State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,865 Washington births in 1951 across 859 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Washington more than they say America.

#68Kristine#172 nationally
#98Terri#185 nationally
#58Rick#143 nationally
#82Shelley#166 nationally
#86Jim#164 nationally
#77Cindy#154 nationally
#63Dan#136 nationally
#99Kim#172 nationally
#43Colleen#114 nationally
#76Bradley#146 nationally
#70Laurie#139 nationally
#92Bill#157 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,104US #1
#2Susan870US #6
#3Patricia792US #3
#4Mary737US #2
#5Karen592US #8
#6Kathleen578US #10
#7Barbara571US #5
#8Deborah529US #4
#9Nancy494US #7
#10Sandra451US #9
#11Carol414US #11
#12Sharon385US #13
#13Pamela381US #16
#14Christine355US #24
#15Janet350US #19
#16Debra317US #18
#17Diane306US #15
#18Donna278US #12
#19Cynthia255US #20
#20Cheryl246US #30
#21Janice241US #21
#22Margaret239US #17
#23Judith237US #25
#24Judy229US #26
#25Kathryn202US #45
#26Catherine192US #34
#27Kathy190US #35
#28Rebecca187US #32
#29Vicki186US #58
#30Elizabeth185US #23
#31Gail176US #36
#32Teresa171US #63
#33Marilyn170US #41
#34Connie169US #44
#35Bonnie165US #37
#36Shirley159US #27
#37Katherine156US #55
#38Carolyn154US #22
#39Joyce151US #28
#40Marcia146US #74
#41Peggy142US #40
#42Joan140US #39
#43Colleen139US #114
#44Julie138US #99
#45Sally138US #77
#46Beverly130US #33
#47Laura130US #60
#48Diana129US #50
#49Lynn123US #72
#50Sherry121US #70
#51Ann120US #46
#52Wendy115US #110
#53Paula112US #51
#54Denise111US #48
#55Virginia109US #47
#56Betty108US #29
#57Darlene100US #79
#58Gloria98US #31
#59Jean98US #49
#60Gayle97US #124
#61Jane97US #43
#62Robin96US #122
#63Cathy95US #71
#64Elaine94US #66
#65Brenda93US #14
#66Victoria93US #81
#67Marsha91US #76
#68Kristine90US #172
#69Joanne89US #73
#70Laurie89US #139
#71Vickie87US #87
#72Sheila83US #69
#73Dorothy81US #42
#74Jacqueline80US #56
#75Ruth80US #53
#76Terry79US #115
#77Cindy78US #154
#78Jennifer77US #119
#79Suzanne77US #83
#80Constance76US #86
#81Janis75US #131
#82Shelley75US #166
#83Phyllis74US #57
#84Valerie74US #100
#85Helen73US #54
#86Roberta73US #92
#87Theresa73US #64
#88Charlene72US #103
#89Rita72US #61
#90Lynda71US #116
#91Jo70US #67
#92Anne68US #82
#93Alice65US #62
#94Charlotte65US #84
#95Marie65US #78
#96Martha65US #38
#97Kay64US #120
#98Terri64US #185
#99Claudia63US #123
#100Jeanne63US #98

Boys

#1Michael1,435US #4
#2John1,260US #3
#3Robert1,235US #2
#4James1,116US #1
#5David1,109US #5
#6Richard1,002US #7
#7William880US #6
#8Steven818US #13
#9Gary736US #10
#10Thomas624US #8
#11Mark530US #20
#12Ronald498US #12
#13Donald495US #15
#14Daniel450US #21
#15Dennis438US #17
#16Kenneth433US #16
#17Charles405US #9
#18Stephen404US #19
#19Douglas401US #27
#20Larry400US #11
#21Gregory337US #25
#22Paul327US #18
#23Bruce322US #26
#24Timothy298US #28
#25Patrick266US #39
#26Joseph223US #14
#27Terry222US #30
#28Jerry208US #24
#29Randy206US #56
#30Scott206US #68
#31George204US #22
#32Jeffrey203US #35
#33Dale202US #49
#34Edward193US #23
#35Gerald179US #36
#36Craig178US #63
#37Brian169US #75
#38Roger169US #29
#39Jack163US #48
#40Alan160US #40
#41Lawrence154US #33
#42Wayne138US #37
#43Raymond136US #32
#44Frank133US #31
#45Randall126US #66
#46Christopher125US #61
#47Gordon117US #108
#48Peter103US #38
#49Stanley103US #54
#50Steve102US #86
#51Carl99US #43
#52Keith99US #59
#53Micheal97US #97
#54Glenn96US #58
#55Philip95US #55
#56Rodney94US #84
#57Russell94US #73
#58Rick93US #143
#59Danny92US #41
#60Dean92US #105
#61Kevin92US #53
#62Allen91US #72
#63Dan84US #136
#64Eric84US #93
#65Harold84US #46
#66Roy84US #52
#67Walter78US #42
#68Jay77US #116
#69Arthur76US #44
#70Norman74US #90
#71Frederick73US #78
#72Clifford72US #101
#73Ralph72US #51
#74Martin69US #81
#75Anthony66US #34
#76Bradley66US #146
#77Duane66US #130
#78Fred66US #87
#79Leonard66US #80
#80Barry64US #71
#81Phillip64US #79
#82Curtis63US #91
#83Jon63US #138
#84Melvin60US #88
#85Mike60US #128
#86Jim59US #164
#87Leslie59US #124
#88Eugene57US #65
#89Glen57US #127
#90Edwin56US #119
#91Marvin56US #96
#92Bill55US #157
#93Darrell53US #109
#94Marc52US #148
#95Ricky51US #102
#96Andrew50US #69
#97Howard50US #74
#98Jeffery49US #161
#99Kim49US #172
#100Samuel49US #67

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑45Debra#16
↑25Dorothy#73
↑25Eric#64
↑21Terry#76
↑20Micheal#53
↑20Glenn#54
↑17Kevin#61
↑17Curtis#82

Falling

↓41Claudia#99
↓26Jim#86
↓25Theresa#87
↓24Mike#85
↓23Darrell#93
↓22Howard#97
↓20Jeanne#100
↓19Cathy#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.