State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,403 Washington births in 1953 across 865 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#81Cherioutside the national top 200
#71Lori#173 nationally
#68Brad#164 nationally
#77Shelley#168 nationally
#62Dan#139 nationally
#97Jim#173 nationally
#83Penny#157 nationally
#38Laurie#103 nationally
#52Colleen#115 nationally
#53Gordon#116 nationally
#45Rick#101 nationally
#64Bradley#118 nationally

Girls

#1Linda895US #2
#2Susan851US #5
#3Mary759US #1
#4Debra753US #7
#5Deborah744US #3
#6Patricia739US #4
#7Karen538US #9
#8Barbara536US #6
#9Nancy533US #8
#10Pamela494US #10
#11Kathleen466US #14
#12Sandra423US #11
#13Carol391US #16
#14Cynthia387US #12
#15Diane354US #17
#16Janet352US #19
#17Sharon315US #15
#18Donna294US #13
#19Cheryl271US #28
#20Christine270US #32
#21Janice250US #22
#22Rebecca233US #24
#23Elizabeth232US #21
#24Judy216US #27
#25Teresa214US #42
#26Judith212US #30
#27Margaret212US #20
#28Julie209US #74
#29Marilyn187US #36
#30Kathryn186US #48
#31Gail185US #39
#32Catherine180US #35
#33Laura175US #51
#34Kathy174US #23
#35Vicki170US #61
#36Connie166US #47
#37Denise165US #31
#38Laurie165US #103
#39Joan159US #37
#40Robin159US #66
#41Peggy158US #44
#42Paula149US #40
#43Theresa140US #50
#44Sally137US #81
#45Ann134US #46
#46Carolyn130US #25
#47Katherine130US #63
#48Leslie129US #96
#49Beverly128US #34
#50Diana127US #55
#51Shirley127US #29
#52Colleen124US #115
#53Joyce124US #26
#54Bonnie123US #45
#55Gloria120US #38
#56Lynn118US #67
#57Cindy115US #99
#58Marcia113US #84
#59Wendy113US #110
#60Jane107US #43
#61Betty104US #33
#62Cathy103US #56
#63Brenda102US #18
#64Sherry102US #70
#65Vickie102US #79
#66Jo101US #54
#67Victoria100US #82
#68Debbie97US #119
#69Joanne94US #71
#70Roberta94US #90
#71Lori93US #173
#72Jill92US #114
#73Virginia92US #53
#74Jean91US #52
#75Ruth90US #62
#76Suzanne90US #78
#77Shelley88US #168
#78Michelle87US #107
#79Terri86US #130
#80Sheila85US #60
#81Cheri84
#82Martha83US #41
#83Penny81US #157
#84Valerie81US #88
#85Jacqueline80US #58
#86Rhonda79US #85
#87Elaine78US #77
#88Gayle78US #136
#89Claudia76US #126
#90Jeanne76US #97
#91Constance73US #95
#92Darlene73US #75
#93Dawn72US #138
#94Jennifer71US #116
#95Anita70US #89
#96Anne70US #80
#97Renee69US #134
#98Rita67US #64
#99Rose67US #59
#100Terry67US #117

Boys

#1Michael1,613US #3
#2David1,380US #5
#3Robert1,341US #1
#4James1,195US #2
#5John1,134US #4
#6Richard1,022US #7
#7Steven932US #11
#8William854US #6
#9Gary654US #10
#10Thomas654US #8
#11Mark626US #12
#12Ronald500US #15
#13Daniel481US #20
#14Donald474US #14
#15Douglas452US #27
#16Kenneth430US #17
#17Charles417US #9
#18Gregory397US #24
#19Dennis389US #19
#20Larry381US #18
#21Paul366US #16
#22Stephen362US #21
#23Timothy319US #26
#24Jeffrey317US #25
#25Bruce303US #28
#26Randy269US #35
#27Patrick267US #39
#28Joseph250US #13
#29Terry245US #30
#30Scott244US #46
#31Edward222US #23
#32Dale220US #48
#33Roger213US #31
#34George200US #22
#35Brian192US #53
#36Craig187US #60
#37Kevin185US #36
#38Gerald175US #42
#39Jerry166US #29
#40Alan161US #43
#41Lawrence158US #37
#42Wayne155US #40
#43Rodney148US #58
#44Peter145US #38
#45Rick139US #101
#46Keith137US #47
#47Raymond131US #34
#48Frank129US #33
#49Jack129US #57
#50Christopher117US #63
#51Stanley112US #62
#52Micheal111US #88
#53Gordon108US #116
#54Anthony105US #32
#55Dean105US #105
#56Russell104US #71
#57Ralph101US #59
#58Philip98US #61
#59Steve97US #84
#60Danny95US #41
#61Eric95US #89
#62Dan94US #139
#63Randall94US #64
#64Bradley93US #118
#65Roy91US #55
#66Jon89US #120
#67Martin85US #82
#68Brad84US #164
#69Carl80US #44
#70Glenn80US #67
#71Curtis79US #86
#72Clifford78US #102
#73Barry77US #73
#74Harold75US #56
#75Jay75US #99
#76Phillip74US #76
#77Walter74US #45
#78Allen73US #81
#79Duane73US #132
#80Jeffery73US #109
#81Howard71US #77
#82Kim69US #127
#83Arthur68US #50
#84Frederick68US #80
#85Fred67US #92
#86Ricky67US #51
#87Glen65US #129
#88Norman65US #98
#89Mike64US #136
#90Leonard62US #85
#91Leslie60US #135
#92Marc58US #144
#93Lee57US #93
#94Eugene56US #75
#95Melvin56US #91
#96Don55US #121
#97Jim55US #173
#98Ernest54US #87
#99Warren54US #124
#100Andrew52US #68

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑35Cindy#57
↑33Jo#66
↑29Ralph#57
↑22Barry#73
↑21Jon#66
↑19Anthony#54
↑17Leslie#48
↑17Philip#58

Falling

↓26Anne#96
↓24Andrew#100
↓23Bonnie#54
↓23Valerie#84
↓20Darlene#92
↓20Jennifer#94
↓19Frederick#84
↓17Virginia#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.