State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,488 Washington births in 1989 across 1,446 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#82Bryce#181 nationally
#78Breanna#163 nationally
#73Kylie#151 nationally
#96Levi#169 nationally
#75Lacey#143 nationally
#77Nichole#136 nationally
#84Mathew#143 nationally
#79Colin#126 nationally
#90Krista#137 nationally
#68Spencer#107 nationally
#81Lucas#114 nationally
#88Luke#121 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica862US #1
#2Ashley847US #2
#3Amanda738US #4
#4Sarah612US #5
#5Brittany500US #3
#6Samantha445US #6
#7Elizabeth408US #10
#8Jennifer407US #7
#9Stephanie389US #8
#10Rachel380US #18
#11Emily368US #13
#12Nicole362US #12
#13Megan361US #11
#14Kayla347US #20
#15Kelsey335US #31
#16Heather319US #15
#17Lauren299US #9
#18Melissa297US #19
#19Danielle289US #17
#20Amber286US #14
#21Michelle278US #22
#22Chelsea244US #27
#23Rebecca241US #24
#24Katherine234US #26
#25Laura222US #25
#26Christina218US #23
#27Courtney212US #21
#28Katie205US #45
#29Sara201US #29
#30Hannah200US #42
#31Amy199US #35
#32Alyssa196US #33
#33Alicia192US #53
#34Tiffany190US #16
#35Cassandra175US #54
#36Kimberly175US #28
#37Alexandra171US #43
#38Anna170US #51
#39Erin170US #40
#40Andrea164US #39
#41Jamie157US #52
#42Lindsey152US #48
#43Caitlin140US #49
#44Mary140US #38
#45Brittney138US #41
#46Crystal137US #32
#47Angela135US #47
#48Kristina135US #65
#49Brianna133US #77
#50Kathryn129US #58
#51Whitney125US #57
#52Lisa121US #55
#53Erica118US #34
#54Allison115US #46
#55Victoria114US #44
#56Kelly109US #37
#57Jordan108US #72
#58Natalie107US #62
#59Christine106US #59
#60Maria106US #56
#61Shannon104US #61
#62Kristen103US #36
#63Tara102US #70
#64Julia98US #96
#65Kristin98US #60
#66Taylor96US #75
#67Marissa95US #81
#68Vanessa95US #50
#69Monica92US #68
#70Lindsay90US #63
#71Molly85US #93
#72Erika84US #73
#73Kylie83US #151
#74Holly79US #79
#75Lacey79US #143
#76Natasha79US #87
#77Nichole79US #136
#78Breanna78US #163
#79Jacqueline77US #64
#80Kathleen76US #90
#81Rachael76US #109
#82Leah75US #83
#83Jasmine74US #30
#84Kaitlin73US #100
#85April71US #66
#86Kendra71US #99
#87Krystal71US #82
#88Jenna70US #71
#89Morgan70US #69
#90Krista69US #137
#91Katelyn67US #76
#92Catherine66US #67
#93Julie65US #78
#94Alexis64US #92
#95Katrina64US #114
#96Alexandria63US #104
#97Jillian63US #106
#98Melanie62US #88
#99Alisha60US #123
#100Kara60US #101

Boys

#1Michael1,030US #1
#2Christopher871US #2
#3Joshua786US #4
#4Matthew763US #3
#5Andrew756US #7
#6Daniel652US #6
#7Ryan636US #13
#8Nicholas632US #14
#9David613US #5
#10Kyle597US #20
#11Tyler557US #30
#12Justin547US #8
#13Jacob524US #26
#14James512US #9
#15Joseph486US #11
#16Robert461US #10
#17Zachary432US #25
#18Brandon430US #18
#19John423US #12
#20Anthony422US #16
#21Aaron376US #31
#22Kevin355US #19
#23William349US #15
#24Alexander348US #32
#25Benjamin347US #29
#26Steven336US #22
#27Brian334US #24
#28Eric322US #21
#29Nathan311US #43
#30Thomas299US #23
#31Jonathan298US #17
#32Cody294US #45
#33Sean288US #39
#34Jordan287US #44
#35Jeffrey284US #37
#36Adam261US #27
#37Jesse258US #50
#38Timothy258US #28
#39Travis254US #41
#40Samuel249US #47
#41Jeremy242US #34
#42Jason237US #35
#43Richard231US #33
#44Derek220US #54
#45Jared209US #57
#46Cameron207US #64
#47Patrick205US #38
#48Scott196US #51
#49Charles191US #36
#50Stephen188US #40
#51Taylor176US #72
#52Austin170US #59
#53Dustin168US #48
#54Kenneth168US #53
#55Trevor168US #83
#56Ian156US #68
#57Paul154US #49
#58Bryan153US #56
#59Mark146US #42
#60Evan145US #69
#61Bradley144US #58
#62Alex138US #60
#63Gregory130US #52
#64Peter129US #66
#65Shane127US #71
#66Casey126US #90
#67Corey124US #55
#68Spencer114US #107
#69Cory110US #61
#70Erik110US #95
#71Jose108US #46
#72Blake104US #97
#73Chad102US #74
#74Nathaniel101US #84
#75Joel100US #88
#76Marcus99US #67
#77Shawn99US #65
#78Brett96US #81
#79Colin93US #126
#80Mitchell93US #93
#81Lucas89US #114
#82Bryce86US #181
#83Dylan86US #115
#84Mathew85US #143
#85Devin83US #96
#86Douglas83US #92
#87Seth83US #94
#88Luke81US #121
#89Garrett80US #102
#90Curtis79US #111
#91Christian76US #78
#92Caleb75US #91
#93Donald74US #82
#94Edward74US #62
#95Ethan74US #87
#96Levi71US #169
#97Logan71US #104
#98Craig70US #105
#99Keith69US #70
#100Chase68US #113

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑33Marissa#67
↑22Julia#64
↑22Taylor#51
↑18Monica#69
↑17Lacey#75
↑17Colin#79
↑16Hannah#30
↑13Brianna#49

Falling

↓25Kendra#86
↓18Natasha#76
↓17Lindsay#70
↓17Krystal#87
↓17Alisha#99
↓16Kathleen#80
↓16Julie#93
↓15Jason#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.