State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,505 Washington births in 1974 across 1,003 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#85Tyleroutside the national top 200
#92Tamioutside the national top 200
#61Shawna#162 nationally
#83Molly#179 nationally
#86Zachary#179 nationally
#64Kari#153 nationally
#74Ian#148 nationally
#100Seth#170 nationally
#82Leah#149 nationally
#35Kristina#101 nationally
#95Lance#159 nationally
#68Jared#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,090US #1
#2Amy496US #2
#3Heather494US #4
#4Angela451US #5
#5Michelle399US #3
#6Lisa346US #8
#7Rebecca279US #10
#8Kimberly278US #6
#9Melissa273US #7
#10Shannon256US #18
#11Stephanie254US #9
#12Sarah251US #20
#13Heidi218US #60
#14Christina212US #16
#15Jessica203US #17
#16Julie188US #14
#17Nicole180US #11
#18Dawn162US #22
#19Rachel151US #36
#20Andrea144US #35
#21Elizabeth144US #12
#22Christine140US #19
#23Erin137US #47
#24Kelly134US #15
#25April127US #28
#26Laura127US #21
#27Mary122US #13
#28Wendy122US #32
#29Sara120US #61
#30Amanda119US #34
#31Danielle118US #40
#32Carrie117US #42
#33Tanya117US #46
#34Karen115US #26
#35Kristina109US #101
#36Tina108US #25
#37Patricia105US #29
#38Tara103US #39
#39Tracy103US #23
#40Brenda99US #59
#41Amber97US #92
#42Tiffany97US #41
#43Jamie93US #97
#44Kristen92US #45
#45Susan92US #27
#46Crystal91US #49
#47Lori91US #30
#48Stacy91US #38
#49Tamara88US #64
#50Megan86US #105
#51Teresa86US #52
#52Cynthia83US #33
#53Katherine81US #62
#54Anna79US #82
#55Brandy79US #80
#56Denise79US #53
#57Holly79US #56
#58Jill79US #58
#59Stacey79US #48
#60Monica76US #43
#61Shawna75US #162
#62Tammy74US #24
#63Kristin73US #72
#64Kari72US #153
#65Misty72US #66
#66Emily71US #69
#67Kristi71US #102
#68Melanie71US #51
#69Michele71US #50
#70Deborah70US #68
#71Maria69US #31
#72Jodi67US #91
#73Leslie67US #65
#74Robin67US #63
#75Gina66US #84
#76Tonya65US #37
#77Dana62US #55
#78Brandi61US #106
#79Deanna59US #115
#80Diana58US #87
#81Sandra57US #44
#82Leah56US #149
#83Molly56US #179
#84Kristine55US #147
#85Pamela55US #54
#86Cheryl53US #88
#87Erica53US #74
#88Kathleen53US #76
#89Melinda53US #81
#90Jenny52US #131
#91Anne51US #120
#92Tami51
#93Christy50US #57
#94Kathryn50US #98
#95Nancy50US #78
#96Aimee49US #148
#97Traci49US #140
#98Catherine48US #73
#99Kara48US #125
#100Alicia47US #90

Boys

#1Jason1,093US #2
#2Michael958US #1
#3Christopher696US #3
#4David635US #4
#5Brian551US #8
#6Matthew522US #9
#7Robert513US #7
#8John489US #6
#9James488US #5
#10Daniel425US #11
#11Ryan403US #25
#12Jeffrey379US #15
#13Joshua363US #29
#14William358US #10
#15Scott344US #18
#16Aaron337US #32
#17Jeremy331US #24
#18Eric322US #13
#19Steven290US #19
#20Joseph280US #12
#21Mark279US #16
#22Kevin270US #14
#23Chad244US #26
#24Richard243US #17
#25Timothy240US #22
#26Andrew227US #28
#27Shawn225US #30
#28Justin224US #43
#29Anthony217US #21
#30Thomas211US #20
#31Paul198US #27
#32Adam192US #36
#33Benjamin179US #46
#34Sean176US #37
#35Travis174US #54
#36Jonathan170US #33
#37Brandon168US #51
#38Kenneth161US #34
#39Todd159US #39
#40Gregory158US #31
#41Shane158US #56
#42Nathan155US #52
#43Charles147US #23
#44Peter131US #50
#45Stephen130US #35
#46Bryan125US #45
#47Donald123US #41
#48Patrick121US #38
#49Jesse116US #67
#50Troy114US #63
#51Douglas111US #53
#52Jacob111US #88
#53Erik105US #90
#54Brent97US #76
#55Craig96US #57
#56Gary93US #48
#57Ronald92US #42
#58Joel89US #75
#59Jeffery88US #66
#60Keith88US #44
#61Bradley86US #58
#62Edward76US #40
#63Kyle74US #97
#64Jon73US #94
#65Raymond72US #62
#66Dennis70US #59
#67Derek69US #74
#68Jared69US #131
#69Corey68US #77
#70Randy66US #79
#71Jay64US #111
#72Dustin63US #121
#73Terry63US #69
#74Ian60US #148
#75George59US #49
#76Cory58US #114
#77Samuel57US #60
#78Jamie55US #68
#79Larry55US #55
#80Kelly53US #143
#81Marc53US #85
#82Russell52US #84
#83Nicholas51US #80
#84Carl50US #89
#85Tyler49
#86Zachary49US #179
#87Curtis48US #98
#88Jose48US #47
#89Phillip48US #70
#90Chris47US #116
#91Casey46US #144
#92Frank46US #65
#93Tony46US #81
#94Gabriel44US #117
#95Lance44US #159
#96Brett43US #95
#97Philip43US #86
#98Darren42US #127
#99Marcus42US #73
#100Seth42US #170

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑41Jamie#43
↑37Amber#41
↑36Amanda#30
↑30Megan#50
↑30Shawna#61
↑29Kristi#67
↑26Terry#73
↑25Jay#71

Falling

↓36Sandra#81
↓32Tammy#62
↓32Brett#96
↓30Kathleen#88
↓29Catherine#98
↓26Melinda#89
↓24Holly#57
↓24Melanie#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.