State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,963 Washington births in 1979 across 1,243 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#66Shawna#177 nationally
#99Kelly#200 nationally
#77Brianne#168 nationally
#53Tyler#131 nationally
#87Trisha#159 nationally
#98Evan#169 nationally
#99Desiree#170 nationally
#83Trevor#153 nationally
#61Krista#130 nationally
#49Lindsey#113 nationally
#80Molly#139 nationally
#94Isaac#151 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,081US #1
#2Sarah598US #6
#3Jessica594US #4
#4Melissa579US #2
#5Angela443US #8
#6Heather435US #7
#7Amanda428US #3
#8Amy396US #5
#9Michelle396US #10
#10Nicole337US #9
#11Lisa334US #13
#12Stephanie326US #15
#13Elizabeth316US #11
#14Amber310US #22
#15Christina273US #14
#16Rebecca272US #17
#17Jamie270US #19
#18Erin267US #21
#19Rachel258US #27
#20Andrea255US #26
#21Kimberly245US #12
#22Sara228US #30
#23Megan219US #31
#24Shannon219US #25
#25Crystal216US #18
#26Julie203US #29
#27Kelly201US #16
#28Laura196US #20
#29Emily172US #34
#30Katherine172US #36
#31Tiffany162US #28
#32Mary161US #24
#33Heidi158US #83
#34April150US #23
#35Danielle143US #33
#36Anna139US #59
#37Katie139US #63
#38Christine137US #35
#39Tara136US #38
#40Alicia127US #47
#41Carrie126US #41
#42Holly121US #48
#43Kristina118US #74
#44Maria107US #37
#45Misty107US #42
#46Erica105US #32
#47Stacy101US #43
#48Dawn98US #57
#49Lindsey97US #113
#50Melanie97US #53
#51Lindsay92US #88
#52Brooke91US #85
#53Kathryn91US #50
#54Karen90US #46
#55Vanessa88US #75
#56Allison87US #70
#57Mindy87US #81
#58Jill83US #52
#59Teresa83US #87
#60Susan82US #51
#61Krista81US #130
#62Monica80US #40
#63Leah78US #98
#64Nichole78US #103
#65Brandy77US #39
#66Shawna77US #177
#67Tamara77US #104
#68Patricia76US #44
#69Wendy76US #64
#70Kathleen75US #84
#71Tracy75US #49
#72Kristin74US #73
#73Jenny73US #120
#74Tanya73US #93
#75Tina72US #58
#76Leslie71US #65
#77Brianne69US #168
#78Kristen69US #62
#79Courtney67US #71
#80Molly67US #139
#81Katrina65US #99
#82Melinda64US #82
#83Natalie64US #68
#84Stacey64US #60
#85Alison63US #102
#86Kristy63US #56
#87Trisha63US #159
#88Cheryl62US #94
#89Anne61US #115
#90Catherine61US #78
#91Erika61US #91
#92Samantha60US #66
#93Jaime58US #97
#94Kristi57US #109
#95Brenda56US #112
#96Cynthia56US #55
#97Theresa56US #100
#98Sabrina55US #106
#99Desiree54US #170
#100Julia53US #122

Boys

#1Michael1,059US #1
#2Christopher937US #2
#3Jason873US #3
#4Joshua834US #9
#5Ryan792US #14
#6David723US #4
#7Matthew698US #6
#8James595US #5
#9Daniel560US #12
#10Robert552US #8
#11Brian528US #10
#12Joseph509US #11
#13John489US #7
#14Jeremy480US #16
#15Nicholas474US #15
#16Justin462US #22
#17Aaron428US #32
#18Andrew420US #20
#19Adam395US #23
#20Jeffrey361US #24
#21Scott344US #29
#22Kevin339US #19
#23Benjamin334US #33
#24Eric332US #17
#25Timothy326US #18
#26William311US #13
#27Steven297US #27
#28Nathan290US #37
#29Jacob286US #45
#30Richard279US #25
#31Travis271US #36
#32Brandon262US #35
#33Mark251US #30
#34Jesse247US #50
#35Thomas242US #26
#36Jonathan239US #31
#37Anthony227US #21
#38Kyle219US #56
#39Patrick211US #39
#40Sean197US #49
#41Charles195US #28
#42Paul193US #34
#43Chad174US #38
#44Shawn157US #43
#45Kenneth156US #41
#46Joel149US #71
#47Bryan148US #46
#48Shane147US #67
#49Dustin144US #62
#50Gregory142US #42
#51Peter140US #53
#52Stephen140US #40
#53Tyler134US #131
#54Erik132US #66
#55Jared131US #65
#56Zachary126US #74
#57Ian123US #107
#58Jeremiah119US #81
#59Casey118US #93
#60Donald110US #51
#61Bradley103US #47
#62Douglas96US #58
#63Todd96US #60
#64Keith94US #52
#65Samuel94US #55
#66Seth94US #101
#67Derek92US #72
#68Luke90US #110
#69Shaun89US #64
#70Brent87US #84
#71Brett86US #98
#72Craig84US #77
#73Gabriel84US #90
#74Kristopher84US #114
#75Cory82US #82
#76Corey80US #63
#77Jeffery78US #87
#78Phillip78US #68
#79Alexander76US #94
#80Lucas76US #108
#81Gary75US #59
#82Edward74US #48
#83Trevor74US #153
#84Russell73US #92
#85Raymond70US #70
#86Curtis69US #91
#87Dennis67US #75
#88Randy66US #86
#89Ronald66US #54
#90Troy63US #99
#91Nathaniel61US #95
#92Carl56US #100
#93George56US #57
#94Isaac56US #151
#95Jay55US #126
#96Jose55US #44
#97Juan55US #61
#98Evan54US #169
#99Kelly54US #200
#100Philip54US #83

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑48Lindsey#49
↑35Krista#61
↑34Brooke#52
↑28Susan#60
↑24Shawna#66
↑22Brent#70
↑18Leslie#76
↑18Bradley#61

Falling

↓36Jaime#93
↓27Jose#96
↓24Tanya#74
↓24Cynthia#96
↓24Julia#100
↓22Tina#75
↓22Shaun#69
↓21Wendy#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.