State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,733 Washington births in 1978 across 1,135 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#90Cameronoutside the national top 200
#96Tysonoutside the national top 200
#100Colinoutside the national top 200
#78Trevor#169 nationally
#61Tyler#150 nationally
#95Isaac#167 nationally
#90Shawna#161 nationally
#70Kari#137 nationally
#95Rachael#162 nationally
#96Krista#156 nationally
#98Kristine#157 nationally
#85Molly#142 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,058US #1
#2Sarah524US #8
#3Jessica490US #3
#4Heather467US #5
#5Melissa466US #2
#6Angela445US #7
#7Amy395US #4
#8Michelle360US #9
#9Christina327US #15
#10Nicole307US #10
#11Lisa288US #11
#12Amanda273US #6
#13Stephanie272US #16
#14Andrea271US #23
#15Elizabeth268US #14
#16Erin256US #21
#17Kimberly250US #13
#18Amber234US #30
#19Sara230US #28
#20Rachel226US #25
#21Rebecca226US #17
#22Jamie223US #20
#23Kelly220US #12
#24Shannon209US #22
#25Crystal204US #18
#26Julie175US #26
#27Emily173US #33
#28Laura169US #19
#29Megan165US #41
#30April160US #27
#31Carrie152US #35
#32Heidi143US #83
#33Katherine129US #38
#34Tara129US #40
#35Danielle127US #31
#36Anna124US #65
#37Mary123US #24
#38Tiffany121US #32
#39Christine115US #29
#40Erica114US #34
#41Kathryn114US #57
#42Kristina112US #64
#43Katie110US #90
#44Alicia109US #58
#45Holly105US #55
#46Maria103US #36
#47Stacy101US #44
#48Wendy94US #56
#49Dawn92US #52
#50Tanya90US #82
#51Brandy89US #37
#52Karen88US #39
#53Tina88US #45
#54Misty87US #43
#55Jill84US #46
#56Monica83US #42
#57Jaime80US #70
#58Lindsay79US #95
#59Leah78US #108
#60Teresa78US #88
#61Brandi76US #61
#62Allison74US #75
#63Kathleen74US #79
#64Melanie74US #54
#65Tracy73US #47
#66Katrina72US #122
#67Melinda71US #84
#68Kristen70US #62
#69Stacey70US #53
#70Kari68US #137
#71Tamara67US #105
#72Cynthia66US #50
#73Nichole65US #116
#74Kristin64US #78
#75Renee64US #99
#76Julia63US #112
#77Robin63US #89
#78Samantha63US #74
#79Courtney62US #68
#80Jenny62US #111
#81Kristy62US #51
#82Patricia62US #48
#83Brenda60US #103
#84Dana60US #71
#85Molly60US #142
#86Brooke59US #115
#87Lori59US #60
#88Susan59US #49
#89Christy58US #59
#90Shawna58US #161
#91Theresa57US #101
#92Alison56US #123
#93Anne56US #119
#94Leslie56US #63
#95Rachael56US #162
#96Krista55US #156
#97Lindsey55US #153
#98Kristine54US #157
#99Sandra54US #69
#100Natalie52US #66

Boys

#1Michael1,046US #1
#2Jason888US #2
#3Christopher811US #3
#4David697US #4
#5Ryan687US #14
#6Joshua666US #12
#7James585US #5
#8Matthew574US #6
#9Brian542US #9
#10John520US #7
#11Daniel499US #11
#12Robert496US #8
#13Jeremy466US #18
#14Joseph413US #10
#15Aaron385US #32
#16Nicholas379US #25
#17Jeffrey357US #19
#18Andrew344US #22
#19Justin338US #28
#20Timothy328US #17
#21William326US #13
#22Eric320US #16
#23Adam317US #29
#24Benjamin316US #34
#25Kevin309US #15
#26Scott303US #30
#27Steven279US #24
#28Richard275US #21
#29Jacob262US #50
#30Anthony250US #20
#31Nathan249US #36
#32Mark246US #26
#33Paul230US #33
#34Thomas227US #23
#35Brandon225US #40
#36Charles207US #27
#37Travis202US #46
#38Jesse197US #51
#39Sean195US #45
#40Kyle191US #63
#41Jonathan190US #31
#42Chad185US #35
#43Shawn181US #39
#44Bryan147US #43
#45Patrick145US #42
#46Shane142US #65
#47Shaun136US #52
#48Kenneth135US #41
#49Jared126US #72
#50Peter126US #54
#51Gregory124US #38
#52Erik115US #85
#53Stephen114US #37
#54Dustin113US #68
#55Donald108US #48
#56Casey107US #92
#57Todd107US #56
#58Jeremiah104US #81
#59Joel102US #74
#60Samuel98US #57
#61Tyler97US #150
#62Douglas96US #59
#63Seth92US #106
#64Cory91US #73
#65Jeffery87US #80
#66Zachary85US #89
#67Ian83US #117
#68Derek82US #75
#69Jose81US #44
#70Craig80US #66
#71Keith79US #49
#72Corey75US #61
#73Kristopher75US #104
#74Gabriel74US #90
#75Edward72US #47
#76Gary71US #60
#77Russell70US #93
#78Trevor68US #169
#79Bradley67US #53
#80Nathaniel64US #94
#81Randy64US #86
#82Curtis63US #96
#83Troy63US #88
#84Ronald62US #55
#85Lucas61US #136
#86George60US #58
#87Raymond60US #69
#88Dennis59US #71
#89Brett57US #112
#90Cameron55
#91Philip55US #84
#92Brent54US #87
#93Marcus54US #70
#94Phillip54US #67
#95Isaac51US #167
#96Tyson51
#97Alexander50US #98
#98Cody50US #152
#99Larry50US #64
#100Colin49

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑34Shaun#47
↑29Nicholas#16
↑26Kathryn#41
↑24Tina#53
↑24Jared#49
↑23Brandi#61
↑23Nichole#73
↑23Robin#77

Falling

↓36Shawna#90
↓27Patricia#82
↓24Brent#92
↓23Ronald#84
↓21Molly#85
↓19Jaime#57
↓19Kari#70
↓18Leslie#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.