State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,000 Washington births in 1976 across 1,062 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#72Tyler#179 nationally
#98Cameronoutside the national top 200
#99Joleneoutside the national top 200
#68Katie#162 nationally
#93Trevor#182 nationally
#84Shawna#169 nationally
#87Kelly#158 nationally
#57Kari#127 nationally
#65Ian#135 nationally
#61Casey#123 nationally
#90Molly#150 nationally
#39Kristina#97 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,064US #1
#2Amy607US #2
#3Heather498US #4
#4Angela438US #5
#5Sarah419US #15
#6Michelle377US #6
#7Melissa364US #3
#8Jessica357US #8
#9Lisa275US #9
#10Rebecca264US #12
#11Jamie260US #18
#12Shannon255US #17
#13Stephanie253US #11
#14Christina252US #14
#15Kimberly250US #7
#16Amanda247US #10
#17Julie224US #21
#18Sara218US #27
#19Nicole197US #13
#20Rachel194US #23
#21Elizabeth191US #16
#22Heidi190US #70
#23Erin184US #24
#24Andrea175US #25
#25Kelly159US #19
#26Laura159US #20
#27Jaime156US #29
#28Amber151US #49
#29Carrie140US #28
#30Danielle139US #33
#31Wendy123US #39
#32Mary119US #22
#33April118US #30
#34Christine118US #26
#35Dawn115US #35
#36Emily106US #50
#37Tiffany104US #32
#38Tara102US #42
#39Kristina101US #97
#40Megan100US #62
#41Stacy99US #38
#42Karen98US #31
#43Brandy94US #55
#44Crystal93US #36
#45Monica91US #45
#46Holly89US #56
#47Katherine87US #57
#48Misty86US #46
#49Jill84US #52
#50Maria84US #34
#51Anna82US #78
#52Tammy82US #41
#53Stacey81US #51
#54Tanya81US #61
#55Melanie79US #53
#56Tina79US #48
#57Kari78US #127
#58Tracy77US #37
#59Erica76US #54
#60Teresa74US #66
#61Lori73US #47
#62Brenda69US #77
#63Jodi69US #102
#64Leah69US #119
#65Michele69US #63
#66Cynthia68US #44
#67Kathryn67US #88
#68Katie67US #162
#69Tamara67US #91
#70Courtney66US #76
#71Jenny66US #109
#72Alicia64US #71
#73Allison63US #67
#74Dana61US #64
#75Leslie61US #65
#76Patricia60US #43
#77Sandra60US #59
#78Katrina59US #110
#79Lindsay59US #133
#80Tonya59US #58
#81Brandi58US #79
#82Susan58US #40
#83Aimee56US #123
#84Shawna56US #169
#85Mandy55US #100
#86Kristen54US #73
#87Kristin54US #74
#88Kathleen52US #82
#89Renee51US #86
#90Molly50US #150
#91Theresa50US #89
#92Anne49US #124
#93Cheryl48US #105
#94Deanna48US #128
#95Robin48US #75
#96Ann46US #108
#97Christy46US #60
#98Nichole46US #148
#99Jolene45
#100Melinda45US #95

Boys

#1Jason984US #2
#2Michael949US #1
#3Christopher708US #3
#4David683US #4
#5Ryan573US #16
#6Matthew550US #9
#7James526US #5
#8Joshua516US #18
#9Robert515US #7
#10Brian482US #8
#11Jeremy472US #14
#12John446US #6
#13Daniel411US #10
#14Aaron364US #30
#15Joseph350US #12
#16Jeffrey332US #17
#17Eric331US #13
#18Justin321US #33
#19Scott320US #24
#20William290US #11
#21Kevin284US #15
#22Andrew282US #27
#23Richard271US #19
#24Benjamin257US #32
#25Steven257US #20
#26Timothy244US #21
#27Mark228US #25
#28Paul221US #28
#29Travis217US #46
#30Thomas216US #23
#31Adam214US #36
#32Anthony210US #22
#33Chad206US #29
#34Nathan203US #39
#35Jesse191US #55
#36Shawn191US #34
#37Sean183US #42
#38Jonathan180US #31
#39Brandon171US #40
#40Charles167US #26
#41Gregory165US #35
#42Jacob161US #63
#43Shane143US #57
#44Kenneth142US #38
#45Bryan133US #43
#46Donald128US #47
#47Patrick128US #41
#48Todd118US #50
#49Kyle116US #80
#50Peter113US #54
#51Bradley110US #51
#52Douglas110US #56
#53Joel108US #72
#54Gabriel103US #81
#55Erik102US #94
#56Stephen100US #37
#57Craig95US #61
#58Samuel95US #59
#59Jeremiah93US #93
#60Ronald89US #49
#61Casey84US #123
#62Zachary84US #97
#63Brent83US #78
#64Dustin83US #82
#65Ian83US #135
#66Jeffery83US #76
#67Edward79US #45
#68Gary76US #52
#69Keith76US #48
#70Jamie74US #62
#71Troy74US #73
#72Tyler71US #179
#73Jose68US #44
#74Cory67US #83
#75Seth66US #128
#76Corey64US #64
#77Raymond63US #65
#78Brett61US #109
#79Jared61US #90
#80Phillip61US #69
#81Randy61US #79
#82Derek60US #84
#83George58US #53
#84Nathaniel58US #114
#85Nicholas57US #77
#86Jon56US #111
#87Kelly56US #158
#88Dennis55US #66
#89Terry55US #75
#90Alexander54US #107
#91Tony54US #86
#92Frank53US #68
#93Trevor53US #182
#94Philip50US #89
#95Curtis47US #105
#96Marcus47US #74
#97Jerry45US #67
#98Cameron44
#99Christian44US #112
#100Jay44US #126

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑38Gabriel#54
↑28Zachary#62
↑25Monica#45
↑24Jamie#11
↑19Emily#36
↑19Phillip#80
↑18Allison#73
↑17Brandy#43

Falling

↓32Kristen#86
↓27Robin#95
↓25Patricia#76
↓24Kristin#87
↓23Susan#82
↓21Brenda#62
↓19Shawna#84
↓19Theresa#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.