — 15 15 #1,829
1940 — 14 14 #1,902
1939 — 16 16 #1,722
1938 — 15 15 #1,826
1937 — 18 18 #1,645
1936 — 11 11 #2,195
1935 — 7 7 #2,969
1934 — 11 11 #2,274
1933 — 15 15 #1,833
1932 — 19 19 #1,658
1931 — 21 21 #1,544
1930 — 18 18 #1,759
1929 — 16 16 #1,945
1928 — 15 15 #2,056
1927 — 18 18 #1,874
1926 — 16 16 #1,988
1925 — 24 24 #1,539
1924 — 18 18 #1,903
1923 — 28 28 #1,387
1922 — 24 24 #1,548
1921 — 31 31 #1,331
1920 — 25 25 #1,507
1919 — 29 29 #1,322
1918 — 20 20 #1,713
1917 — 18 18 #1,761
1916 — 25 25 #1,380
1915 — 26 26 #1,307
1914 — 23 23 #1,226
1913 — 16 16 #1,317
1912 — 12 12 #1,425
1911 — 13 13 #935
1910 — 10 10 #1,054
1909 — 14 14 #765
1908 — 11 11 #837
1907 — 11 11 #827
1906 — 13 13 #684
1905 — 14 14 #642
1904 — 12 12 #695
1903 — 10 10 #742
1902 — 11 11 #699
1901 — 12 12 #606
1900 — 19 19 #561
1899 — 12 12 #587
1898 — 9 9 #756
1897 — 14 14 #560
1896 — 8 8 #832
1895 — 9 9 #752
1894 — 8 8 #798
1892 — 16 16 #502
1891 — 12 12 #533
1890 — 7 7 #819
1889 — 17 17 #451
1888 — 24 24 #382
1887 — 11 11 #548
1886 — 11 11 #583
1885 — 18 18 #425
1884 — 19 19 #421
1883 — 20 20 #391
1882 — 26 26 #351
1881 — 16 16 #433
1880 — 21 21 #379