State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,646 Washington births in 1977 across 1,117 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#89Cameronoutside the national top 200
#92Lindsey#194 nationally
#64Tyler#165 nationally
#93Mathew#191 nationally
#77Trevor#168 nationally
#99Geoffrey#185 nationally
#54Shawna#139 nationally
#51Kari#130 nationally
#64Molly#141 nationally
#87Krista#155 nationally
#54Ian#119 nationally
#58Katie#115 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,085US #1
#2Sarah522US #11
#3Heather510US #5
#4Jessica506US #4
#5Amy479US #3
#6Melissa427US #2
#7Angela426US #6
#8Michelle333US #7
#9Lisa324US #12
#10Stephanie269US #14
#11Shannon267US #19
#12Christina266US #16
#13Kelly262US #10
#14Erin254US #23
#15Elizabeth252US #13
#16Jamie251US #18
#17Rebecca251US #17
#18Amanda249US #9
#19Nicole244US #15
#20Kimberly237US #8
#21Amber228US #33
#22Andrea226US #24
#23Sara223US #27
#24Rachel219US #26
#25Julie189US #22
#26Heidi174US #81
#27Laura171US #20
#28Carrie157US #28
#29Danielle152US #31
#30Tara149US #35
#31Megan141US #54
#32Crystal136US #25
#33Mary133US #21
#34Holly131US #52
#35April129US #29
#36Emily127US #37
#37Christine126US #30
#38Jaime121US #46
#39Tiffany120US #34
#40Katherine112US #44
#41Jill106US #41
#42Maria105US #36
#43Anna102US #74
#44Tanya101US #67
#45Karen99US #32
#46Misty99US #40
#47Wendy96US #49
#48Erica92US #38
#49Stacy92US #42
#50Brandy90US #51
#51Kari90US #130
#52Kristina90US #83
#53Dawn89US #43
#54Shawna89US #139
#55Patricia87US #47
#56Melanie83US #53
#57Monica83US #39
#58Katie82US #115
#59Sabrina82US #63
#60Alicia81US #60
#61Teresa80US #79
#62Tamara79US #93
#63Leah78US #112
#64Molly78US #141
#65Kristin77US #82
#66Kathleen76US #80
#67Kathryn74US #70
#68Lindsay72US #110
#69Kelli70US #117
#70Tracy70US #50
#71Susan67US #45
#72Jenny66US #108
#73Tammy66US #55
#74Allison64US #66
#75Stacey64US #56
#76Leslie62US #65
#77Tina62US #58
#78Cynthia61US #48
#79Mandy61US #94
#80Summer61US #119
#81Brenda60US #91
#82Lori59US #57
#83Kristi58US #104
#84Brandi57US #71
#85Courtney57US #76
#86Erika56US #103
#87Krista56US #155
#88Michele56US #77
#89Kristen55US #72
#90Samantha55US #85
#91Aimee54US #127
#92Lindsey54US #194
#93Denise53US #78
#94Kara53US #120
#95Beth52US #97
#96Nichole52US #142
#97Sandra52US #61
#98Alison51US #122
#99Kristy51US #68
#100Robin51US #84

Boys

#1Jason1,005US #2
#2Michael991US #1
#3Christopher767US #3
#4David684US #4
#5Ryan665US #16
#6Matthew641US #9
#7Joshua611US #14
#8James542US #5
#9Jeremy533US #15
#10Brian503US #8
#11John483US #7
#12Robert471US #6
#13Daniel420US #11
#14Joseph420US #10
#15Kevin406US #13
#16Jeffrey354US #19
#17Aaron353US #32
#18Andrew344US #24
#19Eric342US #17
#20Scott303US #27
#21William300US #12
#22Justin289US #30
#23Benjamin282US #29
#24Timothy281US #18
#25Richard275US #20
#26Steven266US #23
#27Nathan256US #36
#28Mark252US #25
#29Anthony251US #21
#30Adam230US #33
#31Travis228US #44
#32Thomas220US #22
#33Jacob215US #56
#34Jonathan213US #28
#35Jesse211US #54
#36Paul201US #31
#37Chad196US #34
#38Sean196US #43
#39Brandon181US #41
#40Shawn177US #37
#41Charles159US #26
#42Bryan154US #42
#43Patrick153US #40
#44Kenneth146US #39
#45Nicholas146US #51
#46Gregory139US #35
#47Shane137US #61
#48Kyle133US #79
#49Todd131US #50
#50Peter122US #55
#51Stephen121US #38
#52Joel120US #73
#53Dustin119US #81
#54Ian106US #119
#55Donald102US #46
#56Corey97US #52
#57Douglas95US #59
#58Erik95US #94
#59Cory93US #67
#60Jeremiah92US #69
#61Ronald92US #53
#62Bradley89US #49
#63Gary89US #58
#64Tyler88US #165
#65Craig87US #64
#66Gabriel86US #87
#67Keith86US #48
#68Brent85US #85
#69Casey83US #102
#70Seth83US #118
#71Zachary82US #95
#72Samuel81US #60
#73Jared77US #76
#74Jeffery73US #78
#75Kristopher73US #113
#76Edward70US #47
#77Trevor69US #168
#78Wesley68US #66
#79Troy67US #88
#80Derek63US #84
#81Shaun63US #103
#82Marcus59US #72
#83Russell59US #89
#84Jon58US #117
#85Juan56US #63
#86Randy56US #86
#87George55US #57
#88Raymond55US #65
#89Cameron52
#90Jose52US #45
#91Phillip52US #70
#92Christian51US #116
#93Mathew51US #191
#94Alexander50US #96
#95Brett50US #109
#96Carl49US #99
#97Jack49US #149
#98Dennis47US #68
#99Geoffrey47US #185
#100Marc47US #101

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑40Nicholas#45
↑30Shawna#54
↑26Molly#64
↑22Kristin#65
↑22Kathleen#66
↑21Patricia#55
↑20Corey#56
↑16Trevor#77

Falling

↓23Michele#88
↓22Stacey#75
↓21Tammy#73
↓21Tina#77
↓21Lori#82
↓20Sandra#97
↓19Brenda#81
↓18Dawn#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.