State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,982 Washington births in 1972 across 958 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#80Tamioutside the national top 200
#85Trevoroutside the national top 200
#73Kari#186 nationally
#89Casey#195 nationally
#70Shawna#174 nationally
#74Jeff#167 nationally
#92Megan#180 nationally
#72Jacob#155 nationally
#95Mike#178 nationally
#90Dustin#165 nationally
#70Kelly#140 nationally
#43Kristina#112 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,123US #1
#2Michelle451US #2
#3Lisa406US #3
#4Amy373US #5
#5Angela363US #6
#6Heather363US #9
#7Kimberly321US #4
#8Shannon282US #22
#9Julie274US #12
#10Stephanie251US #8
#11Melissa239US #7
#12Nicole207US #10
#13Rebecca200US #14
#14Tina200US #18
#15Christina172US #26
#16Dawn171US #20
#17Christine169US #16
#18Sarah169US #49
#19Heidi166US #64
#20Andrea152US #30
#21Susan143US #24
#22Laura141US #17
#23Tracy140US #19
#24Wendy140US #29
#25Brenda139US #44
#26Elizabeth137US #15
#27Karen133US #21
#28Tammy133US #11
#29Teresa132US #39
#30Mary131US #13
#31Jessica127US #46
#32Rachel124US #40
#33Carrie123US #53
#34Kelly118US #23
#35Tara116US #38
#36Patricia109US #27
#37Cynthia102US #25
#38Erin101US #93
#39Lori101US #28
#40Tanya100US #54
#41Kristin98US #67
#42Tamara98US #84
#43Kristina95US #112
#44Denise92US #35
#45Stacy90US #33
#46April86US #48
#47Sara84US #101
#48Stacey82US #41
#49Holly81US #71
#50Tonya81US #37
#51Michele80US #36
#52Maria79US #32
#53Danielle77US #73
#54Monica77US #47
#55Jamie76US #114
#56Jill76US #62
#57Melanie76US #42
#58Shelly75US #94
#59Cindy74US #80
#60Katherine74US #69
#61Tiffany73US #61
#62Kathleen72US #57
#63Deborah71US #43
#64Robin71US #55
#65Crystal70US #59
#66Jodi70US #97
#67Kristi70US #102
#68Sandra70US #31
#69Debra69US #66
#70Shawna69US #174
#71Renee66US #77
#72Anna65US #86
#73Kari65US #186
#74Pamela65US #34
#75Barbara64US #58
#76Linda63US #51
#77Cheryl62US #56
#78Jenny62US #119
#79Gina61US #78
#80Tami60
#81Theresa59US #68
#82Krista58US #142
#83Melinda58US #81
#84Traci58US #121
#85Brandi57US #141
#86Dana57US #52
#87Erica55US #87
#88Kristine55US #127
#89Nancy55US #63
#90Deanna53US #107
#91Kristen53US #85
#92Megan53US #180
#93Amber52US #161
#94Leslie52US #75
#95Suzanne52US #92
#96Anne51US #134
#97Becky51US #165
#98Catherine51US #65
#99Diana51US #83
#100Paula51US #72

Boys

#1Michael938US #1
#2Jason853US #7
#3Christopher715US #2
#4David656US #4
#5Robert602US #6
#6Brian551US #8
#7John531US #5
#8James512US #3
#9Matthew453US #10
#10Scott423US #11
#11Jeffrey379US #17
#12Daniel366US #15
#13Eric349US #16
#14Richard317US #14
#15William302US #9
#16Ryan301US #39
#17Kevin299US #13
#18Mark296US #18
#19Steven294US #19
#20Aaron282US #40
#21Joseph265US #12
#22Timothy251US #21
#23Chad231US #25
#24Jeremy225US #42
#25Paul220US #24
#26Sean220US #33
#27Thomas212US #20
#28Shawn201US #28
#29Anthony199US #22
#30Andrew186US #30
#31Todd186US #31
#32Kenneth181US #27
#33Charles169US #23
#34Gregory169US #26
#35Justin156US #60
#36Travis156US #57
#37Patrick149US #35
#38Shane148US #55
#39Donald134US #36
#40Joshua133US #59
#41Bryan124US #45
#42Craig123US #46
#43Gary123US #41
#44Adam122US #51
#45Jonathan119US #37
#46Peter114US #48
#47Troy112US #49
#48Erik106US #86
#49Keith103US #38
#50Ronald102US #32
#51Douglas100US #43
#52Brandon99US #63
#53Brent97US #77
#54Nathan97US #79
#55Bradley93US #61
#56Stephen93US #29
#57Jeffery92US #58
#58Edward89US #34
#59Benjamin88US #64
#60Brett83US #80
#61Larry82US #47
#62Jon79US #89
#63Derek74US #67
#64Chris70US #82
#65Jesse69US #88
#66Joel69US #78
#67Kyle69US #113
#68Jerry68US #53
#69Dennis67US #52
#70Kelly60US #140
#71Lance60US #126
#72Jacob56US #155
#73Cory55US #136
#74Jeff55US #167
#75Jay54US #115
#76Raymond54US #54
#77Tony54US #68
#78George53US #44
#79Terry53US #62
#80Christian52US #96
#81Corey52US #95
#82Russell52US #69
#83Samuel52US #66
#84Tracy52US #111
#85Trevor50
#86Curtis48US #92
#87Darren48US #106
#88Philip47US #104
#89Casey44US #195
#90Dustin44US #165
#91Marcus44US #71
#92Randy44US #70
#93Alan42US #110
#94Marc42US #83
#95Mike42US #178
#96Bruce41US #121
#97Rodney41US #65
#98Steve40US #143
#99Brad39US #149
#100Lawrence39US #101

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑36Jamie#55
↑36Melanie#57
↑33Tonya#50
↑32Jessica#31
↑28Nathan#54
↑27Maria#52
↑25Stacey#48
↑24Justin#35

Falling

↓45Deanna#90
↓31Barbara#75
↓31Dana#86
↓31Paula#100
↓26Kari#73
↓23Cheryl#77
↓22Catherine#98
↓22Darren#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.