State roster

Top names in Washington

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Washington birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,674 Washington births in 1998 across 1,709 distinct names.

Distinctively Washington

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

#77Levi#158 nationally
#92Riley#166 nationally
#61Riley#128 nationally
#61Kylie#117 nationally
#87Mckenzie#142 nationally
#87Wyatt#137 nationally
#95Parker#142 nationally
#60Colton#106 nationally
#100Audrey#145 nationally
#83Maya#123 nationally
#48Chloe#87 nationally
#98Maxwell#136 nationally

Girls

#1Emily566US #1
#2Hannah491US #2
#3Madison446US #9
#4Samantha409US #3
#5Taylor367US #7
#6Sarah366US #4
#7Emma360US #22
#8Jessica354US #8
#9Alexis339US #6
#10Ashley310US #5
#11Elizabeth301US #10
#12Megan291US #13
#13Olivia267US #21
#14Rachel255US #15
#15Alyssa234US #11
#16Abigail229US #18
#17Lauren207US #14
#18Rebecca197US #30
#19Amanda196US #19
#20Anna196US #31
#21Sydney196US #28
#22Nicole192US #24
#23Natalie190US #40
#24Kayla185US #12
#25Sierra182US #51
#26Jennifer176US #20
#27Madeline174US #50
#28Morgan169US #23
#29Victoria168US #16
#30Alexandra165US #27
#31Haley165US #36
#32Julia165US #32
#33Hailey159US #70
#34Katherine157US #33
#35Bailey155US #60
#36Brianna151US #17
#37Jasmine148US #26
#38Sophia148US #73
#39Kaitlyn146US #35
#40Courtney145US #39
#41Mariah144US #62
#42Maria143US #43
#43Grace142US #53
#44Jordan139US #42
#45Mackenzie137US #64
#46Stephanie136US #29
#47Savannah133US #45
#48Chloe127US #87
#49Shelby126US #49
#50Brooke125US #46
#51Allison122US #38
#52Brittany121US #25
#53Makayla116US #71
#54Gabrielle112US #47
#55Claire111US #91
#56Danielle109US #41
#57Amber108US #37
#58Vanessa108US #52
#59Isabella105US #84
#60Melissa105US #59
#61Kylie101US #117
#62Sara101US #48
#63Kaylee100US #86
#64Kelsey97US #56
#65Mikayla95US #82
#66Amy93US #96
#67Erin93US #57
#68Katie92US #88
#69Cassandra91US #85
#70Christina90US #69
#71Katelyn90US #58
#72Paige90US #63
#73Andrea89US #61
#74Cheyenne88US #72
#75Michelle88US #55
#76Alicia87US #98
#77Marissa87US #66
#78Mary85US #44
#79Diana83US #83
#80Caitlin81US #78
#81Destiny80US #34
#82Kimberly80US #54
#83Maya80US #123
#84Miranda80US #80
#85Zoe80US #122
#86Angela79US #100
#87Mckenzie79US #142
#88Alexandria78US #81
#89Isabel78US #118
#90Sabrina77US #68
#91Molly75US #108
#92Riley75US #166
#93Jenna74US #65
#94Autumn73US #77
#95Breanna73US #76
#96Heather73US #99
#97Tiffany73US #67
#98Alexa72US #93
#99Kathryn72US #89
#100Audrey68US #145

Boys

#1Jacob761US #2
#2Michael598US #1
#3Austin574US #10
#4Joshua516US #4
#5Andrew511US #9
#6Alexander504US #22
#7Tyler466US #8
#8Ryan460US #17
#9Daniel450US #12
#10Matthew422US #3
#11Nicholas418US #6
#12Brandon398US #7
#13Zachary391US #16
#14Kyle384US #24
#15David375US #13
#16Joseph373US #11
#17Christopher339US #5
#18William334US #14
#19Samuel329US #28
#20Nathan327US #34
#21Jordan319US #27
#22Anthony315US #19
#23James303US #18
#24Dylan295US #25
#25Benjamin293US #30
#26John277US #15
#27Cameron272US #35
#28Ethan271US #38
#29Justin269US #20
#30Noah269US #29
#31Jonathan268US #21
#32Christian263US #26
#33Connor254US #47
#34Robert249US #23
#35Hunter239US #36
#36Caleb208US #42
#37Thomas208US #31
#38Logan203US #44
#39Cody200US #43
#40Isaac198US #65
#41Jose198US #33
#42Alex195US #55
#43Aaron190US #37
#44Jared190US #51
#45Cole182US #77
#46Isaiah177US #59
#47Tanner177US #82
#48Kevin176US #32
#49Chase174US #67
#50Gabriel173US #54
#51Evan168US #63
#52Nathaniel166US #60
#53Eric162US #39
#54Brian160US #41
#55Spencer156US #84
#56Ian155US #73
#57Jack155US #61
#58Jesse154US #70
#59Trevor154US #58
#60Colton152US #106
#61Riley152US #128
#62Jason148US #40
#63Sean146US #50
#64Adam145US #45
#65Tristan145US #92
#66Elijah141US #66
#67Blake134US #85
#68Timothy133US #49
#69Taylor129US #104
#70Steven127US #46
#71Mason126US #83
#72Devin124US #62
#73Bryce120US #94
#74Garrett120US #80
#75Jackson116US #100
#76Adrian113US #71
#77Levi112US #158
#78Luke111US #75
#79Patrick111US #57
#80Derek110US #110
#81Juan108US #52
#82Lucas107US #93
#83Charles104US #48
#84Jeremy103US #68
#85Luis102US #53
#86Seth102US #86
#87Wyatt102US #137
#88Jesus99US #76
#89Peter98US #111
#90Dakota97US #72
#91Gavin97US #116
#92Richard97US #56
#93Bradley93US #101
#94Kenneth92US #87
#95Parker92US #142
#96Mark91US #64
#97Alec83US #112
#98Maxwell83US #136
#99Henry82US #135
#100Jeffrey82US #91

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑22Jackson#75
↑21Claire#55
↑21Kylie#61
↑19Isabella#59
↑19Caleb#36
↑17Grace#43
↑17Makayla#53
↑15Sophia#38

Falling

↓28Sabrina#90
↓19Taylor#69
↓19Richard#92
↓18Dakota#90
↓15Brittany#52
↓15Jason#62
↓14Paige#72
↓14Michelle#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.