State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,222 Washington births in 1984 across 1,240 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#50Kelsey#177 nationally
#87Brianna#197 nationally
#96Bryceoutside the national top 200
#98Carlyoutside the national top 200
#99Tysonoutside the national top 200
#93Taylor#180 nationally
#79Cameron#164 nationally
#80Garrett#156 nationally
#64Alisha#123 nationally
#70Hannah#126 nationally
#81Kristopher#137 nationally
#97Drew#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer876US #1
#2Jessica792US #2
#3Amanda603US #4
#4Sarah574US #5
#5Ashley523US #3
#6Stephanie451US #6
#7Nicole438US #7
#8Heather391US #9
#9Rachel385US #15
#10Melissa383US #8
#11Megan373US #11
#12Amy347US #13
#13Michelle344US #17
#14Elizabeth340US #10
#15Amber312US #18
#16Danielle278US #16
#17Rebecca273US #23
#18Tiffany272US #14
#19Emily270US #24
#20Crystal260US #12
#21Erin258US #25
#22Christina251US #20
#23Angela245US #26
#24Laura237US #19
#25Sara234US #32
#26Andrea224US #28
#27Jamie221US #31
#28Katie219US #44
#29Kimberly219US #22
#30Lindsey210US #35
#31Lisa200US #29
#32Katherine193US #30
#33Shannon168US #37
#34Alicia167US #40
#35Anna161US #57
#36Lindsay161US #36
#37Kelly157US #27
#38Lauren149US #21
#39Tara146US #49
#40Kristina145US #68
#41Mary145US #33
#42Kathryn141US #48
#43Holly139US #53
#44Kristen138US #38
#45Cassandra135US #63
#46Brittany134US #41
#47Samantha130US #39
#48Christine128US #43
#49Allison126US #51
#50Kelsey125US #177
#51Chelsea119US #84
#52Courtney117US #46
#53Julie115US #52
#54Kristin114US #47
#55Heidi107US #101
#56Leah104US #83
#57April103US #42
#58Erica103US #34
#59Jenna101US #54
#60Maria95US #50
#61Vanessa95US #45
#62Nichole93US #97
#63Natalie91US #55
#64Alisha81US #123
#65Kathleen81US #71
#66Patricia81US #66
#67Rachael81US #103
#68Lacey79US #116
#69Sheena79US #80
#70Hannah77US #126
#71Stacy77US #67
#72Victoria77US #59
#73Monica75US #58
#74Krystal74US #74
#75Meghan74US #65
#76Bethany73US #93
#77Jacqueline69US #56
#78Julia69US #87
#79Veronica67US #70
#80Katrina66US #105
#81Natasha66US #77
#82Caitlin65US #118
#83Brandi64US #61
#84Stefanie62US #138
#85Cynthia61US #62
#86Kara61US #95
#87Brianna60US #197
#88Miranda60US #114
#89Molly60US #131
#90Catherine59US #69
#91Leslie59US #75
#92Stacey59US #79
#93Brooke57US #99
#94Kelli57US #147
#95Brandy56US #64
#96Diana56US #72
#97Krista56US #133
#98Carly55
#99Alison54US #110
#100Desiree54US #128

Boys

#1Michael1,101US #1
#2Christopher1,086US #2
#3Matthew857US #3
#4Joshua806US #4
#5Ryan705US #12
#6David685US #5
#7Andrew664US #14
#8Daniel625US #6
#9Brandon563US #15
#10Jason554US #11
#11James543US #7
#12Justin512US #13
#13Joseph495US #10
#14John493US #8
#15Robert493US #9
#16Nicholas484US #20
#17Brian473US #17
#18Adam419US #18
#19Kyle418US #34
#20Aaron405US #29
#21Tyler385US #47
#22Jonathan368US #19
#23Jeffrey363US #28
#24Eric355US #22
#25Anthony349US #21
#26Jacob339US #37
#27Kevin338US #24
#28Benjamin327US #30
#29Steven326US #23
#30Nathan325US #38
#31William322US #16
#32Travis299US #42
#33Thomas292US #25
#34Timothy281US #26
#35Sean273US #43
#36Jesse255US #50
#37Zachary248US #45
#38Richard244US #27
#39Jeremy241US #31
#40Patrick230US #36
#41Scott215US #39
#42Dustin202US #41
#43Stephen189US #35
#44Paul187US #40
#45Mark186US #32
#46Alexander179US #54
#47Jared179US #59
#48Derek175US #52
#49Charles170US #33
#50Bryan166US #48
#51Ian157US #78
#52Jordan157US #65
#53Joel153US #66
#54Gregory152US #44
#55Kenneth152US #46
#56Cody148US #62
#57Samuel147US #55
#58Peter137US #60
#59Casey136US #82
#60Brett124US #72
#61Chad123US #51
#62Shawn118US #56
#63Shane111US #85
#64Bradley108US #53
#65Erik100US #84
#66Seth100US #99
#67Cory93US #83
#68Nathaniel93US #80
#69Trevor91US #115
#70Marcus89US #57
#71Evan87US #98
#72Edward82US #58
#73Brent80US #89
#74Jose80US #49
#75Craig79US #75
#76Donald77US #63
#77Keith73US #61
#78Luke73US #110
#79Cameron72US #164
#80Garrett72US #156
#81Kristopher72US #137
#82Blake70US #103
#83Douglas70US #71
#84Phillip69US #70
#85Todd69US #92
#86Corey68US #69
#87Devin67US #123
#88Troy66US #114
#89Gabriel65US #87
#90Mathew65US #139
#91Ronald65US #67
#92Alex64US #93
#93Taylor62US #180
#94Jeffery61US #94
#95Juan60US #64
#96Bryce59
#97Drew59US #153
#98Raymond59US #73
#99Tyson59
#100Colin58US #152

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑29Kathleen#65
↑26Edward#72
↑21Krystal#74
↑21Seth#66
↑19Kristopher#81
↑16Alexander#46
↑15Rachael#67
↑14Meghan#75

Falling

↓29Desiree#100
↓25Molly#89
↓22Leslie#91
↓22Brandy#95
↓22Colin#100
↓19Jeffery#94
↓17Brandi#83
↓16Kristin#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.