State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,727 Washington births in 1990 across 1,484 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#89Levi#180 nationally
#88Bryce#169 nationally
#87Lacey#148 nationally
#96Mathew#148 nationally
#56Spencer#105 nationally
#80Katrina#127 nationally
#77Colin#122 nationally
#90Alisha#135 nationally
#72Breanna#113 nationally
#100Jake#140 nationally
#61Shelby#100 nationally
#67Natasha#105 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica844US #1
#2Ashley804US #2
#3Amanda784US #4
#4Sarah563US #6
#5Brittany470US #3
#6Samantha451US #5
#7Megan413US #11
#8Stephanie412US #7
#9Nicole407US #13
#10Emily400US #12
#11Kayla395US #14
#12Jennifer379US #8
#13Rachel374US #16
#14Elizabeth370US #9
#15Kelsey306US #32
#16Heather301US #19
#17Lauren286US #10
#18Chelsea281US #24
#19Hannah280US #30
#20Melissa278US #20
#21Alyssa277US #27
#22Danielle270US #18
#23Courtney260US #17
#24Rebecca259US #21
#25Katherine255US #26
#26Amber253US #15
#27Michelle251US #22
#28Laura240US #29
#29Christina218US #25
#30Anna213US #45
#31Taylor195US #46
#32Brianna190US #61
#33Amy188US #38
#34Sara188US #34
#35Caitlin180US #50
#36Tiffany172US #23
#37Andrea170US #40
#38Alexandra168US #37
#39Alicia164US #54
#40Jordan164US #59
#41Cassandra163US #49
#42Erin161US #43
#43Katie161US #53
#44Brittney158US #44
#45Jamie155US #55
#46Lindsey146US #51
#47Kathryn141US #57
#48Kimberly140US #31
#49Kelly137US #41
#50Victoria137US #33
#51Angela135US #52
#52Crystal131US #39
#53Erica129US #36
#54Mary129US #35
#55Natalie127US #63
#56Maria112US #47
#57Whitney110US #60
#58Ariel109US #94
#59Christine105US #62
#60Erika105US #74
#61Shelby105US #100
#62Molly103US #80
#63Morgan103US #58
#64Allison102US #48
#65Lisa100US #64
#66Holly98US #89
#67Natasha97US #105
#68Shannon97US #68
#69Kristen96US #42
#70Marissa95US #87
#71Jasmine94US #28
#72Breanna91US #113
#73Alexis85US #66
#74Kristina84US #77
#75Kathleen83US #92
#76Lindsay82US #69
#77April80US #73
#78Haley80US #108
#79Alexandria79US #95
#80Katrina79US #127
#81Kristin79US #65
#82Olivia79US #72
#83Rachael78US #111
#84Brooke77US #70
#85Kaitlyn77US #78
#86Monica77US #76
#87Lacey76US #148
#88Katelyn75US #75
#89Kendra75US #117
#90Alisha74US #135
#91Leah74US #82
#92Kaitlin73US #101
#93Melanie70US #86
#94Paige70US #79
#95Patricia70US #97
#96Tara70US #85
#97Jacqueline69US #67
#98Vanessa69US #56
#99Julie68US #93
#100Julia67US #83

Boys

#1Michael1,063US #1
#2Christopher886US #2
#3Joshua814US #4
#4Matthew751US #3
#5Kyle724US #18
#6Andrew702US #7
#7Jacob671US #20
#8Ryan642US #11
#9David634US #6
#10Tyler616US #21
#11Nicholas607US #14
#12Justin549US #9
#13Daniel545US #5
#14James543US #8
#15Jordan534US #29
#16Joseph482US #10
#17Zachary475US #22
#18Anthony467US #15
#19Alexander440US #28
#20Brandon440US #19
#21Robert426US #13
#22John390US #12
#23William389US #16
#24Cody368US #31
#25Eric348US #24
#26Kevin345US #23
#27Jonathan334US #17
#28Benjamin333US #33
#29Steven331US #25
#30Thomas327US #26
#31Aaron319US #34
#32Brian317US #27
#33Travis308US #42
#34Nathan300US #44
#35Timothy292US #30
#36Sean287US #37
#37Jesse277US #48
#38Samuel246US #45
#39Richard245US #35
#40Cameron244US #62
#41Jeffrey235US #43
#42Patrick230US #36
#43Taylor229US #64
#44Austin223US #55
#45Adam221US #32
#46Derek208US #54
#47Trevor206US #76
#48Jason201US #46
#49Jeremy200US #40
#50Jared195US #63
#51Stephen177US #39
#52Evan174US #71
#53Ian174US #70
#54Scott173US #53
#55Charles167US #38
#56Spencer158US #105
#57Dustin156US #50
#58Kenneth155US #52
#59Paul155US #49
#60Mark150US #47
#61Jose148US #41
#62Alex143US #59
#63Ethan136US #58
#64Casey131US #89
#65Bradley130US #65
#66Bryan130US #57
#67Peter129US #74
#68Gregory125US #51
#69Dylan119US #83
#70Joel119US #95
#71Erik117US #96
#72Cory116US #67
#73Corey114US #56
#74Garrett114US #99
#75Nathaniel113US #86
#76Blake112US #91
#77Colin112US #122
#78Shane107US #73
#79Marcus102US #72
#80Mitchell101US #93
#81Seth101US #102
#82Christian96US #60
#83Chad94US #85
#84Caleb93US #88
#85Chase91US #110
#86Devin90US #98
#87Juan90US #61
#88Bryce89US #169
#89Levi88US #180
#90Brett86US #84
#91Shawn85US #69
#92Gabriel81US #100
#93Lucas81US #112
#94Logan79US #104
#95Curtis75US #121
#96Mathew75US #148
#97Edward72US #68
#98Victor70US #82
#99Isaac67US #132
#100Jake67US #140

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑35Taylor#31
↑32Ethan#63
↑26Morgan#63
↑21Alexis#73
↑19Jordan#15
↑17Brianna#32
↑17Jordan#40
↑17Alexandria#79

Falling

↓36Julia#100
↓33Tara#96
↓30Vanessa#98
↓26Kristina#74
↓18Jacqueline#97
↓17Monica#86
↓16Kristin#81
↓15Katie#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.