State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,944 Washington births in 1980 across 1,257 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#92Cameronoutside the national top 200
#93Shawna#188 nationally
#96Kristine#189 nationally
#67Molly#133 nationally
#97Trisha#161 nationally
#98Rebekah#162 nationally
#51Tyler#114 nationally
#94Trevor#155 nationally
#63Krista#121 nationally
#85Rachael#142 nationally
#99Isaac#150 nationally
#42Lindsey#91 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,061US #1
#2Sarah686US #5
#3Jessica616US #3
#4Melissa561US #4
#5Amanda526US #2
#6Heather450US #6
#7Angela388US #12
#8Amy378US #8
#9Michelle373US #10
#10Elizabeth370US #9
#11Stephanie354US #13
#12Nicole346US #7
#13Lisa328US #16
#14Erin316US #20
#15Megan301US #30
#16Rebecca298US #17
#17Kimberly294US #11
#18Christina290US #15
#19Amber284US #22
#20Rachel283US #23
#21Tiffany279US #14
#22Crystal263US #18
#23Sara260US #27
#24Jamie255US #24
#25Andrea228US #28
#26Shannon225US #29
#27Emily212US #31
#28Katie193US #44
#29Laura193US #21
#30Mary193US #25
#31Anna190US #55
#32Julie185US #32
#33Heidi184US #79
#34Kelly173US #19
#35Katherine171US #35
#36Danielle159US #33
#37April147US #26
#38Alicia143US #47
#39Kristina141US #73
#40Brooke128US #57
#41Christine125US #41
#42Lindsey122US #91
#43Courtney119US #48
#44Lindsay119US #71
#45Misty119US #49
#46Tara116US #43
#47Kathryn113US #50
#48Erica112US #34
#49Maria112US #36
#50Kristin106US #37
#51Brandy103US #42
#52Leah103US #84
#53Allison99US #59
#54Carrie97US #46
#55Ashley95US #40
#56Holly92US #52
#57Nichole92US #102
#58Kristen89US #39
#59Tanya87US #88
#60Monica86US #45
#61Vanessa86US #69
#62Katrina84US #90
#63Krista84US #121
#64Erika83US #87
#65Patricia81US #51
#66Leslie78US #61
#67Molly77US #133
#68Samantha77US #58
#69Anne76US #112
#70Brandi76US #63
#71Dawn76US #67
#72Lauren76US #38
#73Susan75US #62
#74Karen74US #54
#75Wendy74US #75
#76Jill73US #66
#77Teresa72US #94
#78Tracy71US #56
#79Kathleen70US #82
#80Jaime67US #116
#81Melanie67US #60
#82Natalie67US #65
#83Stacy67US #53
#84Melinda65US #92
#85Rachael65US #142
#86Kelli64US #125
#87Catherine62US #77
#88Jenny62US #117
#89Tamara62US #108
#90Bethany61US #124
#91Julia58US #98
#92Miranda58US #128
#93Shawna58US #188
#94Brenda57US #115
#95Dana57US #68
#96Kristine57US #189
#97Trisha57US #161
#98Rebekah56US #162
#99Tina56US #72
#100Jacqueline55US #81

Boys

#1Michael1,124US #1
#2Jason916US #3
#3Christopher879US #2
#4Joshua840US #7
#5Matthew803US #6
#6David776US #4
#7Ryan748US #15
#8Justin661US #13
#9James611US #5
#10Daniel580US #11
#11Robert548US #9
#12John542US #8
#13Joseph518US #10
#14Nicholas503US #17
#15Brian493US #12
#16Andrew483US #19
#17Jeremy431US #18
#18Adam402US #22
#19Eric387US #16
#20Benjamin384US #32
#21Aaron377US #34
#22Brandon377US #31
#23Jeffrey364US #27
#24William353US #14
#25Jacob350US #43
#26Timothy336US #20
#27Jesse330US #45
#28Kevin318US #23
#29Jonathan315US #21
#30Anthony296US #24
#31Nathan293US #36
#32Steven277US #28
#33Travis276US #37
#34Richard273US #26
#35Thomas272US #25
#36Scott258US #33
#37Mark249US #30
#38Chad233US #39
#39Kyle228US #57
#40Sean223US #48
#41Charles219US #29
#42Derek204US #50
#43Dustin202US #44
#44Paul202US #35
#45Patrick198US #38
#46Erik171US #64
#47Shawn165US #47
#48Shane163US #69
#49Peter156US #55
#50Kenneth155US #41
#51Tyler149US #114
#52Jared141US #61
#53Bryan140US #49
#54Gregory139US #42
#55Joel138US #67
#56Stephen138US #40
#57Zachary131US #72
#58Ian130US #104
#59Bradley125US #51
#60Casey121US #93
#61Donald111US #53
#62Samuel111US #54
#63Jeremiah108US #76
#64Douglas106US #62
#65Todd102US #75
#66Luke99US #97
#67Seth99US #99
#68Brett94US #96
#69Brent92US #84
#70Nathaniel90US #86
#71Gabriel87US #85
#72Cory83US #83
#73Edward83US #52
#74Lucas83US #98
#75Keith82US #56
#76Corey81US #68
#77Shaun81US #79
#78Gary79US #63
#79Troy79US #106
#80Alexander75US #91
#81Randy75US #87
#82Phillip74US #65
#83Jose73US #46
#84Curtis72US #89
#85Ronald71US #58
#86Russell71US #92
#87Craig70US #73
#88Philip66US #82
#89Raymond66US #66
#90Carl64US #103
#91Jeffery64US #90
#92Cameron62
#93Kristopher61US #138
#94Trevor61US #155
#95Marcus60US #71
#96Dennis59US #80
#97Jay58US #141
#98Wesley57US #95
#99Isaac55US #150
#100George53US #60

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑36Courtney#43
↑27Erika#64
↑25Derek#42
↑24Samantha#68
↑22Kristin#50
↑21Nathaniel#70
↑20Kristen#58
↑20Anne#69

Falling

↓36Stacy#83
↓31Melanie#81
↓27Shawna#93
↓24Tina#99
↓23Dawn#71
↓22Tamara#89
↓20Karen#74
↓19Kristopher#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.