State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,471 Washington births in 1963 across 981 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#50Shannon#186 nationally
#62Tami#184 nationally
#90Karioutside the national top 200
#82Ron#185 nationally
#100Kristinoutside the national top 200
#49Heidi#140 nationally
#61Shelley#148 nationally
#88Doug#174 nationally
#86Bob#167 nationally
#84Darren#158 nationally
#78Brad#146 nationally
#57Dan#124 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa785US #1
#2Susan536US #3
#3Mary465US #2
#4Karen421US #4
#5Julie413US #22
#6Lori390US #8
#7Teresa384US #18
#8Kimberly376US #11
#9Linda347US #5
#10Michelle284US #26
#11Tammy270US #12
#12Cheryl259US #24
#13Cynthia254US #10
#14Brenda250US #15
#15Kelly249US #32
#16Patricia248US #7
#17Barbara247US #17
#18Laura244US #16
#19Pamela244US #14
#20Debra242US #21
#21Sandra229US #9
#22Debbie226US #41
#23Jennifer226US #36
#24Deborah223US #13
#25Cindy215US #37
#26Donna212US #6
#27Kathleen200US #28
#28Tina197US #35
#29Denise195US #27
#30Kathy194US #34
#31Elizabeth189US #20
#32Diane188US #31
#33Laurie188US #47
#34Carol187US #33
#35Nancy187US #23
#36Tracy186US #48
#37Kim183US #39
#38Robin183US #25
#39Christine182US #29
#40Sharon173US #19
#41Theresa155US #38
#42Rebecca154US #44
#43Wendy153US #60
#44Diana146US #62
#45Connie144US #55
#46Janet140US #40
#47Terri138US #58
#48Angela137US #30
#49Heidi136US #140
#50Shannon132US #186
#51Ann128US #57
#52Jill126US #68
#53Suzanne126US #65
#54Shelly125US #117
#55Dawn120US #52
#56Paula118US #42
#57Rhonda113US #45
#58Catherine112US #53
#59Leslie109US #72
#60Tamara109US #111
#61Shelley105US #148
#62Tami102US #184
#63Colleen101US #98
#64Sherry101US #49
#65Michele100US #59
#66Renee100US #74
#67Dana99US #88
#68Margaret98US #46
#69Janice96US #63
#70Katherine93US #87
#71Bonnie92US #83
#72Deanna92US #133
#73Lynn92US #73
#74Kathryn90US #93
#75Melissa90US #61
#76Stephanie89US #64
#77Annette88US #71
#78Valerie88US #69
#79Amy87US #54
#80Sheila87US #50
#81Vicki87US #100
#82Carrie84US #143
#83Judy83US #70
#84Anita80US #77
#85Anne80US #80
#86Andrea79US #89
#87Gina79US #79
#88Carolyn78US #56
#89Becky76US #126
#90Kari75
#91Stacy75US #129
#92Sherri74US #78
#93Christina72US #107
#94Gail72US #105
#95Cathy71US #67
#96Joan70US #95
#97Carla69US #82
#98Beth68US #66
#99Sheri68US #136
#100Kristin67

Boys

#1Michael1,180US #1
#2David1,174US #3
#3John1,011US #2
#4Robert947US #5
#5James847US #4
#6Mark762US #6
#7Scott653US #12
#8Richard572US #8
#9Steven534US #14
#10Kevin531US #11
#11Brian485US #20
#12Jeffrey470US #10
#13William468US #7
#14Todd400US #30
#15Thomas391US #9
#16Daniel390US #19
#17Kenneth368US #18
#18Paul365US #17
#19Timothy333US #15
#20Gregory322US #21
#21Douglas315US #28
#22Ronald310US #23
#23Joseph299US #13
#24Mike294US #44
#25Donald289US #25
#26Gary283US #24
#27Eric280US #31
#28Jeff280US #48
#29Charles255US #16
#30Christopher243US #26
#31Patrick226US #35
#32Steve216US #49
#33Randy196US #37
#34Jerry182US #38
#35Craig172US #51
#36Stephen171US #29
#37Terry165US #32
#38Bruce159US #43
#39Keith156US #33
#40Chris154US #59
#41Dale153US #69
#42Larry153US #36
#43Anthony152US #22
#44Matthew151US #50
#45Dennis148US #39
#46Bradley145US #82
#47Jeffery142US #46
#48Jim142US #92
#49Greg140US #81
#50Andrew137US #42
#51Dean134US #86
#52Edward134US #27
#53Tom133US #103
#54Bryan130US #73
#55Tim130US #79
#56Troy127US #66
#57Dan125US #124
#58Jon124US #84
#59Rick122US #111
#60Peter119US #40
#61Kelly118US #126
#62Roger118US #53
#63Alan114US #56
#64Russell109US #57
#65Tony108US #52
#66Curtis107US #72
#67George106US #34
#68Martin106US #62
#69Jay102US #85
#70Randall102US #65
#71Raymond101US #45
#72Joe100US #58
#73Wayne100US #63
#74Frank97US #41
#75Bill96US #113
#76Shawn94US #108
#77Gerald90US #60
#78Brad89US #146
#79Tracy88US #121
#80Kirk87US #139
#81Danny85US #55
#82Ron83US #185
#83Carl82US #54
#84Darren82US #158
#85Rodney82US #76
#86Bob75US #167
#87Brett75US #129
#88Doug73US #174
#89Kurt73US #116
#90Ricky73US #47
#91Roy73US #89
#92Don70US #135
#93Glenn70US #64
#94Barry68US #67
#95Dave67US #161
#96Duane67US #130
#97Brent66US #125
#98Jack65US #102
#99Lance65US #166
#100Phillip63US #70

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑35Shannon#50
↑26Andrew#50
↑24Sherry#64
↑23Bryan#54
↑19Melissa#75
↑17Tammy#11
↑17Paula#56
↑17Dana#67

Falling

↓26Carolyn#88
↓26Cathy#95
↓24Jay#69
↓23Carla#97
↓20Glenn#93
↓17Judy#83
↓16Lynn#73
↓15Duane#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.