State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,438 Washington births in 1954 across 906 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#80Cherioutside the national top 200
#100Kellyoutside the national top 200
#56Dan#139 nationally
#92Jim#174 nationally
#76Brad#154 nationally
#46Lori#121 nationally
#96Kimberly#168 nationally
#48Colleen#119 nationally
#51Gordon#122 nationally
#90Shelley#161 nationally
#33Laurie#98 nationally
#84Gayle#147 nationally

Girls

#1Susan909US #5
#2Debra891US #6
#3Linda831US #2
#4Mary789US #1
#5Patricia684US #4
#6Deborah674US #3
#7Karen588US #8
#8Pamela559US #12
#9Barbara507US #7
#10Nancy461US #9
#11Cynthia456US #10
#12Sandra403US #13
#13Kathleen400US #14
#14Cheryl389US #22
#15Carol381US #15
#16Janet359US #19
#17Diane356US #17
#18Teresa324US #34
#19Sharon291US #16
#20Donna290US #11
#21Rebecca270US #26
#22Julie224US #70
#23Elizabeth219US #20
#24Janice213US #25
#25Kathy201US #23
#26Margaret198US #21
#27Vicki195US #50
#28Connie194US #39
#29Robin193US #41
#30Kathryn186US #51
#31Denise183US #24
#32Gail182US #37
#33Laurie175US #98
#34Marilyn172US #35
#35Judy169US #29
#36Catherine164US #32
#37Leslie163US #99
#38Joan162US #40
#39Paula159US #38
#40Judith157US #30
#41Theresa156US #47
#42Diana154US #57
#43Laura151US #45
#44Peggy149US #48
#45Christine147US #43
#46Lori146US #121
#47Katherine141US #64
#48Colleen139US #119
#49Bonnie138US #52
#50Lynn138US #63
#51Ann136US #44
#52Wendy136US #95
#53Cindy133US #91
#54Vickie132US #69
#55Sally128US #84
#56Terri127US #100
#57Debbie121US #92
#58Terry120US #88
#59Joyce117US #28
#60Jean115US #56
#61Shirley115US #33
#62Jill113US #107
#63Brenda112US #18
#64Marcia112US #90
#65Suzanne112US #82
#66Beverly110US #31
#67Cathy109US #59
#68Carolyn108US #27
#69Rhonda108US #71
#70Michelle106US #94
#71Valerie106US #87
#72Ruth104US #66
#73Sherry104US #62
#74Jane103US #49
#75Lisa101US #73
#76Betty95US #36
#77Victoria94US #85
#78Roberta93US #102
#79Jan91US #131
#80Cheri89
#81Joanne89US #78
#82Virginia89US #61
#83Jennifer87US #108
#84Gayle86US #147
#85Sheila86US #60
#86Martha85US #46
#87Jo84US #53
#88Anne81US #80
#89Jacqueline80US #68
#90Shelley79US #161
#91Sheryl79US #133
#92Constance76US #111
#93Elaine76US #74
#94Carla75US #135
#95Dawn75US #124
#96Kimberly75US #168
#97Darlene73US #76
#98Gloria72US #42
#99Renee72US #132
#100Jeanne69US #112

Boys

#1Michael1,628US #1
#2David1,432US #5
#3Robert1,324US #2
#4James1,194US #3
#5John1,156US #4
#6Richard1,007US #7
#7Steven941US #11
#8Mark788US #12
#9William765US #6
#10Gary680US #9
#11Thomas598US #8
#12Daniel579US #18
#13Donald547US #14
#14Ronald515US #15
#15Charles436US #10
#16Kenneth428US #17
#17Gregory400US #25
#18Paul389US #16
#19Douglas384US #29
#20Timothy384US #26
#21Jeffrey368US #23
#22Randy342US #33
#23Stephen321US #20
#24Larry306US #19
#25Dennis299US #21
#26Bruce297US #30
#27Scott294US #40
#28Patrick292US #38
#29Terry280US #27
#30Kevin273US #28
#31Brian268US #48
#32Joseph257US #13
#33Dale222US #50
#34Craig210US #51
#35Edward203US #22
#36George191US #24
#37Jerry184US #31
#38Roger177US #34
#39Alan172US #43
#40Frank158US #36
#41Lawrence156US #39
#42Rick150US #102
#43Wayne150US #41
#44Gerald147US #44
#45Raymond146US #35
#46Peter141US #37
#47Keith129US #45
#48Jack127US #57
#49Randall125US #55
#50Rodney121US #66
#51Gordon115US #122
#52Jay108US #101
#53Christopher105US #64
#54Anthony104US #32
#55Micheal104US #88
#56Dan103US #139
#57Curtis102US #84
#58Russell101US #69
#59Bradley100US #106
#60Jeffery100US #90
#61Steve99US #76
#62Ricky98US #46
#63Dean96US #110
#64Stanley95US #58
#65Eric94US #89
#66Glenn94US #63
#67Philip93US #62
#68Kim91US #109
#69Carl90US #47
#70Danny88US #42
#71Harold87US #60
#72Jon82US #111
#73Roy79US #56
#74Allen78US #82
#75Duane78US #136
#76Brad77US #154
#77Arthur76US #52
#78Martin75US #79
#79Walter75US #49
#80Matthew73US #124
#81Leonard70US #85
#82Barry68US #68
#83Eugene67US #77
#84Mike67US #130
#85Norman67US #99
#86Darrell66US #95
#87Ralph66US #61
#88Lee65US #96
#89Howard64US #80
#90Phillip64US #75
#91Andrew63US #70
#92Jim63US #174
#93Clifford61US #112
#94Guy60US #143
#95Frederick59US #83
#96Leslie58US #137
#97Marvin57US #97
#98Marc56US #133
#99Chris55US #159
#100Kelly55

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑42Terry#58
↑25Lori#46
↑24Ricky#62
↑23Terri#56
↑23Jay#52
↑20Jeffery#60
↑17Rhonda#69
↑14Jean#60

Falling

↓43Gloria#98
↓30Ralph#87
↓25Christine#45
↓22Carolyn#68
↓21Jo#87
↓21Clifford#93
↓17Beverly#66
↓15Betty#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.