State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,704 Washington births in 1957 across 968 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#71Kelly#187 nationally
#86Terioutside the national top 200
#92Shelley#200 nationally
#74Kelly#167 nationally
#96Tracy#183 nationally
#70Dave#155 nationally
#97Carrie#175 nationally
#46Dan#121 nationally
#50Colleen#118 nationally
#55Tim#119 nationally
#64Greg#127 nationally
#78Gordon#140 nationally

Girls

#1Susan699US #2
#2Mary685US #1
#3Karen660US #5
#4Debra655US #4
#5Linda647US #3
#6Cynthia494US #7
#7Cindy492US #19
#8Patricia455US #8
#9Deborah430US #6
#10Julie428US #28
#11Cheryl426US #16
#12Carol406US #18
#13Barbara402US #9
#14Nancy381US #11
#15Pamela378US #12
#16Debbie358US #27
#17Kathleen342US #21
#18Diane331US #17
#19Teresa326US #24
#20Sandra308US #15
#21Kathy296US #20
#22Janet286US #23
#23Lori280US #45
#24Donna264US #10
#25Kim253US #35
#26Lisa245US #26
#27Sharon238US #14
#28Denise233US #25
#29Robin233US #30
#30Laura215US #31
#31Laurie213US #73
#32Kimberly194US #42
#33Theresa189US #36
#34Rebecca186US #34
#35Elizabeth180US #22
#36Diana179US #43
#37Vicki178US #51
#38Brenda176US #13
#39Terri172US #68
#40Margaret166US #29
#41Connie160US #47
#42Catherine157US #37
#43Christine153US #41
#44Janice147US #32
#45Leslie147US #77
#46Judy144US #38
#47Cathy139US #39
#48Ann130US #44
#49Joan130US #60
#50Colleen129US #118
#51Katherine129US #72
#52Tina128US #80
#53Kathryn127US #65
#54Lynn127US #61
#55Wendy127US #101
#56Michelle122US #79
#57Bonnie116US #64
#58Gail116US #54
#59Rhonda114US #52
#60Valerie113US #76
#61Carolyn109US #33
#62Peggy109US #62
#63Vickie108US #70
#64Tammy107US #107
#65Sheryl105US #112
#66Paula104US #49
#67Sue104US #104
#68Jennifer103US #87
#69Dawn99US #93
#70Jill99US #100
#71Kelly98US #187
#72Anne95US #86
#73Sheila95US #58
#74Beverly94US #48
#75Joyce94US #40
#76Jean93US #67
#77Sally93US #115
#78Victoria93US #88
#79Sherry91US #55
#80Shirley90US #46
#81Becky89US #127
#82Jan89US #140
#83Anita86US #81
#84Jane83US #56
#85Suzanne82US #102
#86Teri82
#87Terry82US #92
#88Betty81US #50
#89Judith80US #53
#90Jeanne78US #117
#91Renee78US #111
#92Shelley77US #200
#93Darlene75US #57
#94Roberta75US #121
#95Virginia73US #75
#96Tracy71US #183
#97Carrie70US #175
#98Joanne70US #94
#99Marie69US #98
#100Ruth69US #84

Boys

#1Michael1,526US #1
#2David1,332US #3
#3Robert1,159US #4
#4James1,108US #2
#5John1,108US #5
#6Mark963US #7
#7Richard843US #8
#8Steven838US #10
#9William650US #6
#10Thomas565US #9
#11Daniel536US #16
#12Gary486US #13
#13Donald484US #15
#14Kevin465US #20
#15Scott460US #32
#16Ronald452US #17
#17Kenneth428US #14
#18Douglas419US #30
#19Brian418US #26
#20Timothy410US #19
#21Paul406US #18
#22Gregory383US #23
#23Jeffrey383US #21
#24Larry356US #22
#25Randy350US #31
#26Charles333US #11
#27Joseph288US #12
#28Terry288US #33
#29Patrick264US #41
#30Bruce243US #34
#31Mike242US #53
#32Stephen241US #24
#33Dennis231US #28
#34Rick228US #87
#35Dale227US #50
#36Steve222US #44
#37Craig193US #55
#38Edward193US #25
#39Keith183US #36
#40Jerry182US #35
#41George168US #29
#42Roger165US #42
#43Peter149US #37
#44Jeff148US #96
#45Gerald147US #51
#46Dan142US #121
#47Christopher140US #43
#48Alan139US #48
#49Russell138US #54
#50Anthony137US #27
#51Dean135US #93
#52Jay133US #88
#53Raymond130US #39
#54Jack128US #67
#55Tim127US #119
#56Wayne125US #47
#57Jeffery123US #52
#58Martin123US #69
#59Matthew123US #83
#60Eric122US #60
#61Jim122US #106
#62Lawrence117US #46
#63Danny115US #45
#64Greg112US #127
#65Bradley111US #107
#66Carl111US #49
#67Tom111US #116
#68Rodney108US #70
#69Jon104US #110
#70Dave102US #155
#71Frank102US #38
#72Micheal99US #85
#73Curtis96US #80
#74Kelly95US #167
#75Randall95US #59
#76Bill94US #123
#77Ricky94US #40
#78Gordon86US #140
#79Tony86US #71
#80Philip85US #68
#81Joe83US #57
#82Chris82US #120
#83Glenn81US #62
#84Don80US #117
#85Ralph80US #76
#86Bryan79US #115
#87Duane79US #136
#88Roy77US #65
#89Walter77US #58
#90Barry75US #72
#91Glen74US #129
#92Andrew73US #56
#93Brad73US #153
#94Darrell71US #90
#95Allen70US #91
#96Kurt70US #141
#97Phillip70US #79
#98Stanley69US #81
#99Fred68US #103
#100Joel68US #104

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑29Greg#64
↑27Sue#67
↑26Sheryl#65
↑23Jeff#44
↑21Vickie#63
↑21Matthew#59
↑21Tom#67
↑20Anne#72

Falling

↓26Randall#75
↓24Judith#89
↓23Allen#95
↓22Stanley#98
↓21Virginia#95
↓20Frank#71
↓17Duane#87
↓16Jan#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.