State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,427 Washington births in 1956 across 971 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#84Kelly#190 nationally
#93Sheri#195 nationally
#100Cherioutside the national top 200
#93Greg#182 nationally
#67Jeff#145 nationally
#60Dan#133 nationally
#75Jim#148 nationally
#88Tom#161 nationally
#66Jan#136 nationally
#89Janis#157 nationally
#48Colleen#113 nationally
#77Brad#142 nationally

Girls

#1Susan813US #5
#2Debra807US #2
#3Linda699US #3
#4Mary699US #1
#5Karen667US #7
#6Deborah534US #4
#7Patricia528US #6
#8Cynthia460US #8
#9Cheryl453US #18
#10Barbara427US #9
#11Pamela423US #12
#12Nancy421US #11
#13Diane351US #15
#14Carol347US #16
#15Sandra345US #14
#16Kathleen342US #17
#17Teresa342US #24
#18Janet304US #21
#19Sharon292US #13
#20Julie289US #48
#21Donna271US #10
#22Lori263US #66
#23Cindy260US #37
#24Kim251US #38
#25Kathy242US #20
#26Denise238US #23
#27Laura227US #34
#28Debbie226US #39
#29Robin225US #29
#30Janice213US #26
#31Lisa209US #31
#32Elizabeth206US #22
#33Theresa206US #32
#34Connie205US #43
#35Rebecca202US #27
#36Vicki194US #57
#37Margaret191US #25
#38Laurie187US #76
#39Catherine186US #28
#40Kimberly170US #74
#41Judy159US #35
#42Kathryn157US #60
#43Christine153US #42
#44Terri152US #81
#45Ann149US #46
#46Katherine149US #67
#47Lynn148US #58
#48Colleen147US #113
#49Peggy143US #63
#50Diana142US #56
#51Joan140US #52
#52Cathy137US #36
#53Gail131US #49
#54Wendy131US #95
#55Brenda129US #19
#56Michelle129US #88
#57Paula119US #47
#58Tina116US #87
#59Bonnie115US #51
#60Leslie115US #104
#61Joyce110US #30
#62Jill106US #101
#63Valerie105US #80
#64Rhonda104US #62
#65Judith103US #45
#66Jan101US #136
#67Sally100US #105
#68Beverly99US #40
#69Carolyn98US #33
#70Jean97US #65
#71Sherry97US #54
#72Jennifer96US #97
#73Suzanne95US #94
#74Virginia93US #75
#75Sheila92US #55
#76Dawn88US #92
#77Terry87US #91
#78Victoria87US #85
#79Renee85US #106
#80Roberta85US #116
#81Anita84US #83
#82Jane84US #50
#83Marilyn84US #70
#84Vickie84US #68
#85Ruth83US #77
#86Becky80US #144
#87Elaine80US #89
#88Shirley79US #41
#89Janis78US #157
#90Betty77US #44
#91Sheryl77US #114
#92Anne75US #86
#93Sheri75US #195
#94Sue75US #118
#95Jeanne74US #112
#96Dorothy71US #72
#97Darlene69US #71
#98Michele69US #100
#99Marie68US #96
#100Cheri67

Boys

#1Michael1,456US #1
#2David1,399US #4
#3Robert1,259US #3
#4James1,156US #2
#5John1,147US #5
#6Mark941US #8
#7Steven911US #10
#8Richard886US #7
#9William746US #6
#10Thomas558US #9
#11Daniel544US #18
#12Gary504US #13
#13Donald490US #14
#14Jeffrey464US #20
#15Kenneth451US #16
#16Timothy451US #19
#17Ronald442US #15
#18Douglas424US #29
#19Gregory414US #24
#20Paul413US #17
#21Kevin396US #22
#22Charles372US #11
#23Scott363US #34
#24Brian356US #32
#25Randy343US #28
#26Larry311US #21
#27Bruce296US #33
#28Joseph283US #12
#29Stephen281US #23
#30Dennis279US #26
#31Patrick279US #40
#32Terry242US #31
#33Dale233US #50
#34Craig204US #51
#35Edward203US #25
#36Rick200US #100
#37Keith190US #36
#38George187US #27
#39Roger163US #41
#40Steve162US #59
#41Jerry160US #35
#42Russell157US #52
#43Christopher155US #47
#44Wayne155US #45
#45Jeffery149US #57
#46Alan145US #44
#47Gerald139US #49
#48Mike137US #97
#49Randall132US #54
#50Peter130US #37
#51Frank129US #38
#52Carl128US #48
#53Dean128US #99
#54Lawrence125US #42
#55Anthony119US #30
#56Eric118US #79
#57Martin118US #73
#58Raymond117US #39
#59Rodney116US #65
#60Dan112US #133
#61Jay111US #92
#62Jack110US #66
#63Bradley107US #103
#64Danny106US #46
#65Kim100US #118
#66Curtis99US #80
#67Jeff95US #145
#68Philip95US #64
#69Ricky94US #43
#70Duane90US #127
#71Jon90US #116
#72Allen89US #87
#73Gordon87US #130
#74Micheal87US #83
#75Jim86US #148
#76Stanley86US #70
#77Brad84US #142
#78Glenn76US #61
#79Harold76US #72
#80Matthew76US #90
#81Roy74US #62
#82Arthur73US #60
#83Darrell73US #88
#84Kelly72US #190
#85Bryan71US #132
#86Don71US #123
#87Marc71US #135
#88Tom71US #161
#89Chris70US #128
#90Norman69US #107
#91Andrew68US #56
#92Glen66US #125
#93Greg66US #182
#94Joe65US #63
#95Barry64US #69
#96Phillip64US #76
#97Kurt62US #138
#98Tony62US #85
#99Walter62US #53
#100Theodore61US #119

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑23Jennifer#72
↑20Kim#24
↑20Kimberly#40
↑20Jan#66
↑20Harold#79
↑17Theresa#33
↑17Duane#70
↑16Cindy#23

Falling

↓26Gail#53
↓26Vickie#84
↓24Marilyn#83
↓20Terry#77
↓19Jane#82
↓19Shirley#88
↓18Sheryl#91
↓17Judith#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.