Wash — boys' name

What the Data Says About Wash

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,196 babies named Wash between 1880 and 1972, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Wash currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Wash performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 215 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Wash shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Wash in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Wash in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,196 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.