State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,085 Washington births in 1968 across 1,006 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#66Tami#191 nationally
#83Karioutside the national top 200
#94Dan#191 nationally
#86Erin#174 nationally
#92Jim#177 nationally
#98Corey#171 nationally
#60Ryan#131 nationally
#83Darin#147 nationally
#76Tim#139 nationally
#75Kelli#137 nationally
#78Kristi#138 nationally
#92Kristina#152 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa795US #1
#2Michelle641US #2
#3Jennifer498US #4
#4Kimberly488US #3
#5Julie374US #16
#6Angela341US #7
#7Tina304US #18
#8Kelly271US #12
#9Susan254US #10
#10Laura248US #11
#11Shannon247US #53
#12Karen246US #9
#13Christine242US #14
#14Tammy233US #8
#15Teresa230US #30
#16Mary226US #6
#17Wendy222US #31
#18Stephanie218US #23
#19Melissa214US #5
#20Tracy212US #25
#21Elizabeth200US #17
#22Brenda195US #34
#23Amy193US #13
#24Lori183US #22
#25Christina182US #44
#26Dawn175US #21
#27Deborah173US #27
#28Patricia173US #15
#29Cynthia168US #19
#30Jill167US #46
#31Heidi161US #89
#32Rebecca158US #33
#33Sandra156US #26
#34Linda153US #28
#35Michele151US #29
#36Pamela147US #20
#37Denise146US #35
#38Cheryl140US #37
#39Debra135US #38
#40Tamara132US #80
#41Barbara128US #36
#42Kathleen125US #40
#43Rhonda121US #42
#44Gina118US #58
#45Kristin118US #84
#46Kim117US #57
#47Andrea115US #48
#48Stacey114US #55
#49Donna113US #24
#50Ann112US #54
#51Paula112US #45
#52Stacy112US #64
#53Theresa112US #47
#54Cindy111US #67
#55Heather111US #62
#56Carrie110US #86
#57Nancy108US #39
#58Kristine104US #105
#59Shelly102US #98
#60Leslie100US #66
#61Holly97US #103
#62Renee97US #65
#63Suzanne97US #69
#64Carol95US #49
#65Deanna95US #104
#66Tami93US #191
#67Jodi92US #97
#68Diana87US #71
#69Robin87US #43
#70Colleen86US #101
#71Diane86US #51
#72Sharon86US #32
#73Sheila86US #59
#74Dana85US #70
#75Kelli85US #137
#76Kathryn84US #100
#77Catherine83US #56
#78Kristi83US #138
#79Maria83US #41
#80Annette81US #102
#81Monica80US #68
#82Katherine79US #75
#83Kari78
#84Shelley78US #129
#85Anne77US #88
#86Erin76US #174
#87Tonya76US #60
#88Sarah75US #78
#89Terri75US #83
#90Debbie74US #111
#91Kristen74US #107
#92Kristina74US #152
#93Sheri73US #119
#94Connie72US #87
#95Tanya71US #106
#96Laurie70US #79
#97Traci70US #127
#98Jacqueline68US #50
#99Sherri67US #95
#100Janet66US #73

Boys

#1Michael1,270US #1
#2David1,057US #2
#3Robert863US #5
#4John850US #3
#5James818US #4
#6Brian605US #10
#7Mark604US #7
#8Scott571US #14
#9Richard567US #8
#10Jeffrey557US #11
#11Steven504US #15
#12Christopher480US #9
#13William459US #6
#14Daniel430US #18
#15Eric415US #22
#16Kevin379US #17
#17Timothy378US #13
#18Todd367US #28
#19Paul338US #19
#20Thomas331US #12
#21Kenneth298US #23
#22Matthew278US #24
#23Ronald274US #25
#24Patrick259US #30
#25Charles252US #20
#26Joseph235US #16
#27Anthony233US #21
#28Donald229US #29
#29Gregory217US #26
#30Douglas212US #33
#31Sean211US #37
#32Gary203US #32
#33Troy203US #40
#34Jason197US #47
#35Craig189US #41
#36Shawn189US #43
#37Stephen183US #27
#38Andrew152US #34
#39Darren143US #60
#40Keith133US #35
#41Mike132US #93
#42Terry131US #48
#43Jeffery130US #46
#44Jon130US #65
#45Aaron125US #87
#46Jeff125US #90
#47Larry125US #38
#48Kelly119US #97
#49Bradley116US #57
#50Bryan115US #51
#51Dean115US #78
#52Edward115US #31
#53Peter112US #39
#54Jerry111US #44
#55Dennis110US #45
#56Brett106US #105
#57Rodney106US #42
#58Brent104US #102
#59Tony102US #52
#60Ryan101US #131
#61Randy100US #54
#62Chad99US #104
#63Shane97US #120
#64Chris95US #64
#65George94US #36
#66Russell92US #56
#67Jay91US #88
#68Jonathan88US #53
#69Erik87US #125
#70Roger87US #55
#71Dale81US #91
#72Curtis80US #75
#73Steve80US #89
#74Bruce76US #61
#75Alan75US #74
#76Tim74US #139
#77Wayne74US #63
#78Joel73US #80
#79Raymond73US #50
#80Carl72US #59
#81Martin71US #68
#82Frank70US #49
#83Darin69US #147
#84Kurt69US #123
#85Derek68US #122
#86Tracy68US #111
#87Marc66US #84
#88Travis66US #141
#89Benjamin65US #99
#90Lance64US #144
#91Duane63US #146
#92Jim63US #177
#93Jack61US #110
#94Dan59US #191
#95Gerald58US #62
#96Adam57US #119
#97Kirk57US #143
#98Corey56US #171
#99Greg56US #142
#100Randall56US #79

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑38Holly#61
↑28Aaron#45
↑25Jonathan#68
↑23Suzanne#63
↑20Christina#25
↑20Stacey#48
↑17Dana#74
↑15Paula#51

Falling

↓35Laurie#96
↓21Cindy#54
↓21Kari#83
↓21Traci#97
↓21Janet#100
↓20Diane#71
↓20Debbie#90
↓17Nancy#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.