State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,246 Washington births in 1973 across 966 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#68Kari#172 nationally
#100Trevoroutside the national top 200
#91Shawna#188 nationally
#85Ian#180 nationally
#98Jeff#192 nationally
#95Casey#183 nationally
#72Kelly#147 nationally
#78Dustin#153 nationally
#87Jared#155 nationally
#80Megan#141 nationally
#88Lance#148 nationally
#63Jacob#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,034US #1
#2Michelle428US #3
#3Amy416US #2
#4Heather394US #8
#5Angela352US #7
#6Lisa337US #5
#7Kimberly317US #4
#8Melissa268US #6
#9Shannon253US #22
#10Stephanie252US #9
#11Julie251US #12
#12Rebecca233US #10
#13Sarah203US #35
#14Christina192US #16
#15Heidi168US #65
#16Mary166US #14
#17Elizabeth163US #13
#18Dawn159US #21
#19Nicole157US #11
#20Tina146US #24
#21Andrea144US #30
#22Rachel142US #42
#23Tracy139US #20
#24Christine133US #17
#25Wendy132US #29
#26Jessica130US #34
#27Kelly126US #18
#28Brenda125US #53
#29Laura125US #19
#30Tammy123US #15
#31Carrie122US #46
#32Teresa118US #45
#33Holly115US #54
#34Tanya115US #50
#35Tara114US #37
#36Lori112US #28
#37Karen108US #23
#38April105US #33
#39Danielle100US #49
#40Stacy97US #32
#41Susan97US #25
#42Kristina94US #97
#43Tiffany93US #52
#44Melanie92US #43
#45Sandra92US #39
#46Erin91US #79
#47Crystal90US #48
#48Monica90US #40
#49Cynthia88US #26
#50Patricia86US #27
#51Sara86US #89
#52Stacey84US #41
#53Michele83US #44
#54Tamara81US #66
#55Kristen79US #58
#56Kristin78US #78
#57Denise77US #38
#58Kathleen74US #68
#59Maria74US #31
#60Katherine73US #64
#61Anna71US #86
#62Deanna69US #111
#63Melinda69US #72
#64Tonya68US #36
#65Brandi67US #109
#66Amanda66US #51
#67Deborah66US #56
#68Kari66US #172
#69Catherine65US #67
#70Renee64US #80
#71Robin64US #60
#72Emily62US #99
#73Jill62US #62
#74Suzanne61US #98
#75Brandy60US #82
#76Cindy60US #92
#77Aimee58US #126
#78Amber58US #130
#79Erika58US #132
#80Megan58US #141
#81Cheryl56US #74
#82Theresa56US #69
#83Jodi55US #100
#84Jamie54US #103
#85Jenny54US #139
#86Erica53US #81
#87Kristine53US #133
#88Diana52US #85
#89Misty52US #90
#90Rhonda52US #70
#91Shawna52US #188
#92Shelly52US #104
#93Gina51US #83
#94Ann50US #93
#95Colleen49US #125
#96Kristi49US #108
#97Sheila49US #101
#98Shelley49US #128
#99Traci48US #127
#100Alicia47US #91

Boys

#1Jason1,023US #3
#2Michael907US #1
#3Christopher642US #2
#4David611US #5
#5Brian563US #8
#6John535US #6
#7James531US #4
#8Robert472US #7
#9Matthew430US #10
#10Daniel421US #11
#11Ryan366US #30
#12Jeffrey354US #17
#13Eric342US #13
#14Aaron318US #34
#15Scott318US #18
#16William310US #9
#17Mark308US #15
#18Kevin298US #14
#19Richard287US #16
#20Steven280US #20
#21Chad247US #25
#22Jeremy247US #33
#23Timothy246US #22
#24Joseph240US #12
#25Joshua235US #42
#26Thomas212US #19
#27Andrew200US #29
#28Travis190US #53
#29Shawn187US #27
#30Anthony185US #21
#31Todd183US #35
#32Justin170US #51
#33Paul168US #24
#34Charles164US #23
#35Sean164US #36
#36Adam156US #45
#37Gregory153US #26
#38Kenneth150US #28
#39Jonathan145US #31
#40Shane141US #54
#41Bryan140US #43
#42Brandon139US #58
#43Nathan136US #63
#44Patrick131US #37
#45Craig116US #48
#46Douglas115US #47
#47Peter115US #52
#48Ronald113US #40
#49Donald111US #38
#50Stephen111US #32
#51Gary101US #44
#52Joel99US #73
#53Benjamin96US #55
#54Troy96US #59
#55Edward93US #39
#56Keith87US #41
#57Erik81US #86
#58Jesse81US #75
#59Derek80US #69
#60Bradley78US #62
#61Jeffery78US #64
#62Jon75US #94
#63Jacob73US #122
#64Brett69US #88
#65Kyle69US #110
#66Larry69US #50
#67Brent68US #80
#68Nicholas64US #85
#69Dennis62US #56
#70George59US #46
#71Christian56US #97
#72Kelly56US #147
#73Corey54US #89
#74Samuel53US #66
#75Cory51US #128
#76Phillip51US #71
#77Carl50US #90
#78Dustin49US #153
#79Randy49US #79
#80Alan48US #115
#81Jerry48US #57
#82Marcus48US #72
#83Russell48US #77
#84Darren46US #113
#85Ian46US #180
#86Jamie46US #70
#87Jared46US #155
#88Lance46US #148
#89Raymond45US #60
#90Rodney45US #68
#91Tony45US #78
#92Wayne45US #107
#93Frank44US #61
#94Roger43US #84
#95Casey42US #183
#96Jay41US #118
#97Chris40US #96
#98Jeff40US #192
#99Terry40US #65
#100Trevor40

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑36Kristen#55
↑29Catherine#69
↑28Deanna#62
↑23Sandra#45
↑21Suzanne#74
↑20Melinda#63
↑20Brandi#65
↑18Tiffany#43

Falling

↓34Shelly#92
↓33Chris#97
↓29Jamie#84
↓29Kristi#96
↓24Jeff#98
↓21Shawna#91
↓21Jay#96
↓20Susan#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.