State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,584 Washington births in 1961 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.

#74Shannonoutside the national top 200
#61Tami#174 nationally
#62Heidi#166 nationally
#80Shelley#180 nationally
#96Ken#188 nationally
#84Teri#173 nationally
#83Ron#170 nationally
#86Sheri#168 nationally
#93Doug#172 nationally
#95Darren#174 nationally
#79Deanna#156 nationally
#69Shelly#145 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa648US #2
#2Susan587US #3
#3Karen540US #5
#4Lori526US #14
#5Mary495US #1
#6Linda484US #4
#7Julie471US #23
#8Teresa433US #18
#9Debbie332US #31
#10Cheryl315US #20
#11Patricia314US #6
#12Barbara309US #12
#13Nancy298US #16
#14Cindy296US #33
#15Pamela295US #15
#16Brenda294US #11
#17Sandra294US #9
#18Kathy292US #25
#19Cynthia291US #8
#20Carol278US #24
#21Kimberly272US #22
#22Laurie263US #43
#23Diane262US #26
#24Debra261US #13
#25Laura257US #21
#26Tammy254US #28
#27Kim251US #36
#28Michelle234US #34
#29Deborah233US #10
#30Denise232US #30
#31Sharon231US #17
#32Kelly223US #45
#33Kathleen221US #29
#34Donna219US #7
#35Elizabeth210US #19
#36Janet205US #32
#37Robin202US #27
#38Terri185US #51
#39Rebecca175US #44
#40Tina175US #41
#41Tracy169US #64
#42Connie163US #50
#43Jennifer161US #47
#44Theresa156US #35
#45Wendy146US #61
#46Christine144US #39
#47Diana141US #56
#48Dawn132US #49
#49Catherine127US #48
#50Renee127US #79
#51Tamara123US #125
#52Vicki122US #76
#53Janice119US #52
#54Jill119US #74
#55Carolyn118US #42
#56Colleen118US #106
#57Leslie117US #84
#58Margaret116US #40
#59Angela114US #38
#60Ann114US #54
#61Tami110US #174
#62Heidi109US #166
#63Katherine102US #86
#64Judy99US #58
#65Valerie99US #67
#66Lynn98US #71
#67Paula98US #60
#68Rhonda98US #46
#69Shelly98US #145
#70Cathy97US #55
#71Suzanne97US #68
#72Carla96US #77
#73Michele94US #63
#74Shannon94
#75Stephanie93US #78
#76Annette91US #73
#77Bonnie89US #75
#78Carrie87US #139
#79Deanna87US #156
#80Shelley87US #180
#81Toni86US #149
#82Becky85US #115
#83Sally82US #133
#84Teri81US #173
#85Joan80US #89
#86Sheri80US #168
#87Sherry80US #53
#88Peggy79US #88
#89Gail78US #94
#90Anne77US #90
#91Joyce75US #62
#92Pam75US #144
#93Sheila75US #59
#94Kathryn74US #93
#95Melanie74US #123
#96Andrea73US #110
#97Dana73US #128
#98Shari72US #142
#99Jacqueline71US #37
#100Sue70US #130

Boys

#1David1,309US #2
#2Michael1,219US #1
#3John1,136US #3
#4Mark1,002US #6
#5Robert948US #5
#6James928US #4
#7Richard617US #8
#8Steven605US #10
#9Scott570US #19
#10Kevin533US #14
#11William523US #7
#12Jeffrey516US #11
#13Brian474US #20
#14Thomas440US #9
#15Daniel422US #17
#16Mike397US #36
#17Paul371US #18
#18Timothy364US #15
#19Kenneth362US #16
#20Donald357US #22
#21Gary353US #21
#22Ronald349US #24
#23Douglas330US #28
#24Jeff319US #49
#25Gregory300US #23
#26Eric277US #38
#27Charles276US #13
#28Steve254US #45
#29Joseph247US #12
#30Todd243US #46
#31Larry239US #30
#32Craig236US #43
#33Christopher227US #26
#34Patrick221US #39
#35Randy214US #33
#36Dennis208US #34
#37Terry197US #32
#38Chris196US #57
#39Dale194US #58
#40Keith188US #35
#41Jim182US #78
#42Bruce181US #40
#43Anthony173US #25
#44Stephen173US #27
#45Greg164US #77
#46Edward163US #29
#47Tim163US #65
#48Jerry161US #37
#49Dan154US #115
#50Roger151US #47
#51Alan150US #51
#52Dean146US #84
#53Jon146US #93
#54Tom137US #88
#55Kelly132US #125
#56Matthew131US #59
#57Frank130US #41
#58Jeffery130US #50
#59Russell126US #55
#60Dave122US #130
#61Peter122US #42
#62Rick122US #108
#63Tony122US #53
#64Bill120US #104
#65George120US #31
#66Jay120US #81
#67Bradley118US #87
#68Joe117US #60
#69Martin107US #73
#70Wayne106US #61
#71Don103US #121
#72Randall103US #63
#73Danny101US #54
#74Jack100US #90
#75Brad99US #142
#76Bob96US #141
#77Duane96US #132
#78Tracy95US #119
#79Bryan93US #82
#80Raymond90US #48
#81Andrew89US #52
#82Curtis89US #75
#83Ron88US #170
#84Rodney87US #72
#85Troy87US #100
#86Gerald83US #62
#87Barry82US #66
#88Carl79US #56
#89Glenn78US #64
#90Lawrence78US #67
#91Brent77US #137
#92Shawn72US #143
#93Doug71US #172
#94Ricky71US #44
#95Darren70US #174
#96Ken70US #188
#97Darrell69US #101
#98Gordon65US #165
#99Kurt65US #129
#100Philip64US #79

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑30Heidi#62
↑28Todd#30
↑25Renee#50
↑24Michele#73
↑19Shelly#69
↑17Anthony#43
↑16Dawn#48
↑16Danny#73

Falling

↓31Sue#100
↓29Peggy#88
↓21Judy#64
↓21Carrie#78
↓21Kathryn#94
↓19Sherry#87
↓17Rick#62
↓17Bradley#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.