State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,149 Washington births in 1985 across 1,249 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#44Kelsey#168 nationally
#77Brianna#190 nationally
#88Haley#195 nationally
#94Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#97Bryceoutside the national top 200
#69Cameron#154 nationally
#76Mathew#148 nationally
#86Colin#156 nationally
#58Heidi#125 nationally
#88Taylor#153 nationally
#68Alisha#131 nationally
#96Kendra#154 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica843US #1
#2Jennifer808US #3
#3Ashley710US #2
#4Amanda702US #4
#5Sarah576US #5
#6Nicole488US #7
#7Stephanie427US #6
#8Megan405US #10
#9Rachel386US #13
#10Elizabeth375US #9
#11Heather372US #8
#12Melissa362US #11
#13Amber317US #16
#14Danielle316US #18
#15Michelle313US #22
#16Emily298US #24
#17Amy294US #20
#18Laura277US #14
#19Christina268US #12
#20Rebecca267US #25
#21Erin248US #26
#22Katie232US #39
#23Brittany231US #17
#24Tiffany231US #23
#25Andrea230US #33
#26Kimberly230US #19
#27Angela228US #31
#28Sara226US #30
#29Crystal225US #21
#30Jamie225US #27
#31Katherine212US #32
#32Lindsey201US #37
#33Lisa193US #36
#34Lauren192US #15
#35Samantha178US #29
#36Alicia161US #45
#37Kelly153US #28
#38Kristina145US #57
#39Kathryn144US #48
#40Anna142US #54
#41Tara140US #51
#42Lindsay138US #40
#43Chelsea136US #75
#44Kelsey136US #168
#45Kristen136US #38
#46Shannon132US #41
#47Erica130US #34
#48Julie129US #55
#49Cassandra127US #62
#50Courtney127US #43
#51Mary123US #35
#52Allison120US #46
#53Kristin120US #49
#54Holly119US #56
#55Christine117US #44
#56Vanessa115US #42
#57Krystal109US #53
#58Heidi106US #125
#59Meghan97US #63
#60Katrina95US #93
#61Leah95US #78
#62Kathleen92US #68
#63Nichole92US #95
#64Jenna87US #50
#65Rachael84US #100
#66Caitlin83US #77
#67April81US #47
#68Alisha79US #131
#69Jacqueline79US #60
#70Maria79US #52
#71Lacey78US #124
#72Molly78US #119
#73Patricia78US #64
#74Bethany73US #94
#75Brittney72US #84
#76Monica72US #61
#77Brianna71US #190
#78Julia71US #85
#79Victoria69US #59
#80Natalie67US #58
#81Stacy67US #67
#82Erika65US #80
#83Sheena65US #91
#84Hannah64US #117
#85Natasha63US #79
#86Alison62US #97
#87Brandi62US #69
#88Haley62US #195
#89Morgan62US #127
#90Teresa62US #132
#91Carrie60US #96
#92Dana60US #82
#93Kara60US #98
#94Shawna59
#95Catherine58US #65
#96Kendra58US #154
#97Brandy57US #70
#98Desiree57US #126
#99Leslie57US #76
#100Alexandra56US #92

Boys

#1Christopher1,043US #2
#2Michael1,016US #1
#3Joshua854US #4
#4Matthew850US #3
#5Ryan736US #12
#6David728US #6
#7Andrew639US #11
#8Daniel598US #5
#9Nicholas573US #19
#10James537US #7
#11Brandon532US #13
#12Kyle522US #27
#13Joseph508US #10
#14Robert483US #8
#15Jason469US #14
#16Justin450US #15
#17Tyler429US #43
#18John413US #9
#19Brian401US #18
#20Jacob392US #35
#21Jonathan372US #17
#22Aaron371US #33
#23Adam368US #22
#24Eric364US #21
#25Anthony356US #20
#26Steven351US #24
#27Kevin342US #23
#28Benjamin337US #31
#29Jeffrey333US #29
#30William311US #16
#31Timothy306US #26
#32Zachary297US #39
#33Sean295US #38
#34Thomas289US #25
#35Nathan288US #40
#36Jeremy282US #30
#37Travis255US #46
#38Jesse241US #51
#39Richard230US #28
#40Scott220US #44
#41Mark207US #32
#42Dustin201US #41
#43Alexander198US #50
#44Patrick197US #37
#45Derek188US #56
#46Paul185US #42
#47Charles184US #34
#48Cody183US #52
#49Stephen181US #36
#50Kenneth170US #47
#51Samuel160US #54
#52Bryan149US #48
#53Jordan149US #62
#54Jared148US #58
#55Chad147US #57
#56Joel141US #67
#57Shane133US #68
#58Bradley132US #53
#59Peter131US #60
#60Shawn128US #55
#61Gregory124US #45
#62Casey114US #86
#63Trevor112US #105
#64Ian111US #78
#65Brett110US #70
#66Erik105US #87
#67Cory99US #81
#68Marcus98US #61
#69Cameron97US #154
#70Alex94US #80
#71Nathaniel91US #77
#72Craig87US #79
#73Keith87US #64
#74Evan85US #91
#75Corey84US #63
#76Mathew84US #148
#77Austin83US #107
#78Seth83US #104
#79Blake82US #100
#80Jose82US #49
#81Jeffery81US #96
#82Luke78US #106
#83Curtis77US #98
#84Douglas77US #76
#85Caleb74US #136
#86Colin74US #156
#87Drew72US #126
#88Taylor72US #153
#89Phillip69US #69
#90Brent67US #89
#91Edward67US #59
#92Gabriel64US #92
#93Lucas64US #122
#94Philip64US #84
#95Donald63US #66
#96Raymond62US #75
#97Bryce61
#98Russell60US #110
#99Garrett59US #138
#100Kristopher59US #134

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑23Brittany#23
↑22Alex#70
↑20Katrina#60
↑17Krystal#57
↑17Molly#72
↑16Meghan#59
↑16Caitlin#66
↑14Mathew#76

Falling

↓19Edward#91
↓19Donald#95
↓19Garrett#99
↓19Kristopher#100
↓17Natalie#80
↓17Brent#90
↓14Sheena#83
↓14Hannah#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.