State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,139 Washington births in 1982 across 1,266 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#66Kelseyoutside the national top 200
#88Tysonoutside the national top 200
#68Cameron#178 nationally
#100Carlyoutside the national top 200
#72Chelsea#170 nationally
#69Shawna#162 nationally
#87Morgan#169 nationally
#92Colin#171 nationally
#84Mathew#160 nationally
#55Lacey#125 nationally
#76Trevor#146 nationally
#82Alisha#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer978US #1
#2Jessica790US #2
#3Sarah745US #4
#4Amanda532US #3
#5Melissa494US #5
#6Nicole440US #6
#7Michelle391US #11
#8Stephanie387US #7
#9Amy384US #10
#10Heather366US #12
#11Elizabeth350US #8
#12Crystal333US #9
#13Amber329US #18
#14Rachel326US #21
#15Erin304US #20
#16Sara285US #28
#17Angela279US #16
#18Emily278US #24
#19Rebecca276US #15
#20Christina272US #19
#21Andrea269US #27
#22Tiffany269US #13
#23Kimberly261US #14
#24Megan260US #34
#25Jamie249US #29
#26Lisa247US #23
#27Laura225US #22
#28Danielle213US #31
#29Katherine196US #36
#30Katie194US #45
#31Lindsey180US #40
#32Shannon178US #38
#33Kelly166US #25
#34Anna165US #56
#35Lindsay160US #39
#36Julie157US #41
#37Ashley156US #17
#38Tara156US #47
#39Alicia149US #53
#40Mary149US #30
#41Heidi141US #86
#42Kristin141US #37
#43April139US #32
#44Kristina139US #70
#45Courtney136US #43
#46Erica136US #35
#47Maria124US #42
#48Kristen119US #33
#49Cassandra117US #62
#50Kathryn113US #48
#51Leah112US #79
#52Lauren110US #26
#53Christine109US #46
#54Brandy101US #50
#55Lacey101US #125
#56Holly99US #61
#57Jacqueline98US #54
#58Nichole94US #99
#59Natalie93US #51
#60Allison91US #58
#61Brandi89US #55
#62Samantha89US #44
#63Katrina83US #87
#64Patricia82US #59
#65Kathleen81US #77
#66Kelsey81
#67Melanie80US #65
#68Vanessa80US #49
#69Shawna78US #162
#70Carrie77US #57
#71Molly77US #131
#72Chelsea76US #170
#73Misty76US #74
#74Brittany73US #94
#75Diana73US #63
#76Monica73US #52
#77Bethany72US #112
#78Krystal72US #83
#79Rachael70US #120
#80Natasha69US #71
#81Stacy69US #72
#82Alisha66US #145
#83Leslie66US #60
#84Victoria66US #66
#85Erika65US #81
#86Kelli64US #127
#87Morgan64US #169
#88Dana62US #67
#89Theresa62US #109
#90Julia61US #84
#91Kari61US #136
#92Robin61US #108
#93Jillian60US #96
#94Kara60US #113
#95Catherine59US #73
#96Meghan59US #110
#97Desiree57US #142
#98Valerie57US #75
#99Anne56US #122
#100Carly56

Boys

#1Michael1,138US #1
#2Christopher1,043US #2
#3Matthew903US #3
#4Ryan786US #13
#5Joshua782US #7
#6David751US #5
#7Jason721US #4
#8Justin609US #12
#9Daniel591US #10
#10James564US #6
#11Joseph550US #11
#12Robert545US #9
#13John505US #8
#14Brian495US #14
#15Andrew476US #17
#16Brandon467US #18
#17Nicholas446US #22
#18Adam411US #19
#19Aaron402US #30
#20Jeffrey399US #29
#21Jonathan375US #16
#22Jacob371US #41
#23Jeremy366US #28
#24Benjamin365US #33
#25William355US #15
#26Kevin352US #25
#27Eric321US #20
#28Jesse321US #43
#29Steven318US #26
#30Kyle315US #47
#31Nathan310US #36
#32Timothy306US #24
#33Anthony299US #21
#34Scott297US #34
#35Travis275US #39
#36Tyler269US #66
#37Richard263US #27
#38Thomas238US #23
#39Paul236US #35
#40Sean236US #44
#41Mark228US #32
#42Dustin227US #42
#43Patrick223US #37
#44Charles208US #31
#45Zachary175US #55
#46Jared166US #54
#47Bryan164US #49
#48Derek164US #50
#49Peter156US #57
#50Stephen155US #38
#51Shawn150US #52
#52Chad148US #48
#53Gregory147US #40
#54Ian145US #83
#55Samuel145US #56
#56Erik138US #80
#57Kenneth137US #45
#58Bradley130US #51
#59Casey129US #86
#60Shane127US #84
#61Jordan126US #85
#62Joel118US #69
#63Nathaniel110US #75
#64Alexander106US #65
#65Brett97US #72
#66Donald97US #58
#67Evan92US #108
#68Cameron87US #178
#69Jeffery84US #92
#70Todd84US #82
#71Craig83US #73
#72Lucas82US #106
#73Douglas81US #68
#74Kristopher80US #125
#75Phillip80US #67
#76Trevor79US #146
#77Keith78US #59
#78Brent76US #91
#79Jeremiah75US #89
#80Shaun75US #96
#81Seth74US #102
#82Cory73US #93
#83Jose73US #46
#84Mathew73US #160
#85Ronald73US #60
#86Gabriel72US #88
#87Troy70US #115
#88Tyson70
#89Cody69US #95
#90Marcus69US #63
#91Russell66US #97
#92Colin65US #171
#93Edward64US #53
#94Gary64US #64
#95Corey62US #74
#96Luke62US #119
#97Philip61US #79
#98Noah59US #154
#99Randy58US #94
#100Isaac56US #151

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑32Cassandra#49
↑25Evan#67
↑23Molly#71
↑19Ashley#37
↑17Melanie#67
↑16Victoria#84
↑15Diana#75
↑14Lauren#52

Falling

↓25Corey#95
↓25Luke#96
↓21Julia#90
↓21Seth#81
↓20Stacy#81
↓20Gabriel#86
↓18Kelli#86
↓17Anne#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.