State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,678 Washington births in 1971 across 1,040 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#47Kari#179 nationally
#87Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#99Megan#199 nationally
#61Erika#146 nationally
#95Trina#172 nationally
#67Kelly#136 nationally
#49Kristina#117 nationally
#73Jeff#140 nationally
#93Kirk#159 nationally
#89Cory#150 nationally
#95Kurt#155 nationally
#18Heidi#77 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,025US #1
#2Michelle560US #2
#3Lisa464US #3
#4Kimberly431US #4
#5Angela422US #6
#6Amy385US #5
#7Heather325US #12
#8Julie324US #10
#9Shannon305US #21
#10Melissa254US #7
#11Stephanie248US #11
#12Tina236US #20
#13Tammy222US #8
#14Christine217US #18
#15Dawn213US #14
#16Rebecca212US #23
#17Laura201US #16
#18Heidi191US #77
#19Andrea190US #35
#20Wendy189US #29
#21Tracy185US #13
#22Teresa178US #34
#23Mary177US #9
#24Susan174US #17
#25Christina173US #30
#26Elizabeth165US #19
#27Karen160US #15
#28Nicole159US #27
#29Brenda156US #43
#30Sarah148US #58
#31Kelly146US #22
#32Stacy145US #32
#33Carrie140US #55
#34Cynthia133US #24
#35Lori130US #25
#36Rachel120US #54
#37Tara119US #49
#38Denise117US #36
#39Patricia117US #26
#40Tamara117US #80
#41Kristin114US #71
#42Erin111US #93
#43Tanya110US #72
#44Barbara109US #47
#45Deanna107US #95
#46Deborah106US #33
#47Kari106US #179
#48Jill101US #59
#49Kristina101US #117
#50Cindy100US #70
#51Kathleen100US #53
#52Sandra100US #31
#53Holly97US #76
#54Cheryl96US #50
#55Dana96US #44
#56Michele95US #39
#57April93US #56
#58Jodi93US #94
#59Monica93US #48
#60Tiffany90US #62
#61Erika89US #146
#62Renee88US #73
#63Jessica86US #64
#64Linda84US #42
#65Debra83US #57
#66Pamela81US #28
#67Rhonda81US #46
#68Robin80US #51
#69Paula79US #63
#70Sara79US #114
#71Nancy78US #52
#72Shelly78US #103
#73Stacey76US #41
#74Theresa75US #61
#75Gina74US #69
#76Catherine73US #65
#77Katherine73US #67
#78Kristi72US #113
#79Maria72US #37
#80Suzanne72US #88
#81Crystal71US #79
#82Kristine71US #120
#83Tonya70US #45
#84Diana69US #82
#85Melinda67US #85
#86Traci67US #116
#87Shawna66
#88Kristen65US #87
#89Tricia64US #109
#90Anne63US #122
#91Jamie62US #118
#92Anna61US #106
#93Melanie61US #66
#94Shelley61US #140
#95Trina61US #172
#96Jenny60US #142
#97Laurie60US #96
#98Kelli59US #135
#99Megan59US #199
#100Donna58US #38

Boys

#1Michael1,065US #1
#2Jason967US #8
#3David816US #3
#4Robert770US #5
#5James671US #2
#6Christopher666US #6
#7John636US #4
#8Brian567US #9
#9Scott545US #10
#10Matthew450US #19
#11Jeffrey443US #12
#12Steven428US #16
#13Eric424US #18
#14Richard422US #11
#15Kevin372US #14
#16William358US #7
#17Mark353US #13
#18Daniel342US #20
#19Aaron327US #41
#20Joseph298US #15
#21Timothy285US #21
#22Thomas280US #17
#23Chad273US #29
#24Todd262US #30
#25Paul257US #24
#26Shawn249US #28
#27Jeremy225US #45
#28Sean222US #36
#29Gregory216US #26
#30Anthony213US #23
#31Ryan208US #51
#32Kenneth207US #25
#33Donald204US #34
#34Andrew191US #33
#35Charles187US #22
#36Patrick186US #35
#37Ronald167US #31
#38Travis160US #61
#39Douglas152US #39
#40Shane144US #60
#41Gary140US #38
#42Stephen140US #27
#43Jonathan136US #40
#44Peter135US #47
#45Troy132US #46
#46Craig131US #43
#47Bryan128US #48
#48Jeffery121US #53
#49Keith117US #37
#50Edward113US #32
#51Bradley109US #58
#52Erik109US #97
#53Derek107US #63
#54Adam104US #57
#55Dennis99US #49
#56Chris97US #68
#57Jon95US #78
#58Joshua95US #80
#59Justin95US #103
#60Brent92US #73
#61Brandon89US #95
#62George89US #42
#63Kyle87US #116
#64Tony87US #62
#65Darren86US #100
#66Brett85US #90
#67Kelly85US #136
#68Benjamin82US #69
#69Raymond80US #52
#70Randy79US #67
#71Jerry77US #50
#72Lance77US #98
#73Jeff76US #140
#74Larry75US #44
#75Marc74US #70
#76Joel73US #86
#77Jay70US #114
#78Carl69US #72
#79Frank69US #54
#80Marcus69US #65
#81Terry64US #56
#82Nathan63US #104
#83Russell62US #64
#84Dean61US #137
#85Jesse60US #107
#86Curtis57US #89
#87Wayne57US #92
#88Brad56US #139
#89Cory55US #150
#90Dale55US #125
#91Nicholas54US #123
#92Corey53US #77
#93Kirk52US #159
#94Steve52US #131
#95Kurt51US #155
#96Martin50US #105
#97Jack49US #132
#98Mike48US #153
#99Philip47US #94
#100Samuel47US #66

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑43Tara#37
↑35Jessica#63
↑34April#57
↑32Ryan#31
↑28Joshua#58
↑27Adam#54
↑26Kristina#49
↑26Jeremy#27

Falling

↓29Kristine#82
↓28Jeff#73
↓24Corey#92
↓21Traci#86
↓21Donna#100
↓21Mike#98
↓20Pamela#66
↓20Tonya#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.