State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,507 Washington births in 1988 across 1,349 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#91Breannaoutside the national top 200
#99Kirstenoutside the national top 200
#89Bryce#179 nationally
#91Levi#174 nationally
#81Heidi#162 nationally
#75Mathew#142 nationally
#79Ashlee#133 nationally
#95Chelsey#149 nationally
#67Spencer#114 nationally
#82Alisha#126 nationally
#21Kelsey#64 nationally
#73Nichole#115 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica930US #1
#2Ashley853US #2
#3Amanda780US #3
#4Sarah564US #4
#5Jennifer480US #5
#6Nicole427US #9
#7Stephanie426US #7
#8Samantha389US #8
#9Brittany368US #6
#10Elizabeth345US #10
#11Megan339US #12
#12Rachel338US #19
#13Heather311US #14
#14Kayla299US #20
#15Emily293US #18
#16Melissa283US #16
#17Amber282US #15
#18Michelle279US #21
#19Danielle278US #17
#20Tiffany251US #13
#21Kelsey231US #64
#22Rebecca228US #26
#23Christina223US #22
#24Lauren218US #11
#25Courtney216US #24
#26Sara210US #30
#27Amy209US #29
#28Chelsea209US #33
#29Laura205US #23
#30Katherine202US #27
#31Andrea200US #35
#32Kimberly188US #25
#33Katie187US #40
#34Anna186US #54
#35Erin182US #37
#36Alyssa169US #47
#37Angela156US #38
#38Caitlin155US #44
#39Jamie155US #45
#40Lindsey150US #48
#41Crystal149US #28
#42Alicia146US #50
#43Whitney145US #39
#44Alexandra137US #49
#45Kathryn137US #55
#46Hannah136US #61
#47Cassandra131US #59
#48Lisa128US #43
#49Kristina126US #68
#50Allison124US #46
#51Brittney116US #52
#52Erica114US #31
#53Lindsay114US #57
#54Mary112US #34
#55Kristin108US #58
#56Kelly107US #32
#57Tara107US #67
#58Natasha104US #73
#59Shannon102US #56
#60Christine101US #51
#61Kendra98US #80
#62Brianna97US #96
#63Victoria96US #42
#64Kathleen95US #75
#65Kristen94US #36
#66Vanessa93US #41
#67Natalie88US #63
#68Taylor88US #102
#69Maria86US #60
#70Krystal84US #74
#71Holly81US #72
#72Leah81US #82
#73Nichole81US #115
#74Jacqueline80US #62
#75Rachael80US #100
#76Erika79US #76
#77Julie78US #71
#78Bethany74US #89
#79Ashlee73US #133
#80Molly71US #86
#81Heidi70US #162
#82Alisha69US #126
#83Catherine67US #69
#84Jenna67US #66
#85Kaitlin67US #98
#86Julia66US #88
#87Monica66US #70
#88Kara65US #95
#89Katrina65US #110
#90Patricia65US #77
#91Breanna63
#92Lacey63US #129
#93Morgan63US #78
#94Brooke61US #87
#95Chelsey61US #149
#96Katelyn61US #84
#97Margaret59US #93
#98April57US #65
#99Kirsten57
#100Marissa57US #101

Boys

#1Michael1,085US #1
#2Christopher919US #2
#3Joshua788US #4
#4Andrew722US #5
#5Matthew705US #3
#6Ryan653US #13
#7David652US #6
#8Justin602US #7
#9Kyle590US #21
#10Nicholas579US #14
#11Daniel575US #8
#12James539US #9
#13Tyler507US #33
#14Jacob470US #28
#15Brandon467US #17
#16Joseph460US #12
#17Robert450US #10
#18John408US #11
#19Anthony389US #18
#20Kevin368US #20
#21Aaron358US #31
#22Jonathan348US #15
#23Zachary347US #29
#24William337US #16
#25Steven332US #24
#26Benjamin330US #30
#27Jason327US #27
#28Thomas324US #23
#29Alexander318US #34
#30Brian318US #22
#31Eric315US #19
#32Jeffrey308US #36
#33Sean305US #38
#34Nathan294US #44
#35Timothy287US #25
#36Jordan283US #52
#37Cody268US #43
#38Travis264US #41
#39Adam263US #26
#40Samuel240US #45
#41Richard238US #32
#42Scott221US #47
#43Jeremy216US #35
#44Jesse209US #55
#45Cameron200US #69
#46Patrick197US #42
#47Charles186US #37
#48Derek182US #53
#49Mark181US #39
#50Paul180US #46
#51Dustin160US #48
#52Stephen156US #40
#53Kenneth154US #51
#54Ian153US #77
#55Jared149US #60
#56Trevor147US #87
#57Alex143US #58
#58Austin142US #63
#59Evan139US #74
#60Peter139US #64
#61Shane135US #67
#62Bradley134US #57
#63Bryan134US #54
#64Cory132US #59
#65Gregory128US #50
#66Joel124US #85
#67Spencer122US #114
#68Mitchell119US #95
#69Chad113US #65
#70Casey111US #83
#71Erik111US #92
#72Brett109US #73
#73Taylor106US #91
#74Shawn97US #61
#75Mathew94US #142
#76Nathaniel91US #81
#77Garrett90US #118
#78Caleb89US #108
#79Corey89US #56
#80Jose89US #49
#81Blake87US #103
#82Lucas87US #112
#83Seth86US #90
#84Phillip85US #71
#85Keith80US #70
#86Devin77US #98
#87Donald76US #76
#88Marcus75US #66
#89Bryce74US #179
#90Curtis72US #105
#91Levi71US #174
#92Luke71US #119
#93Edward68US #62
#94Gabriel64US #102
#95Logan64US #109
#96Colin62US #131
#97Douglas60US #88
#98Victor60US #89
#99Brent59US #107
#100Ronald59US #79

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑24Natasha#58
↑21Alexandra#44
↑17Courtney#25
↑15Alyssa#36
↑14Caitlin#38
↑13Brittney#51
↑13Trevor#56
↑13Mitchell#68

Falling

↓31April#98
↓24Lacey#92
↓20Corey#79
↓17Marcus#88
↓14Holly#71
↓14Patricia#90
↓14Jeremy#43
↓12Vanessa#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.