Washington
Meaning
"settlement of Wassa's people", the first American president's surname; Brazil wore it through the 20th century, including a president of its own, Washington Luís
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Washington has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Popularity in Brazil
35,216 people · the #733 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 5,780 · median age 39
Among people named Washington living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 203 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
See Washington in official records · Spain and Argentina
Spain
142 residents · #6,220 among men · mean age 51.5
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Argentina
Not on the 2024 record (small counts are withheld at source) · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations where observed
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published.
Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Not on the record in Mexico City and Puerto Rico: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
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