State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,800 Washington births in 1970 across 1,095 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#60Kari#194 nationally
#95Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#63Ryan#140 nationally
#38Erin#111 nationally
#45Jeff#116 nationally
#66Kelly#135 nationally
#96Cory#164 nationally
#71Justin#138 nationally
#15Heidi#81 nationally
#92Kirk#158 nationally
#86Joshua#150 nationally
#90Jody#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer837US #1
#2Michelle649US #4
#3Lisa555US #2
#4Kimberly439US #3
#5Angela419US #6
#6Julie386US #11
#7Amy358US #5
#8Heather351US #19
#9Shannon342US #22
#10Tina268US #21
#11Tracy264US #10
#12Christine259US #14
#13Melissa259US #7
#14Stephanie246US #17
#15Heidi239US #81
#16Mary227US #9
#17Karen221US #12
#18Wendy218US #28
#19Susan215US #15
#20Dawn213US #16
#21Tammy202US #8
#22Lori199US #23
#23Teresa198US #34
#24Laura196US #13
#25Rebecca193US #29
#26Kelly178US #20
#27Christina177US #35
#28Cynthia172US #25
#29Elizabeth171US #18
#30Brenda170US #40
#31Patricia158US #24
#32Andrea148US #43
#33Sandra146US #27
#34Nicole145US #30
#35Deborah141US #33
#36Tamara135US #79
#37Denise130US #36
#38Erin129US #111
#39Stacy125US #42
#40Carrie123US #73
#41Deanna123US #90
#42Sarah123US #65
#43Jill122US #52
#44Kristin121US #63
#45Cheryl117US #44
#46Pamela114US #26
#47Kathleen111US #45
#48Holly109US #74
#49Michele109US #31
#50Rhonda105US #46
#51Barbara100US #41
#52Cindy100US #72
#53Kristine100US #109
#54Shelly100US #103
#55Monica99US #56
#56Stacey99US #48
#57Ann98US #62
#58Theresa98US #53
#59Gina97US #61
#60Kari97US #194
#61Rachel97US #58
#62Tanya97US #76
#63Tonya96US #49
#64Linda95US #38
#65Traci95US #100
#66Debra94US #47
#67Paula94US #57
#68Renee91US #68
#69Jodi90US #95
#70Robin90US #51
#71Katherine89US #67
#72Nancy89US #50
#73Tricia87US #124
#74Kim86US #78
#75Kristina86US #125
#76Diana85US #89
#77Dana84US #54
#78Catherine83US #59
#79Donna83US #32
#80Tara83US #69
#81Kristen78US #83
#82Kristi78US #123
#83Kelli77US #115
#84Sharon77US #37
#85Tiffany77US #99
#86Carol76US #71
#87Anne75US #112
#88Sheila74US #75
#89Jamie72US #120
#90Jody72US #153
#91April71US #82
#92Kathryn71US #104
#93Maria70US #39
#94Shelley68US #144
#95Shawna67
#96Danielle66US #114
#97Connie65US #116
#98Jessica65US #98
#99Laurie65US #88
#100Leslie65US #64

Boys

#1Michael1,266US #1
#2David999US #3
#3John833US #4
#4Robert829US #5
#5James820US #2
#6Jason791US #13
#7Christopher643US #6
#8Brian602US #8
#9Jeffrey587US #11
#10Scott557US #12
#11Mark527US #9
#12Steven472US #15
#13Daniel458US #19
#14Richard442US #10
#15Eric434US #18
#16William423US #7
#17Kevin415US #14
#18Matthew363US #24
#19Todd331US #28
#20Paul317US #23
#21Thomas312US #17
#22Joseph300US #16
#23Timothy292US #20
#24Kenneth288US #25
#25Shawn266US #34
#26Anthony254US #22
#27Aaron248US #52
#28Sean248US #37
#29Patrick237US #33
#30Donald233US #30
#31Charles216US #21
#32Ronald210US #29
#33Gregory209US #26
#34Andrew207US #32
#35Douglas202US #36
#36Troy199US #41
#37Gary173US #35
#38Craig168US #39
#39Chad167US #51
#40Travis165US #69
#41Shane156US #64
#42Stephen150US #27
#43Jeffery146US #50
#44Peter139US #44
#45Jeff137US #116
#46Brent125US #74
#47Keith122US #38
#48Edward121US #31
#49Jonathan118US #42
#50Bryan117US #53
#51Erik117US #101
#52Jon117US #68
#53Jeremy116US #70
#54Lance115US #76
#55Bradley113US #47
#56Dennis109US #46
#57Jerry108US #45
#58Marc108US #60
#59Darren105US #75
#60Larry104US #43
#61Tony101US #57
#62Chris97US #63
#63Ryan96US #140
#64Derek93US #77
#65Joel92US #82
#66Kelly88US #135
#67Terry87US #54
#68Corey86US #84
#69Jay86US #97
#70Kyle86US #120
#71Justin85US #138
#72Brett82US #99
#73Russell82US #58
#74Frank81US #48
#75Brandon80US #131
#76Dale80US #110
#77Mike79US #136
#78Randy79US #59
#79Benjamin78US #81
#80Dean78US #112
#81Adam76US #72
#82Samuel76US #62
#83Raymond75US #49
#84George70US #40
#85Curtis68US #88
#86Joshua67US #150
#87Martin66US #93
#88Alan64US #91
#89Bruce64US #94
#90Wayne64US #80
#91Brad63US #139
#92Kirk63US #158
#93Rodney63US #55
#94Roger63US #61
#95Gerald62US #67
#96Cory60US #164
#97Steve60US #114
#98Carl58US #66
#99Marcus58US #71
#100Micheal57US #126

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑46Jeremy#53
↑35Holly#48
↑35Travis#40
↑34Erin#38
↑32Traci#65
↑28Deanna#41
↑23Carrie#40
↑22Diana#76

Falling

↓53Leslie#100
↓25Kristina#75
↓25Mike#77
↓24Jodi#69
↓24Kelli#83
↓24Corey#68
↓22Rodney#93
↓21Kelly#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.