State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,378 Washington births in 1981 across 1,285 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#74Shawna#198 nationally
#72Trevor#155 nationally
#89Desiree#171 nationally
#94Caleb#175 nationally
#76Kari#145 nationally
#97Trisha#164 nationally
#82Kristopher#146 nationally
#85Rebekah#149 nationally
#68Kelli#126 nationally
#42Tyler#96 nationally
#58Nichole#109 nationally
#99Isaac#150 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,085US #1
#2Jessica788US #2
#3Sarah725US #4
#4Amanda565US #3
#5Melissa536US #5
#6Nicole429US #7
#7Stephanie413US #8
#8Michelle381US #11
#9Amy379US #6
#10Angela367US #15
#11Heather365US #10
#12Elizabeth353US #9
#13Rachel329US #22
#14Erin317US #19
#15Amber316US #20
#16Rebecca312US #12
#17Crystal293US #16
#18Christina288US #17
#19Kimberly275US #13
#20Andrea274US #24
#21Lisa269US #18
#22Megan269US #33
#23Tiffany256US #14
#24Jamie247US #28
#25Sara242US #26
#26Emily238US #29
#27Laura230US #21
#28Shannon213US #32
#29Danielle208US #30
#30Katie201US #44
#31Kristin180US #31
#32Mary180US #27
#33Katherine176US #39
#34Kelly173US #23
#35Anna171US #54
#36Lindsay170US #47
#37Julie160US #37
#38Heidi157US #84
#39Lindsey154US #58
#40Courtney150US #43
#41Erica128US #36
#42April123US #25
#43Brooke123US #52
#44Christine122US #42
#45Alicia121US #46
#46Tara119US #45
#47Kristen117US #38
#48Leah114US #81
#49Maria114US #40
#50Kathryn113US #48
#51Kristina110US #72
#52Brandy106US #41
#53Holly99US #63
#54Katrina95US #95
#55Kathleen91US #82
#56Ashley88US #34
#57Allison87US #57
#58Nichole87US #109
#59Natalie84US #60
#60Misty82US #61
#61Stacy82US #65
#62Carrie81US #55
#63Samantha81US #51
#64Patricia80US #53
#65Teresa80US #97
#66Lauren77US #35
#67Leslie77US #56
#68Kelli76US #126
#69Julia72US #88
#70Tanya72US #92
#71Tracy72US #77
#72Dawn71US #79
#73Renee71US #98
#74Shawna71US #198
#75Brandi69US #50
#76Kari69US #145
#77Susan69US #71
#78Vanessa69US #62
#79Bethany68US #114
#80Monica68US #49
#81Cassandra67US #104
#82Anne66US #105
#83Karen66US #64
#84Melanie66US #66
#85Rebekah66US #149
#86Sandra66US #74
#87Wendy66US #90
#88Erika64US #93
#89Desiree63US #171
#90Diana63US #75
#91Rachael63US #132
#92Jill61US #78
#93Miranda60US #128
#94Molly60US #135
#95Jaime59US #124
#96Theresa59US #100
#97Trisha59US #164
#98Jenny57US #123
#99Tina57US #80
#100Victoria57US #87

Boys

#1Michael1,178US #1
#2Christopher1,012US #2
#3Joshua938US #6
#4Ryan799US #13
#5Matthew789US #3
#6David755US #5
#7Jason754US #4
#8Daniel593US #10
#9James585US #7
#10Justin584US #12
#11Robert569US #9
#12Joseph535US #11
#13Andrew517US #18
#14John515US #8
#15Brian502US #14
#16Nicholas491US #21
#17Aaron462US #30
#18Brandon458US #19
#19Adam435US #20
#20Jeffrey400US #29
#21Benjamin395US #32
#22Jeremy386US #22
#23Jacob368US #43
#24Jesse363US #37
#25Jonathan351US #16
#26William349US #15
#27Timothy332US #24
#28Eric329US #17
#29Kevin315US #25
#30Scott305US #34
#31Anthony295US #23
#32Nathan289US #36
#33Travis283US #40
#34Steven282US #28
#35Thomas279US #26
#36Sean258US #44
#37Kyle257US #52
#38Richard255US #27
#39Mark250US #33
#40Paul226US #35
#41Dustin220US #42
#42Tyler196US #96
#43Patrick192US #38
#44Charles188US #31
#45Bryan167US #48
#46Derek162US #53
#47Kenneth156US #41
#48Casey152US #85
#49Jared149US #57
#50Shawn149US #49
#51Stephen149US #39
#52Chad143US #47
#53Zachary139US #63
#54Peter138US #55
#55Shane137US #81
#56Gregory128US #46
#57Samuel128US #54
#58Joel124US #65
#59Erik119US #76
#60Seth112US #95
#61Ian111US #101
#62Lucas109US #89
#63Jordan108US #102
#64Bradley105US #50
#65Jeremiah104US #77
#66Gabriel101US #87
#67Nathaniel96US #80
#68Brett93US #79
#69Alexander91US #70
#70Corey91US #69
#71Luke90US #100
#72Trevor90US #155
#73Brent88US #88
#74Donald87US #56
#75Shaun87US #86
#76Todd87US #74
#77Jose86US #45
#78Jeffery83US #93
#79Phillip83US #66
#80Philip82US #84
#81Craig78US #72
#82Kristopher77US #146
#83Cory76US #90
#84Keith76US #58
#85Douglas74US #64
#86Edward71US #51
#87Ronald70US #59
#88Curtis69US #94
#89Randy67US #91
#90Cody66US #119
#91Raymond64US #68
#92Evan63US #139
#93Marcus63US #67
#94Caleb62US #175
#95Jon62US #132
#96Gary61US #62
#97Juan61US #60
#98Troy60US #114
#99Isaac59US #150
#100Alan58US #112

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑24Kathleen#55
↑23Natalie#59
↑22Stacy#61
↑22Julia#69
↑22Trevor#72
↑19Kristin#31
↑19Shawna#74
↑18Kelli#68

Falling

↓27Molly#94
↓24Erika#88
↓21Douglas#85
↓20Monica#80
↓19Troy#98
↓18Gary#96
↓17Vanessa#78
↓16Jill#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.