State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,212 Washington births in 1996 across 1,622 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#56Riley#146 nationally
#89Levi#163 nationally
#98Mckenzie#158 nationally
#50Spencer#109 nationally
#97Zoe#155 nationally
#55Chloe#112 nationally
#37Hailey#93 nationally
#90Mikayla#143 nationally
#75Sophia#125 nationally
#85Wyatt#134 nationally
#43Tanner#90 nationally
#89Kendra#136 nationally

Girls

#1Emily523US #1
#2Sarah459US #4
#3Jessica446US #2
#4Hannah411US #7
#5Samantha400US #5
#6Madison394US #15
#7Ashley362US #3
#8Elizabeth335US #10
#9Taylor323US #6
#10Rachel310US #9
#11Amanda281US #13
#12Megan278US #12
#13Kayla269US #11
#14Alyssa238US #23
#15Alexis229US #8
#16Nicole227US #22
#17Anna213US #33
#18Lauren201US #16
#19Jennifer195US #19
#20Alexandra192US #26
#21Emma187US #53
#22Rebecca186US #24
#23Madeline179US #67
#24Victoria176US #18
#25Sierra172US #62
#26Katherine171US #31
#27Courtney170US #21
#28Abigail169US #32
#29Olivia169US #34
#30Shelby169US #35
#31Brittany166US #14
#32Brianna161US #17
#33Sydney156US #39
#34Morgan154US #25
#35Kaitlyn152US #40
#36Stephanie152US #20
#37Hailey151US #93
#38Mariah151US #63
#39Haley149US #30
#40Savannah149US #43
#41Danielle144US #29
#42Jasmine141US #28
#43Natalie139US #46
#44Mackenzie138US #75
#45Kelsey132US #36
#46Maria129US #37
#47Amber126US #27
#48Katie126US #81
#49Allison125US #38
#50Sabrina124US #58
#51Julia123US #48
#52Cheyenne121US #68
#53Jordan118US #49
#54Melissa118US #42
#55Chloe116US #112
#56Katelyn116US #64
#57Marissa115US #59
#58Sara114US #50
#59Erin113US #51
#60Michelle112US #47
#61Brooke111US #45
#62Kimberly110US #41
#63Laura108US #66
#64Mary108US #44
#65Cassandra106US #89
#66Gabrielle104US #54
#67Kylie104US #111
#68Andrea101US #61
#69Chelsea99US #55
#70Bailey98US #85
#71Christina96US #57
#72Miranda96US #76
#73Angela95US #90
#74Grace95US #94
#75Sophia95US #125
#76Vanessa94US #60
#77Monica92US #82
#78Alexandria90US #77
#79Kathryn90US #87
#80Alicia88US #91
#81Paige88US #65
#82Jamie87US #96
#83Erica83US #79
#84Lindsey83US #86
#85Rachael83US #128
#86Claire82US #116
#87Caitlin81US #84
#88Heather81US #71
#89Kendra81US #136
#90Mikayla81US #143
#91Amy80US #88
#92Molly80US #99
#93Tiffany80US #52
#94Breanna78US #74
#95Jacqueline77US #69
#96Makayla77US #129
#97Zoe76US #155
#98Mckenzie75US #158
#99Kaylee73US #110
#100Erika68US #106

Boys

#1Jacob772US #3
#2Austin646US #9
#3Michael607US #1
#4Tyler578US #7
#5Joshua549US #5
#6Brandon510US #8
#7Nicholas507US #6
#8Matthew506US #2
#9Andrew497US #10
#10Ryan473US #16
#11Christopher440US #4
#12Daniel440US #11
#13Alexander430US #22
#14Joseph428US #12
#15Zachary419US #14
#16David406US #13
#17Kyle393US #25
#18Anthony347US #19
#19James340US #17
#20Benjamin330US #29
#21Samuel326US #30
#22Jordan319US #27
#23Jonathan315US #21
#24Justin313US #20
#25Nathan310US #37
#26John298US #15
#27Cody295US #31
#28William283US #18
#29Robert265US #23
#30Christian258US #24
#31Dylan237US #33
#32Kevin219US #26
#33Thomas218US #28
#34Aaron216US #34
#35Connor207US #54
#36Eric198US #35
#37Adam197US #39
#38Alex194US #53
#39Jose185US #32
#40Caleb181US #48
#41Ian179US #70
#42Cameron178US #49
#43Tanner176US #90
#44Hunter175US #47
#45Logan173US #42
#46Tristan173US #68
#47Brian172US #36
#48Jesse165US #51
#49Noah165US #50
#50Spencer163US #109
#51Trevor162US #63
#52Chase160US #76
#53Sean159US #46
#54Jared155US #64
#55Timothy152US #40
#56Riley148US #146
#57Evan147US #65
#58Gabriel147US #61
#59Nathaniel146US #69
#60Steven146US #38
#61Taylor146US #82
#62Jason143US #41
#63Isaiah142US #71
#64Dakota140US #58
#65Colton139US #105
#66Patrick136US #44
#67Jeremy132US #56
#68Blake130US #84
#69Lucas126US #93
#70Elijah124US #81
#71Isaac124US #86
#72Ethan120US #62
#73Cole119US #106
#74Luke115US #75
#75Richard115US #45
#76Charles114US #43
#77Bryce113US #120
#78Mitchell113US #88
#79Garrett110US #85
#80Peter109US #95
#81Derek108US #101
#82Devin108US #60
#83Marcus108US #87
#84Travis105US #73
#85Wyatt104US #134
#86Juan100US #52
#87Mason97US #104
#88Mark94US #55
#89Levi93US #163
#90Jack92US #89
#91Luis92US #57
#92Jeffrey91US #72
#93Antonio90US #80
#94Erik90US #122
#95Miguel90US #91
#96Seth88US #103
#97Collin87US #115
#98Jesus86US #74
#99Kenneth85US #77
#100Paul85US #78

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑50Noah#49
↑29Tristan#46
↑26Hailey#37
↑26Chloe#55
↑26Chase#52
↑23Emma#21
↑23Cheyenne#52
↑23Isaiah#63

Falling

↓31Christina#71
↓30Heather#88
↓29Amy#91
↓26Jason#62
↓22Kaylee#99
↓22Taylor#61
↓22Travis#84
↓21Vanessa#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.