List of the most common U.S. place names

This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name. Cities with populations over 100,000 are in bold.

Postal Service data

The United States Postal Service has published a list of the most common city and post office names within the United States, as of 2020:

All place names

Washington (91)

• The State of Washington
• 31 of the 50 United States are home to a Washington County.
• There are 5 Washington Townships (and one Washington Borough) in the State of New Jersey.
• There are 7 Towns of Washington (and one Town of Port Washington) in the State of Wisconsin which correspond to townships rather than municipalities.
• Louisiana is home to both a village/town of Washington, and a Washington Parish (equivalent to a county in most other states)

Franklin (45)

Clinton (39)

Arlington (38)

Centerville (38)

Georgetown (35)

Lebanon (35)

Springfield (35+1 fictional)

Fairview (33)

Chester (32)

Greenville (31)

Madison (30)

Bristol (29)

Salem (29)

Dayton (28)

Dover (28)

Oakland (27)

Winchester (27)

Milton (26)

Newport (25)

Riverside (25)

Ashland (24)

Bloomington (23)

Burlington (23)

Jackson (23)

Manchester (23)

Oxford (23)

Milford (22)

Clayton (20)

Hudson (20)

Kingston (20)

Auburn (19)

Lexington (19)

Mount Vernon (19)

Cleveland (18)

See also

• List of cities in the United States
• List of places named Peoria
• List of United States cities by population
• The 250 places named Washington Township

References

1. Lists of cities in the United States
2. List of the most common U.S. county name etymologies
3. List of U.S. places named after non-U.S. places
4. Lists of populated places in the United States
5. List of biblical names
6. List of tautological place names
7. Place names considered unusual
8. List of place names of French origin in the United States
9. List of states and territories of the United States
10. List of place names in Canada of Indigenous origin
11. Springfield (toponym)
12. List of presidents of the United States by home state
13. List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States
14. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names
15. List of alternative country names
16. Place names in Japan
17. Commonly misspelled English words
18. List of U.S. state reptiles
19. List of animal names
20. List of state and territory name etymologies of the United States