State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,322 Washington births in 1952 across 872 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#99Kellyoutside the national top 200
#67Kristine#165 nationally
#69Terri#158 nationally
#76Shelley#164 nationally
#97Kurt#178 nationally
#82Chris#160 nationally
#41Laurie#115 nationally
#57Dan#129 nationally
#49Rick#119 nationally
#43Colleen#108 nationally
#79Bradley#141 nationally
#95Janis#153 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,022US #1
#2Susan832US #5
#3Mary828US #2
#4Patricia698US #3
#5Deborah691US #4
#6Karen599US #8
#7Barbara596US #6
#8Kathleen586US #11
#9Debra564US #9
#10Nancy499US #7
#11Pamela469US #17
#12Sandra461US #10
#13Carol406US #12
#14Christine391US #20
#15Sharon378US #14
#16Cynthia364US #18
#17Janet344US #19
#18Cheryl301US #31
#19Diane301US #16
#20Donna268US #13
#21Margaret253US #21
#22Janice243US #23
#23Rebecca217US #30
#24Judith216US #25
#25Judy216US #26
#26Elizabeth209US #22
#27Kathryn207US #48
#28Teresa204US #52
#29Marilyn192US #38
#30Vicki187US #61
#31Bonnie177US #41
#32Denise176US #33
#33Gail176US #39
#34Connie173US #44
#35Catherine169US #34
#36Carolyn168US #24
#37Kathy167US #29
#38Joan161US #37
#39Paula150US #47
#40Peggy148US #43
#41Laurie147US #115
#42Julie145US #85
#43Colleen144US #108
#44Diana144US #51
#45Ann140US #45
#46Laura140US #53
#47Katherine138US #59
#48Beverly134US #35
#49Vickie130US #76
#50Jane128US #42
#51Joyce128US #27
#52Marcia127US #80
#53Robin127US #102
#54Shirley123US #28
#55Wendy116US #105
#56Virginia112US #49
#57Theresa111US #60
#58Jean109US #50
#59Sally109US #81
#60Lynn107US #71
#61Valerie106US #87
#62Cathy104US #56
#63Gloria103US #36
#64Roberta100US #88
#65Leslie99US #104
#66Victoria99US #74
#67Kristine98US #165
#68Jacqueline97US #58
#69Terri96US #158
#70Anne95US #79
#71Sherry95US #68
#72Darlene92US #77
#73Betty90US #32
#74Jennifer90US #107
#75Ruth88US #57
#76Shelley88US #164
#77Marsha87US #75
#78Brenda85US #15
#79Joanne80US #78
#80Suzanne79US #84
#81Gayle78US #135
#82Kay78US #133
#83Claudia75US #111
#84Elaine75US #73
#85Jill75US #118
#86Martha74US #40
#87Sheila73US #64
#88Dorothy72US #46
#89Michelle72US #124
#90Jan71US #143
#91Charlene69US #106
#92Cindy69US #140
#93Jeanne68US #98
#94Michele68US #110
#95Janis67US #153
#96Lynda65US #129
#97Rhonda65US #95
#98Anita64US #91
#99Jo64US #55
#100Marie64US #82

Boys

#1Michael1,468US #4
#2Robert1,377US #2
#3David1,238US #5
#4James1,231US #1
#5John1,214US #3
#6Richard1,052US #7
#7Steven932US #11
#8William826US #6
#9Gary684US #10
#10Thomas674US #8
#11Mark586US #17
#12Daniel540US #20
#13Ronald512US #15
#14Donald498US #13
#15Kenneth466US #16
#16Charles464US #9
#17Stephen427US #21
#18Dennis409US #18
#19Paul403US #19
#20Douglas396US #28
#21Larry390US #14
#22Gregory361US #24
#23Timothy351US #27
#24Bruce332US #25
#25Patrick294US #37
#26Jeffrey260US #31
#27Joseph248US #12
#28Randy246US #41
#29Scott238US #54
#30Terry236US #29
#31Jerry220US #26
#32Edward217US #23
#33Dale212US #46
#34Craig197US #59
#35Brian195US #64
#36Roger189US #30
#37George188US #22
#38Gerald180US #39
#39Wayne176US #38
#40Lawrence164US #35
#41Jack155US #52
#42Alan148US #42
#43Raymond143US #33
#44Peter142US #36
#45Keith138US #49
#46Frank135US #32
#47Kevin135US #43
#48Christopher121US #57
#49Rick119US #119
#50Stanley119US #58
#51Randall113US #63
#52Carl112US #45
#53Dean112US #103
#54Gordon110US #110
#55Russell107US #70
#56Micheal105US #94
#57Dan104US #129
#58Rodney102US #84
#59Eric95US #88
#60Danny93US #40
#61Steve92US #85
#62Martin90US #80
#63Roy90US #55
#64Clifford86US #99
#65Frederick86US #76
#66Walter85US #44
#67Glenn84US #61
#68Curtis82US #86
#69Kim81US #126
#70Allen80US #78
#71Harold80US #51
#72Jay78US #106
#73Anthony77US #34
#74Phillip75US #74
#75Philip74US #60
#76Andrew73US #68
#77Arthur73US #47
#78Lee73US #92
#79Bradley70US #141
#80Eugene70US #71
#81Glen69US #121
#82Chris67US #160
#83Duane67US #131
#84Theodore67US #100
#85Howard66US #73
#86Ralph66US #56
#87Jon64US #135
#88Marvin64US #95
#89Norman63US #96
#90Mike61US #136
#91Fred59US #90
#92Jeffery59US #134
#93Darrell58US #109
#94Ricky57US #81
#95Barry56US #69
#96Samuel54US #67
#97Kurt53US #178
#98Joe52US #62
#99Kelly52
#100Lloyd52US #130

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑30Theresa#57
↑30Kim#69
↑29Laurie#41
↑29Terri#69
↑23Valerie#61
↑22Denise#32
↑22Vickie#49
↑22Roberta#64

Falling

↓21Sherry#71
↓21Gayle#81
↓20Elaine#84
↓20Philip#75
↓19Norman#89
↓18Shirley#54
↓17Betty#73
↓15Darlene#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.