State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,005 Washington births in 1959 across 1,020 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#74Deanna#194 nationally
#86Shannonoutside the national top 200
#50Tami#154 nationally
#98Karlaoutside the national top 200
#85Heidi#187 nationally
#95Shelley#191 nationally
#90Doug#179 nationally
#78Ron#166 nationally
#91Teri#178 nationally
#97Ken#182 nationally
#88Bret#170 nationally
#71Carrie#145 nationally

Girls

#1Mary684US #1
#2Susan660US #2
#3Karen579US #4
#4Linda570US #3
#5Julie478US #26
#6Lori446US #27
#7Debbie428US #20
#8Debra427US #7
#9Lisa414US #10
#10Cindy406US #25
#11Kathy386US #15
#12Cheryl368US #18
#13Barbara353US #11
#14Donna344US #5
#15Patricia339US #6
#16Teresa332US #24
#17Sandra324US #13
#18Nancy317US #14
#19Cynthia309US #8
#20Pamela307US #12
#21Diane301US #19
#22Kathleen300US #23
#23Deborah297US #9
#24Carol270US #22
#25Kim267US #35
#26Tammy249US #31
#27Janet246US #28
#28Laura242US #30
#29Denise232US #29
#30Kimberly232US #33
#31Laurie232US #56
#32Sharon223US #17
#33Brenda211US #16
#34Kelly208US #74
#35Elizabeth196US #21
#36Theresa185US #34
#37Terri183US #46
#38Rebecca173US #38
#39Robin167US #32
#40Diana156US #49
#41Connie154US #48
#42Michelle151US #47
#43Judy146US #41
#44Janice145US #37
#45Cathy143US #39
#46Catherine139US #40
#47Christine136US #43
#48Tina135US #53
#49Margaret132US #36
#50Tami132US #154
#51Wendy132US #83
#52Katherine130US #79
#53Colleen126US #110
#54Kathryn125US #69
#55Becky124US #102
#56Vicki124US #73
#57Tamara122US #121
#58Ann119US #44
#59Jennifer119US #78
#60Peggy119US #57
#61Rhonda119US #45
#62Valerie117US #60
#63Jill116US #86
#64Leslie116US #84
#65Tracy116US #131
#66Dawn115US #54
#67Lynn112US #63
#68Joyce103US #50
#69Sheryl103US #128
#70Carolyn102US #42
#71Carrie101US #145
#72Paula98US #51
#73Annette96US #64
#74Deanna96US #194
#75Gail96US #75
#76Bonnie94US #71
#77Sue92US #107
#78Suzanne92US #96
#79Anne91US #82
#80Michele91US #89
#81Renee91US #100
#82Sherry90US #58
#83Sandy87US #133
#84Carla86US #118
#85Heidi85US #187
#86Shannon82
#87Anita81US #87
#88Sally81US #114
#89Shirley81US #61
#90Pam80US #125
#91Teri79US #178
#92Vickie77US #90
#93Jean75US #77
#94Sheila72US #52
#95Shelley72US #191
#96Jan71US #161
#97Joan71US #76
#98Karla71
#99Jane70US #67
#100Patty69US #140

Boys

#1David1,324US #2
#2Michael1,195US #1
#3John1,047US #4
#4Robert1,006US #5
#5Mark1,004US #6
#6James967US #3
#7Richard698US #8
#8Steven682US #10
#9William575US #7
#10Scott574US #24
#11Brian508US #22
#12Kevin505US #14
#13Daniel456US #18
#14Thomas453US #9
#15Timothy424US #12
#16Jeffrey417US #16
#17Mike395US #37
#18Kenneth389US #15
#19Donald388US #19
#20Gary387US #20
#21Paul358US #17
#22Ronald346US #21
#23Randy339US #31
#24Douglas318US #30
#25Gregory296US #23
#26Jeff287US #52
#27Steve282US #41
#28Charles274US #11
#29Craig254US #44
#30Dennis250US #29
#31Larry249US #25
#32Joseph242US #13
#33Patrick237US #43
#34Rick226US #89
#35Bruce218US #38
#36Dale216US #49
#37Terry211US #33
#38Jerry201US #36
#39Jim194US #70
#40Eric192US #46
#41Tim192US #60
#42Stephen186US #28
#43Keith177US #39
#44Christopher172US #35
#45Edward161US #27
#46Tom157US #82
#47Greg153US #91
#48Chris146US #72
#49Jeffery143US #55
#50Alan141US #50
#51Dan141US #110
#52George138US #32
#53Russell137US #56
#54Bradley136US #103
#55Jon133US #105
#56Roger133US #47
#57Dave132US #119
#58Bill124US #93
#59Anthony123US #26
#60Jay122US #88
#61Wayne122US #51
#62Peter121US #40
#63Dean119US #95
#64Ricky119US #34
#65Tony118US #53
#66Matthew113US #63
#67Raymond110US #45
#68Bob108US #128
#69Bryan108US #94
#70Frank107US #42
#71Rodney107US #67
#72Don105US #111
#73Joe104US #57
#74Kelly104US #143
#75Randall104US #59
#76Danny102US #48
#77Brad100US #149
#78Ron99US #166
#79Gerald98US #61
#80Martin98US #79
#81Carl95US #54
#82Todd93US #99
#83Philip91US #68
#84Duane89US #126
#85Jack88US #85
#86Phillip86US #74
#87Curtis85US #75
#88Bret81US #170
#89Darrell81US #90
#90Doug80US #179
#91Kurt80US #129
#92Brett78US #154
#93Andrew77US #58
#94Glenn77US #80
#95Gordon77US #155
#96Micheal74US #96
#97Ken73US #182
#98Walter73US #66
#99Shawn70US #161
#100Lawrence69US #62

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑25Annette#73
↑23Jeffery#49
↑19Suzanne#78
↑18Chris#48
↑18Bob#68
↑17Dawn#66
↑16Jeff#26
↑14Deanna#74

Falling

↓30Jack#85
↓26Joan#97
↓23Lawrence#100
↓22Gordon#95
↓21Jane#99
↓20Shelley#95
↓20Martin#80
↓19Jean#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.