State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,350 Washington births in 1997 across 1,650 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#98Conner#190 nationally
#53Riley#135 nationally
#83Bailey#151 nationally
#91Levi#156 nationally
#94Kendra#153 nationally
#52Chloe#109 nationally
#80Wyatt#137 nationally
#26Hailey#80 nationally
#90Gavin#136 nationally
#69Mikayla#112 nationally
#40Tanner#82 nationally
#53Sophia#94 nationally

Girls

#1Emily638US #1
#2Hannah448US #5
#3Sarah429US #4
#4Jessica423US #2
#5Samantha417US #6
#6Madison411US #10
#7Megan349US #11
#8Ashley346US #3
#9Taylor330US #7
#10Elizabeth307US #9
#11Rachel298US #13
#12Emma278US #36
#13Alexis271US #8
#14Amanda254US #16
#15Lauren234US #14
#16Nicole229US #21
#17Olivia228US #27
#18Alyssa227US #15
#19Kayla205US #12
#20Haley198US #31
#21Anna193US #33
#22Rebecca191US #25
#23Jennifer186US #18
#24Sydney184US #35
#25Morgan183US #22
#26Hailey175US #80
#27Katherine170US #32
#28Victoria170US #19
#29Abigail169US #26
#30Alexandra169US #30
#31Julia167US #37
#32Brianna159US #17
#33Courtney153US #28
#34Jordan153US #40
#35Sierra151US #56
#36Natalie150US #48
#37Brittany147US #20
#38Maria146US #38
#39Stephanie139US #23
#40Madeline137US #59
#41Jasmine136US #24
#42Mackenzie132US #71
#43Bailey131US #65
#44Danielle131US #34
#45Mariah129US #67
#46Savannah125US #47
#47Melissa123US #44
#48Shelby122US #43
#49Allison121US #39
#50Vanessa121US #54
#51Kaitlyn120US #41
#52Chloe119US #109
#53Sophia119US #94
#54Amber116US #29
#55Brooke113US #45
#56Katie110US #87
#57Sara110US #50
#58Paige109US #64
#59Kelsey107US #57
#60Grace106US #69
#61Michelle106US #55
#62Sabrina106US #53
#63Cassandra105US #81
#64Christina105US #62
#65Katelyn105US #63
#66Gabrielle102US #51
#67Kaylee102US #107
#68Marissa101US #60
#69Mikayla98US #112
#70Makayla97US #102
#71Cheyenne94US #68
#72Erin94US #52
#73Mary93US #46
#74Amy92US #92
#75Miranda92US #70
#76Claire90US #108
#77Andrea89US #58
#78Isabella86US #114
#79Laura86US #66
#80Alicia85US #89
#81Angela85US #93
#82Kylie84US #116
#83Monica84US #79
#84Alexandria78US #78
#85Kathryn78US #86
#86Molly78US #98
#87Erika77US #111
#88Kimberly77US #49
#89Breanna76US #74
#90Chelsea76US #73
#91Michaela75US #100
#92Alexa73US #106
#93Jamie72US #103
#94Kendra72US #153
#95Cassidy71US #105
#96Autumn69US #91
#97Heather68US #90
#98Zoe68US #135
#99Kelly67US #83
#100Erica66US #84

Boys

#1Jacob714US #2
#2Michael649US #1
#3Austin611US #9
#4Andrew553US #7
#5Joshua511US #5
#6Tyler509US #10
#7Alexander496US #22
#8Matthew469US #3
#9Daniel468US #11
#10Nicholas460US #6
#11Brandon441US #8
#12Kyle432US #24
#13Ryan423US #16
#14Christopher421US #4
#15Joseph421US #12
#16David413US #14
#17Zachary398US #13
#18Jordan341US #26
#19William341US #19
#20Justin340US #20
#21Samuel339US #27
#22Anthony326US #18
#23Benjamin316US #29
#24James309US #17
#25Nathan283US #34
#26Jonathan281US #21
#27John280US #15
#28Dylan265US #30
#29Christian256US #25
#30Aaron250US #33
#31Connor247US #52
#32Cody240US #36
#33Robert226US #23
#34Thomas205US #31
#35Cameron202US #45
#36Noah202US #38
#37Kevin201US #28
#38Logan194US #42
#39Jose189US #32
#40Tanner188US #82
#41Ethan185US #46
#42Hunter182US #44
#43Alex174US #55
#44Chase172US #77
#45Eric171US #35
#46Ian171US #70
#47Jason164US #41
#48Isaac160US #73
#49Cole159US #72
#50Taylor159US #87
#51Jared158US #56
#52Nathaniel158US #65
#53Riley157US #135
#54Jesse156US #63
#55Caleb155US #47
#56Blake152US #80
#57Gabriel152US #57
#58Tristan152US #92
#59Timothy151US #43
#60Isaiah147US #60
#61Elijah146US #74
#62Evan145US #61
#63Brian142US #37
#64Trevor138US #62
#65Sean137US #48
#66Adam136US #39
#67Spencer135US #104
#68Jack127US #76
#69Steven127US #40
#70Patrick122US #50
#71Colton121US #108
#72Dakota120US #66
#73Richard118US #51
#74Charles117US #49
#75Garrett113US #85
#76Juan107US #54
#77Devin105US #59
#78Mitchell104US #96
#79Mason103US #89
#80Wyatt103US #137
#81Luke102US #78
#82Lucas101US #98
#83Bailey99US #151
#84Bryce99US #112
#85Travis99US #81
#86Bradley97US #94
#87Paul95US #79
#88Derek93US #106
#89Jesus92US #71
#90Gavin90US #136
#91Levi90US #156
#92Luis90US #53
#93Jeremy89US #64
#94Seth89US #97
#95Carlos87US #67
#96Antonio86US #75
#97Jackson85US #124
#98Conner84US #190
#99Marcus82US #93
#100Erik80US #134

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑32Kaylee#67
↑31Ethan#41
↑27Bailey#43
↑26Vanessa#50
↑26Makayla#70
↑24Cole#49
↑23Paige#58
↑23Isaac#48

Falling

↓29Adam#66
↓26Kimberly#88
↓26Jeremy#93
↓21Chelsea#90
↓19Cheyenne#71
↓18Shelby#48
↓17Madeline#40
↓17Erica#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.