State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,239 Washington births in 1960 across 1,016 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#56Tami#176 nationally
#82Shannonoutside the national top 200
#71Ron#170 nationally
#83Ken#177 nationally
#90Shelley#182 nationally
#91Doug#182 nationally
#81Teri#171 nationally
#57Carrie#139 nationally
#98Sheri#179 nationally
#94Deanna#173 nationally
#92Heidi#170 nationally
#85Darren#156 nationally

Girls

#1Susan642US #2
#2Mary550US #1
#3Karen528US #4
#4Lisa514US #6
#5Linda513US #3
#6Julie476US #28
#7Lori473US #20
#8Debra383US #8
#9Teresa383US #19
#10Patricia337US #7
#11Cheryl335US #17
#12Debbie332US #24
#13Sandra321US #11
#14Cindy315US #30
#15Diane307US #22
#16Kathy305US #21
#17Barbara303US #12
#18Nancy302US #15
#19Pamela296US #14
#20Cynthia292US #9
#21Brenda280US #13
#22Deborah277US #10
#23Laurie277US #37
#24Laura274US #25
#25Kathleen267US #27
#26Donna264US #5
#27Elizabeth256US #18
#28Kimberly256US #26
#29Kim253US #34
#30Kelly250US #52
#31Denise243US #29
#32Tammy243US #31
#33Janet228US #32
#34Carol227US #23
#35Sharon207US #16
#36Robin206US #33
#37Michelle179US #39
#38Wendy173US #63
#39Tina168US #45
#40Tracy164US #84
#41Theresa163US #35
#42Terri156US #49
#43Judy151US #48
#44Connie150US #47
#45Rebecca147US #38
#46Vicki146US #73
#47Diana145US #53
#48Margaret143US #36
#49Janice139US #41
#50Jennifer130US #61
#51Catherine126US #42
#52Christine126US #40
#53Jill125US #76
#54Tamara125US #124
#55Lynn124US #64
#56Tami124US #176
#57Carrie123US #139
#58Cathy122US #46
#59Peggy119US #69
#60Suzanne118US #78
#61Colleen117US #107
#62Katherine117US #81
#63Leslie117US #92
#64Dawn116US #57
#65Valerie114US #65
#66Rhonda113US #44
#67Ann110US #51
#68Sherry107US #54
#69Sue104US #120
#70Carolyn102US #43
#71Annette100US #62
#72Bonnie100US #71
#73Kathryn100US #82
#74Becky97US #111
#75Renee97US #93
#76Paula94US #55
#77Joan92US #80
#78Sheila92US #56
#79Sandy90US #126
#80Gail89US #90
#81Teri87US #171
#82Shannon85
#83Stephanie85US #91
#84Pam83US #132
#85Carla82US #110
#86Sally82US #123
#87Patty81US #145
#88Shelly81US #157
#89Ruth80US #97
#90Shelley79US #182
#91Anne78US #88
#92Heidi78US #170
#93Marie76US #103
#94Deanna75US #173
#95Joyce75US #58
#96Penny75US #113
#97Michele74US #89
#98Sheri71US #179
#99Roberta70US #149
#100Sherri70US #136

Boys

#1David1,372US #1
#2Michael1,160US #2
#3Mark1,011US #6
#4John997US #4
#5Robert958US #5
#6James880US #3
#7Richard658US #8
#8Scott607US #23
#9Steven577US #10
#10William541US #7
#11Kevin532US #15
#12Brian526US #20
#13Daniel455US #17
#14Mike441US #36
#15Jeffrey429US #14
#16Thomas419US #9
#17Kenneth405US #16
#18Timothy382US #11
#19Douglas363US #30
#20Donald354US #19
#21Paul347US #18
#22Ronald340US #21
#23Gary325US #22
#24Gregory325US #24
#25Charles316US #13
#26Jeff280US #49
#27Steve278US #43
#28Craig270US #41
#29Randy251US #32
#30Joseph225US #12
#31Larry221US #28
#32Patrick221US #45
#33Eric220US #44
#34Jim213US #75
#35Bruce203US #39
#36Dennis200US #31
#37Edward200US #26
#38Jerry193US #37
#39Dale190US #54
#40Christopher189US #29
#41Keith187US #35
#42Terry185US #34
#43Stephen181US #27
#44Tim167US #60
#45Rick164US #101
#46Greg161US #83
#47Matthew158US #61
#48Chris156US #63
#49Tom154US #86
#50Bradley151US #90
#51Jay151US #78
#52Russell151US #56
#53Dan148US #111
#54Dean142US #94
#55Alan140US #50
#56Bill139US #95
#57Jeffery138US #55
#58Todd138US #71
#59Roger133US #47
#60Anthony131US #25
#61Jon131US #97
#62Dave125US #122
#63Peter125US #42
#64Tony124US #52
#65Wayne124US #58
#66Frank123US #40
#67George123US #33
#68Randall121US #59
#69Kelly120US #128
#70Raymond113US #46
#71Ron112US #170
#72Joe104US #57
#73Carl103US #53
#74Don101US #115
#75Brad98US #134
#76Duane98US #127
#77Bryan96US #88
#78Curtis95US #79
#79Gerald95US #62
#80Martin95US #77
#81Andrew90US #51
#82Bob90US #131
#83Ken89US #177
#84Rodney89US #68
#85Darren85US #156
#86Brett82US #151
#87Jack79US #85
#88Allen78US #99
#89Danny77US #48
#90Tracy77US #137
#91Doug75US #182
#92Glenn75US #74
#93Joel74US #110
#94Gordon72US #159
#95Kurt72US #130
#96Brent71US #154
#97Philip71US #76
#98Shawn71US #163
#99Lee70US #116
#100Phillip70US #66

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑25Tracy#40
↑24Todd#58
↑20Joan#77
↑19Matthew#47
↑18Suzanne#60
↑16Sheila#78
↑14Carrie#57
↑14Sherry#68

Falling

↓27Joyce#95
↓20Deanna#94
↓19Kathryn#73
↓19Becky#74
↓17Michele#97
↓15George#67
↓14Bob#82
↓14Philip#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.