State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,296 Washington births in 1962 across 1,002 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#50Tami#177 nationally
#85Shannonoutside the national top 200
#49Heidi#156 nationally
#90Teri#181 nationally
#72Shelley#162 nationally
#92Ron#178 nationally
#96Ken#181 nationally
#92Stacy#176 nationally
#52Shelly#130 nationally
#91Darren#165 nationally
#98Patty#172 nationally
#65Deanna#138 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa717US #1
#2Susan552US #3
#3Mary513US #2
#4Julie504US #22
#5Lori491US #11
#6Karen457US #4
#7Linda450US #5
#8Teresa407US #18
#9Kimberly308US #16
#10Debra291US #15
#11Cheryl283US #24
#12Patricia283US #6
#13Debbie282US #32
#14Cindy281US #34
#15Sandra280US #10
#16Brenda277US #12
#17Laura274US #21
#18Pamela266US #13
#19Deborah265US #9
#20Barbara261US #14
#21Kelly259US #38
#22Michelle259US #31
#23Cynthia257US #8
#24Nancy257US #19
#25Denise253US #30
#26Kim251US #37
#27Laurie248US #42
#28Tammy247US #23
#29Kathy240US #27
#30Elizabeth238US #20
#31Donna222US #7
#32Diane215US #26
#33Carol211US #28
#34Kathleen211US #29
#35Tina207US #33
#36Robin205US #25
#37Janet204US #35
#38Jennifer196US #41
#39Sharon186US #17
#40Tracy177US #55
#41Wendy163US #64
#42Theresa158US #40
#43Connie157US #51
#44Jill155US #72
#45Christine151US #39
#46Dawn149US #50
#47Diana149US #57
#48Terri146US #54
#49Heidi139US #156
#50Tami139US #177
#51Rebecca138US #47
#52Shelly137US #130
#53Renee136US #76
#54Rhonda132US #45
#55Leslie128US #80
#56Colleen124US #101
#57Lynn122US #71
#58Catherine118US #53
#59Suzanne111US #65
#60Tamara111US #119
#61Angela110US #36
#62Carolyn109US #46
#63Margaret108US #43
#64Ann107US #56
#65Deanna105US #138
#66Judy104US #63
#67Vicki104US #85
#68Valerie103US #67
#69Cathy100US #62
#70Kathryn100US #89
#71Katherine99US #84
#72Shelley99US #162
#73Paula98US #60
#74Carla97US #78
#75Janice97US #58
#76Carrie95US #141
#77Bonnie93US #79
#78Michele93US #59
#79Sue93US #135
#80Gail92US #103
#81Sherri92US #82
#82Amy91US #61
#83Annette91US #75
#84Dana91US #117
#85Shannon91
#86Sheila89US #52
#87Sheri87US #145
#88Sherry87US #48
#89Monica84US #115
#90Teri84US #181
#91Becky82US #122
#92Stacy80US #176
#93Stephanie80US #70
#94Melissa79US #68
#95Christina78US #124
#96Sandy78US #140
#97Anne77US #83
#98Patty77US #172
#99Joan74US #94
#100Maria74US #49

Boys

#1Michael1,260US #1
#2David1,218US #2
#3John1,109US #3
#4Robert956US #5
#5Mark932US #6
#6James899US #4
#7Scott736US #11
#8Richard575US #8
#9Jeffrey553US #10
#10Steven551US #12
#11Brian532US #20
#12Kevin527US #14
#13William503US #7
#14Daniel446US #17
#15Thomas414US #9
#16Mike396US #39
#17Kenneth351US #18
#18Douglas349US #27
#19Gregory343US #21
#20Todd336US #30
#21Paul332US #19
#22Gary327US #22
#23Ronald324US #25
#24Timothy322US #16
#25Joseph307US #13
#26Jeff303US #44
#27Donald299US #23
#28Charles280US #15
#29Eric279US #33
#30Steve240US #46
#31Larry228US #31
#32Randy226US #35
#33Craig214US #51
#34Patrick214US #40
#35Christopher206US #26
#36Bruce193US #41
#37Terry191US #34
#38Keith180US #36
#39Dennis173US #37
#40Jim171US #85
#41Stephen170US #28
#42Edward167US #29
#43Dale165US #62
#44Jerry164US #38
#45Jay163US #80
#46Greg160US #77
#47Jeffery150US #45
#48Anthony149US #24
#49Tim149US #72
#50Matthew146US #56
#51Roger144US #47
#52Chris141US #60
#53Dean141US #86
#54Jon139US #84
#55Russell135US #57
#56Alan133US #53
#57Tom130US #98
#58Peter128US #43
#59George127US #32
#60Rick126US #110
#61Bradley124US #87
#62Troy119US #67
#63Joe118US #59
#64Kelly117US #125
#65Dan116US #120
#66Raymond116US #48
#67Randall114US #64
#68Tony113US #52
#69Gerald106US #65
#70Bill102US #108
#71Frank100US #42
#72Martin100US #74
#73Glenn99US #55
#74Rodney99US #76
#75Wayne99US #63
#76Andrew98US #49
#77Bryan98US #82
#78Tracy93US #111
#79Curtis92US #73
#80Brett91US #141
#81Duane91US #135
#82Carl89US #58
#83Shawn89US #124
#84Danny86US #54
#85Dave86US #145
#86Don85US #123
#87Barry84US #61
#88Jack82US #99
#89Kurt81US #121
#90Brad80US #158
#91Darren79US #165
#92Ron79US #178
#93Micheal77US #104
#94Bob76US #152
#95Karl75US #142
#96Ken72US #181
#97Brent71US #139
#98Ricky71US #50
#99Doug68US #170
#100Philip68US #81

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑24Kathryn#70
↑23Troy#62
↑21Sue#79
↑21Jay#45
↑17Shelly#52
↑17Gerald#69
↑16Glenn#73
↑14Debra#10

Falling

↓25Dave#85
↓22Janice#75
↓18Stephanie#93
↓18Bob#94
↓16Dan#65
↓15Vicki#67
↓15Don#86
↓15Brad#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.