State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,121 Washington births in 1955 across 926 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#94Terioutside the national top 200
#96Cherioutside the national top 200
#89Shelley#192 nationally
#78Jim#167 nationally
#66Brad#153 nationally
#55Dan#136 nationally
#40Rick#109 nationally
#61Gordon#128 nationally
#45Colleen#110 nationally
#25Lori#89 nationally
#83Gayle#146 nationally
#64Mike#123 nationally

Girls

#1Susan945US #5
#2Debra930US #4
#3Linda784US #3
#4Mary736US #1
#5Deborah616US #2
#6Patricia605US #6
#7Karen577US #8
#8Barbara467US #7
#9Nancy453US #9
#10Pamela451US #12
#11Cynthia428US #11
#12Kathleen417US #17
#13Cheryl406US #19
#14Diane386US #14
#15Carol371US #15
#16Sandra354US #13
#17Teresa351US #26
#18Janet327US #20
#19Sharon281US #16
#20Donna265US #10
#21Elizabeth226US #21
#22Rebecca222US #27
#23Julie220US #67
#24Kathy209US #22
#25Lori207US #89
#26Robin201US #33
#27Gail195US #42
#28Debbie194US #63
#29Lisa193US #48
#30Denise192US #23
#31Connie191US #35
#32Margaret191US #24
#33Laura188US #41
#34Janice181US #25
#35Laurie177US #91
#36Catherine171US #28
#37Judy168US #32
#38Kathryn161US #59
#39Cindy158US #79
#40Joan158US #46
#41Katherine158US #65
#42Vicki157US #52
#43Paula153US #39
#44Kim148US #75
#45Colleen146US #110
#46Christine144US #40
#47Ann143US #43
#48Judith140US #31
#49Lynn140US #62
#50Theresa137US #38
#51Wendy137US #90
#52Diana134US #55
#53Terri134US #85
#54Leslie131US #99
#55Bonnie119US #45
#56Peggy115US #51
#57Terry115US #83
#58Vickie115US #68
#59Marilyn113US #49
#60Kimberly110US #111
#61Rhonda110US #71
#62Brenda105US #18
#63Jane105US #50
#64Jean105US #60
#65Joyce104US #29
#66Cathy103US #44
#67Beverly101US #34
#68Michelle99US #97
#69Shirley99US #37
#70Sheila97US #57
#71Sherry97US #56
#72Sally95US #95
#73Sheryl95US #125
#74Virginia95US #66
#75Carolyn94US #30
#76Jill94US #102
#77Marcia93US #98
#78Betty90US #36
#79Valerie90US #80
#80Roberta89US #113
#81Victoria84US #82
#82Renee79US #117
#83Gayle77US #146
#84Jo77US #58
#85Anne76US #84
#86Jan76US #138
#87Suzanne76US #86
#88Dawn75US #103
#89Shelley75US #192
#90Joanne74US #88
#91Gloria73US #47
#92Rose72US #54
#93Dorothy71US #64
#94Teri71
#95Jennifer70US #104
#96Cheri69
#97Jacqueline67US #73
#98Carla66US #135
#99Darlene66US #76
#100Helen66US #78

Boys

#1David1,541US #2
#2Michael1,494US #1
#3Robert1,239US #4
#4John1,178US #5
#5James1,126US #3
#6Steven972US #10
#7Mark928US #9
#8Richard858US #7
#9William794US #6
#10Thomas623US #8
#11Gary584US #12
#12Daniel580US #17
#13Kenneth515US #15
#14Donald465US #14
#15Ronald460US #18
#16Timothy432US #22
#17Jeffrey430US #20
#18Gregory399US #24
#19Paul398US #16
#20Douglas389US #29
#21Charles381US #11
#22Randy350US #30
#23Stephen344US #21
#24Scott336US #38
#25Dennis312US #23
#26Kevin307US #27
#27Bruce295US #32
#28Brian291US #40
#29Larry278US #19
#30Patrick272US #41
#31Terry272US #28
#32Joseph256US #13
#33Craig216US #50
#34Edward212US #25
#35Jerry187US #33
#36Dale178US #52
#37George178US #26
#38Alan167US #43
#39Gerald164US #48
#40Rick158US #109
#41Roger158US #37
#42Keith153US #39
#43Rodney148US #65
#44Wayne146US #44
#45Peter143US #35
#46Lawrence140US #42
#47Jack139US #60
#48Jeffery134US #73
#49Randall125US #53
#50Raymond125US #36
#51Russell122US #57
#52Steve119US #72
#53Christopher116US #49
#54Frank116US #34
#55Dan115US #136
#56Carl113US #47
#57Eric110US #85
#58Jay110US #103
#59Anthony108US #31
#60Danny108US #45
#61Gordon108US #128
#62Micheal108US #87
#63Jon106US #115
#64Mike104US #123
#65Bradley97US #107
#66Brad92US #153
#67Martin92US #77
#68Kim90US #98
#69Dean88US #111
#70Philip86US #62
#71Stanley86US #64
#72Allen84US #84
#73Roy77US #58
#74Glenn76US #59
#75Curtis74US #79
#76Eugene73US #81
#77Ricky73US #46
#78Jim72US #167
#79Barry71US #70
#80Lee69US #96
#81Andrew68US #66
#82Howard68US #83
#83Walter68US #51
#84Arthur67US #56
#85Matthew67US #105
#86Ralph67US #67
#87Duane66US #135
#88Don65US #125
#89Darrell64US #91
#90Norman64US #102
#91Phillip61US #74
#92Marc57US #126
#93Tony57US #93
#94Fred56US #97
#95Frederick54US #86
#96Leonard53US #88
#97Joe52US #68
#98Clifford51US #118
#99Harold51US #63
#100Joel51US #121

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑46Lisa#29
↑36Kimberly#60
↑29Debbie#28
↑21Lori#25
↑20Mike#64
↑18Sheryl#73
↑17Renee#82
↑15Sheila#70

Falling

↓28Harold#99
↓25Marilyn#59
↓22Suzanne#87
↓18Curtis#75
↓17Leslie#54
↓17Sally#72
↓16Cheri#96
↓15Vicki#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.