State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,986 Washington births in 1958 across 963 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#57Tami#191 nationally
#75Shelley#197 nationally
#88Deannaoutside the national top 200
#86Teri#188 nationally
#83Ron#176 nationally
#94Heidi#187 nationally
#96Bret#187 nationally
#97Ken#185 nationally
#47Tamara#127 nationally
#73Gordon#152 nationally
#81Carrie#155 nationally
#40Dan#109 nationally

Girls

#1Susan704US #2
#2Karen621US #4
#3Mary621US #1
#4Linda598US #3
#5Julie530US #23
#6Debra501US #6
#7Lori433US #30
#8Cheryl415US #13
#9Cindy413US #25
#10Kathy411US #14
#11Cynthia408US #8
#12Patricia401US #5
#13Nancy381US #12
#14Debbie380US #24
#15Teresa360US #26
#16Lisa350US #19
#17Barbara343US #9
#18Deborah338US #7
#19Kathleen332US #21
#20Pamela313US #11
#21Carol293US #20
#22Diane290US #18
#23Sandra289US #15
#24Donna256US #10
#25Kim248US #40
#26Tammy248US #44
#27Denise231US #27
#28Janet231US #28
#29Laura221US #29
#30Sharon215US #17
#31Elizabeth213US #22
#32Brenda203US #16
#33Laurie196US #70
#34Terri193US #51
#35Theresa190US #33
#36Cathy179US #34
#37Rebecca175US #41
#38Kimberly167US #39
#39Diana163US #45
#40Robin162US #32
#41Margaret157US #31
#42Catherine156US #38
#43Vicki156US #57
#44Judy154US #36
#45Kelly153US #108
#46Connie150US #50
#47Tamara148US #127
#48Peggy143US #42
#49Christine142US #43
#50Michelle139US #56
#51Katherine136US #74
#52Colleen135US #116
#53Janice133US #35
#54Kathryn133US #58
#55Ann132US #47
#56Carolyn124US #37
#57Tami123US #191
#58Lynn122US #60
#59Tina122US #71
#60Becky119US #111
#61Rhonda119US #48
#62Wendy116US #107
#63Leslie115US #79
#64Valerie114US #64
#65Jill111US #98
#66Jennifer109US #81
#67Sue109US #102
#68Gail106US #72
#69Bonnie103US #63
#70Paula99US #53
#71Joan96US #68
#72Joyce92US #46
#73Sheryl92US #121
#74Jean90US #73
#75Shelley89US #197
#76Michele85US #92
#77Anita84US #82
#78Jane83US #61
#79Joanne83US #80
#80Renee83US #105
#81Carrie81US #155
#82Sally81US #112
#83Dawn80US #84
#84Betty79US #54
#85Patti79US #137
#86Teri79US #188
#87Anne78US #87
#88Deanna77
#89Sherry77US #67
#90Patty75US #146
#91Melinda74US #142
#92Terry74US #89
#93Vickie74US #75
#94Heidi73US #187
#95Pam73US #139
#96Sheila73US #59
#97Suzanne73US #104
#98Annette72US #76
#99Virginia72US #85
#100Beverly71US #55

Boys

#1David1,351US #2
#2Michael1,317US #1
#3John1,063US #5
#4Robert1,054US #4
#5Mark954US #7
#6James945US #3
#7Richard752US #8
#8Steven666US #10
#9William616US #6
#10Scott523US #25
#11Thomas506US #9
#12Daniel477US #16
#13Kevin475US #20
#14Brian463US #24
#15Timothy443US #13
#16Gary425US #17
#17Ronald425US #19
#18Kenneth423US #14
#19Jeffrey417US #21
#20Donald393US #18
#21Douglas384US #30
#22Paul373US #15
#23Mike341US #40
#24Randy334US #32
#25Gregory329US #23
#26Charles321US #11
#27Larry289US #22
#28Patrick279US #42
#29Steve264US #44
#30Rick251US #77
#31Dennis245US #29
#32Terry228US #33
#33Joseph219US #12
#34Dale217US #46
#35Bruce211US #36
#36Craig210US #53
#37Stephen208US #26
#38Jerry195US #35
#39Keith188US #37
#40Dan187US #109
#41Jim179US #87
#42Jeff178US #68
#43Christopher171US #39
#44Eric169US #50
#45Alan168US #49
#46Edward158US #28
#47Tim157US #74
#48George152US #31
#49Dean145US #97
#50Ricky141US #34
#51Tom140US #96
#52Roger136US #47
#53Russell134US #54
#54Greg129US #105
#55Jack128US #80
#56Jay128US #86
#57Peter128US #41
#58Wayne128US #48
#59Bill124US #99
#60Martin124US #71
#61Anthony123US #27
#62Gerald123US #58
#63Jon123US #117
#64Bradley122US #108
#65Frank122US #38
#66Chris116US #93
#67Dave115US #126
#68Rodney113US #65
#69Matthew112US #60
#70Raymond112US #43
#71Don109US #112
#72Jeffery104US #59
#73Gordon101US #152
#74Randall101US #62
#75Joe100US #56
#76Bryan99US #101
#77Lawrence96US #52
#78Danny95US #45
#79Tony93US #57
#80Carl92US #51
#81Kelly92US #148
#82Brad90US #151
#83Ron89US #176
#84Allen86US #92
#85Todd85US #116
#86Bob80US #139
#87Brett79US #155
#88Micheal79US #91
#89Philip79US #67
#90Walter79US #63
#91Darrell78US #90
#92Duane78US #136
#93Andrew77US #55
#94Kurt77US #134
#95Glenn76US #76
#96Bret75US #187
#97Ken75US #185
#98Kirk75US #147
#99Fred74US #115
#100Curtis72US #82

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑38Tammy#26
↑27Ricky#50
↑26Kelly#45
↑21Becky#60
↑20Jim#41
↑19Joanne#79
↑17Shelley#75
↑17Bill#59

Falling

↓30Vickie#93
↓27Curtis#100
↓26Beverly#100
↓23Sheila#96
↓22Joan#71
↓18Leslie#63
↓17Gerald#62
↓17Raymond#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.