State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,507 Washington births in 1986 across 1,293 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#97Bryceoutside the national top 200
#98Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#35Kelsey#112 nationally
#82Colin#158 nationally
#79Brianna#154 nationally
#96Kari#170 nationally
#92Spencer#164 nationally
#66Heidi#131 nationally
#71Cameron#135 nationally
#78Taylor#136 nationally
#84Mathew#141 nationally
#94Anne#151 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica895US #1
#2Ashley799US #2
#3Amanda710US #3
#4Jennifer671US #4
#5Sarah588US #5
#6Nicole423US #7
#7Stephanie408US #6
#8Megan387US #11
#9Rachel382US #15
#10Amber338US #13
#11Heather332US #9
#12Elizabeth314US #10
#13Melissa314US #12
#14Michelle293US #23
#15Brittany287US #8
#16Danielle279US #16
#17Laura263US #20
#18Samantha263US #21
#19Emily262US #24
#20Amy256US #22
#21Christina254US #19
#22Sara252US #27
#23Katie221US #38
#24Kimberly218US #18
#25Rebecca212US #26
#26Erin210US #30
#27Jamie210US #34
#28Andrea206US #36
#29Katherine206US #28
#30Crystal205US #25
#31Whitney201US #32
#32Lindsey189US #39
#33Tiffany189US #17
#34Angela182US #33
#35Kelsey181US #112
#36Lisa163US #40
#37Lauren158US #14
#38Alicia154US #45
#39Courtney149US #35
#40Allison135US #42
#41Erica134US #31
#42Chelsea133US #73
#43Kathryn133US #48
#44Anna132US #51
#45Kristina131US #62
#46Cassandra128US #60
#47Lindsay127US #46
#48Mary122US #37
#49Kelly120US #29
#50Shannon120US #44
#51Holly117US #63
#52Kristen117US #41
#53Christine108US #47
#54Kristin108US #50
#55Natalie104US #52
#56Kayla102US #64
#57Alyssa101US #85
#58Krystal99US #61
#59Monica94US #59
#60Vanessa94US #43
#61Maria93US #49
#62Caitlin90US #69
#63Tara90US #56
#64Julie87US #58
#65Kathleen87US #68
#66Heidi86US #131
#67Krista86US #93
#68Leah84US #78
#69Bethany83US #91
#70Alexandra82US #72
#71Jacqueline82US #57
#72Hannah80US #82
#73Rachael80US #103
#74Victoria80US #54
#75Natasha77US #70
#76Brittney76US #65
#77April75US #53
#78Nichole75US #105
#79Brianna74US #154
#80Lacey73US #121
#81Jenna72US #55
#82Meghan71US #71
#83Mallory70US #83
#84Erika67US #74
#85Marissa66US #115
#86Alisha65US #125
#87Molly65US #110
#88Kendra64US #101
#89Patricia64US #66
#90Julia63US #88
#91Brandi59US #79
#92Catherine58US #67
#93Katrina58US #99
#94Anne57US #151
#95Teresa57US #139
#96Kari55US #170
#97Morgan55US #113
#98Shawna53
#99Ashlee52US #132
#100Kara52US #102

Boys

#1Michael987US #1
#2Christopher942US #2
#3Matthew789US #3
#4Joshua781US #4
#5Andrew756US #8
#6Ryan672US #11
#7Daniel647US #6
#8David638US #5
#9Nicholas566US #17
#10Kyle565US #23
#11Brandon537US #13
#12James498US #7
#13Robert483US #9
#14Jacob482US #31
#15Joseph475US #12
#16Justin466US #14
#17John459US #10
#18Tyler442US #40
#19Brian430US #20
#20Jason398US #18
#21Anthony388US #19
#22Kevin355US #21
#23Jonathan352US #16
#24Adam343US #24
#25Aaron330US #33
#26Benjamin329US #30
#27Jeffrey323US #32
#28Steven314US #25
#29Jeremy313US #28
#30William309US #15
#31Zachary305US #38
#32Eric303US #22
#33Sean286US #37
#34Timothy280US #27
#35Nathan258US #43
#36Alexander252US #41
#37Thomas245US #26
#38Patrick239US #39
#39Jesse237US #48
#40Richard232US #29
#41Scott228US #44
#42Travis199US #49
#43Dustin193US #42
#44Derek184US #57
#45Jordan181US #53
#46Mark180US #35
#47Paul176US #45
#48Stephen174US #36
#49Jared173US #58
#50Charles170US #34
#51Cody167US #56
#52Samuel166US #52
#53Bryan165US #47
#54Shawn148US #55
#55Bradley137US #54
#56Gregory137US #46
#57Chad135US #59
#58Kenneth134US #50
#59Casey133US #83
#60Cory130US #68
#61Peter129US #60
#62Trevor123US #98
#63Shane118US #67
#64Alex115US #64
#65Joel115US #72
#66Evan114US #81
#67Ian107US #85
#68Brett101US #69
#69Corey99US #62
#70Nathaniel97US #78
#71Cameron95US #135
#72Erik95US #92
#73Brent86US #94
#74Marcus86US #63
#75Blake85US #101
#76Jose84US #51
#77Keith82US #66
#78Taylor82US #136
#79Donald81US #71
#80Curtis75US #100
#81Austin73US #90
#82Colin73US #158
#83Devin72US #113
#84Mathew71US #141
#85Philip70US #86
#86Lucas69US #126
#87Garrett68US #117
#88Seth68US #97
#89Ronald67US #75
#90Douglas66US #82
#91Jeffery66US #102
#92Spencer64US #164
#93Mitchell63US #105
#94Edward62US #61
#95Jeremiah62US #118
#96Drew61US #138
#97Bryce59
#98Craig59US #80
#99Gabriel59US #95
#100Todd59US #110

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑30Alexandra#70
↑25Natalie#55
↑17Samantha#18
↑17Monica#59
↑17Brent#73
↑16Donald#79
↑12Allison#40
↑12Hannah#72

Falling

↓33Katrina#93
↓26Craig#98
↓23Meghan#82
↓22Tara#63
↓18Alisha#86
↓17Jenna#81
↓16Julie#64
↓16Patricia#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.