State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,903 Washington births in 1987 across 1,318 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#78Bryce#195 nationally
#95Carly#196 nationally
#100Levi#193 nationally
#96Chelsey#186 nationally
#77Mathew#140 nationally
#60Brianna#122 nationally
#85Heidi#144 nationally
#89Dylan#141 nationally
#73Spencer#124 nationally
#68Lacey#117 nationally
#93Chase#139 nationally
#87Kelli#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica884US #1
#2Ashley864US #2
#3Amanda815US #3
#4Sarah630US #5
#5Jennifer556US #4
#6Nicole416US #8
#7Stephanie383US #6
#8Megan366US #12
#9Heather362US #9
#10Rachel362US #17
#11Elizabeth352US #10
#12Amber333US #15
#13Samantha314US #11
#14Melissa292US #13
#15Brittany289US #7
#16Danielle286US #14
#17Emily263US #19
#18Michelle257US #21
#19Laura241US #22
#20Christina240US #20
#21Sara230US #29
#22Kayla228US #27
#23Amy222US #24
#24Kelsey219US #67
#25Rebecca219US #25
#26Tiffany216US #18
#27Katherine207US #28
#28Andrea204US #36
#29Lauren201US #16
#30Crystal195US #26
#31Kimberly194US #23
#32Whitney190US #32
#33Angela186US #35
#34Jamie181US #39
#35Chelsea179US #47
#36Katie174US #38
#37Erin173US #34
#38Anna161US #52
#39Lindsey160US #41
#40Alicia148US #46
#41Allison147US #44
#42Courtney138US #33
#43Erica134US #31
#44Mary134US #37
#45Kathryn129US #51
#46Kelly128US #30
#47Cassandra126US #68
#48Lisa126US #40
#49Hannah118US #66
#50Kristina116US #62
#51Alyssa113US #60
#52Caitlin106US #63
#53Shannon106US #45
#54Vanessa106US #43
#55Kristen103US #42
#56Lindsay103US #49
#57Holly102US #71
#58Tara100US #69
#59Maria97US #53
#60Brianna93US #122
#61Christine93US #48
#62Kristin93US #55
#63Kathleen92US #72
#64Brittney91US #61
#65Alexandra90US #59
#66Leah90US #82
#67April87US #58
#68Lacey86US #117
#69Victoria86US #50
#70Krystal84US #70
#71Nichole84US #111
#72Kendra81US #77
#73Jenna80US #57
#74Natalie80US #56
#75Julie78US #65
#76Patricia77US #76
#77Bethany76US #87
#78Katrina75US #105
#79Monica75US #64
#80Jacqueline72US #54
#81Molly72US #97
#82Natasha70US #73
#83Rachael69US #98
#84Mallory66US #91
#85Heidi65US #144
#86Erika64US #75
#87Kelli64US #131
#88Catherine63US #74
#89Julia63US #86
#90Alisha62US #118
#91Krista62US #108
#92Alison59US #100
#93Meghan58US #78
#94Brandy57US #92
#95Carly56US #196
#96Chelsey55US #186
#97Dana55US #83
#98Stacy55US #101
#99Brooke54US #94
#100Jillian53US #99

Boys

#1Michael1,076US #1
#2Christopher853US #2
#3Matthew803US #3
#4Andrew783US #6
#5Joshua764US #4
#6Ryan643US #13
#7David640US #5
#8Daniel603US #7
#9Kyle593US #22
#10Justin584US #9
#11Nicholas521US #16
#12Brandon497US #14
#13Robert492US #10
#14James491US #8
#15Tyler435US #39
#16Jacob430US #31
#17Joseph429US #12
#18John415US #11
#19Kevin396US #19
#20Jason373US #23
#21Anthony371US #17
#22Eric353US #21
#23Brian351US #20
#24Aaron350US #34
#25Jonathan333US #18
#26Benjamin329US #28
#27Steven323US #25
#28Sean316US #40
#29Jeremy311US #29
#30Timothy303US #26
#31Thomas302US #24
#32Zachary301US #33
#33William299US #15
#34Jeffrey286US #32
#35Nathan284US #45
#36Adam275US #27
#37Alexander275US #37
#38Travis256US #42
#39Richard246US #30
#40Derek244US #54
#41Scott241US #43
#42Jordan233US #52
#43Jesse231US #55
#44Patrick222US #41
#45Cody219US #49
#46Mark185US #36
#47Stephen177US #38
#48Paul174US #46
#49Dustin172US #44
#50Samuel169US #50
#51Jared163US #58
#52Charles160US #35
#53Bryan156US #51
#54Ian143US #81
#55Shane131US #65
#56Cameron129US #96
#57Bradley128US #56
#58Peter128US #64
#59Corey127US #57
#60Chad125US #63
#61Joel123US #75
#62Alex122US #60
#63Kenneth121US #53
#64Evan118US #83
#65Cory116US #62
#66Austin115US #76
#67Gregory114US #47
#68Nathaniel111US #78
#69Trevor111US #93
#70Casey107US #80
#71Marcus105US #67
#72Shawn99US #59
#73Spencer96US #124
#74Taylor96US #117
#75Jose91US #48
#76Erik90US #94
#77Mathew86US #140
#78Bryce85US #195
#79Curtis79US #100
#80Keith79US #69
#81Mitchell79US #101
#82Phillip79US #68
#83Seth79US #89
#84Garrett78US #113
#85Brett77US #71
#86Devin77US #99
#87Blake74US #106
#88Caleb71US #115
#89Dylan71US #141
#90Brent70US #103
#91Luke70US #111
#92Douglas69US #85
#93Chase66US #139
#94Donald66US #70
#95Edward66US #61
#96Craig65US #88
#97Gabriel65US #98
#98Colin63US #134
#99Philip63US #84
#100Levi60US #193

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑34Kayla#22
↑23Hannah#49
↑19Brianna#60
↑19Spencer#73
↑19Bryce#78
↑16Kendra#72
↑15Katrina#78
↑15Cameron#56

Falling

↓24Krista#91
↓20Monica#79
↓19Natalie#74
↓19Heidi#85
↓18Shawn#72
↓17Brett#85
↓17Brent#90
↓16Colin#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.