Popular baby names in Washington, 1957

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1957 were Susan for girls (699 babies) and Michael for boys (1,526). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 60,707 babies born in Washington in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1957

Names given at least 15 times in Washington that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kerri: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Leanne: 36 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kelli: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kristi: 59 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shannon: 52 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Megan: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kari: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kristie: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cheri: 66 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cindi: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Corey: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Rod: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Doug: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Loren: 36 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kelly: 95 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ken: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rick: 228 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dave: 102 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ron: 61 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brett: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Susan	699	–	2
2	Mary	685	↑2	1
3	Karen	660	↑2	5
4	Debra	655	↓2	4
5	Linda	647	↓2	3
6	Cynthia	494	↑2	7
7	Cindy	492	↑16	19
8	Patricia	455	↓1	8
9	Deborah	430	↓3	6
10	Julie	428	↑10	28
11	Cheryl	426	↓2	16
12	Carol	406	↑2	18
13	Barbara	402	↓3	9
14	Nancy	381	↓2	11
15	Pamela	378	↓4	12
16	Debbie	358	↑12	27
17	Kathleen	342	↓1	21
18	Diane	331	↓5	17
19	Teresa	327	↓2	24
20	Sandra	308	↓5	15
21	Kathy	296	↑4	20
22	Janet	286	↓4	23
23	Lori	280	↓1	45
24	Donna	264	↓3	10
25	Kim	253	↓1	35
26	Lisa	245	↑5	26
27	Sharon	238	↓8	14
28	Denise	233	↓2	25
29	Robin	233	–	30
30	Laura	215	↓3	31
31	Laurie	213	↑7	73
32	Kimberly	194	↑8	42
33	Theresa	189	–	36
34	Rebecca	186	↑1	34
35	Elizabeth	180	↓3	22
36	Diana	179	↑14	43
37	Vicki	178	↓1	51
38	Brenda	176	new	13
39	Terri	172	↑5	68
40	Margaret	166	↓3	29
41	Connie	160	↓7	47
42	Catherine	157	↓3	37
43	Christine	153	–	41
44	Janice	147	↓14	32
45	Leslie	147	new	77
46	Judy	144	↓5	38
47	Cathy	139	new	39
48	Ann	130	↓3	44
49	Joan	130	new	60
50	Colleen	129	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	1,526	–	1
2	David	1,332	–	3
3	Robert	1,158	–	4
4	James	1,108	–	2
5	John	1,108	–	5
6	Mark	963	–	7
7	Richard	844	↑1	8
8	Steven	838	↓1	10
9	William	650	–	6
10	Thomas	566	–	9
11	Daniel	536	–	16
12	Gary	486	–	13
13	Donald	484	–	15
14	Kevin	465	↑7	20
15	Scott	460	↑8	32
16	Ronald	451	↑1	17
17	Kenneth	428	↓2	14
18	Douglas	419	–	30
19	Brian	418	↑5	26
20	Timothy	410	↓4	19
21	Paul	407	↓1	18
22	Gregory	383	↓3	23
23	Jeffrey	383	↓9	21
24	Larry	356	↑2	22
25	Randy	350	–	31
26	Charles	333	↓4	11
27	Joseph	288	↑1	12
28	Terry	288	↑4	33
29	Patrick	264	↑2	41
30	Bruce	243	↓3	34
31	Mike	242	↑17	53
32	Stephen	241	↓3	24
33	Dennis	231	↓3	28
34	Rick	228	↑2	87
35	Dale	227	↓2	50
36	Steve	222	↑4	44
37	Craig	193	↓3	55
38	Edward	193	↓3	25
39	Keith	183	↓2	36
40	Jerry	182	↑1	35
41	George	168	↓3	29
42	Roger	165	↓3	42
43	Peter	149	↑7	37
44	Jeff	148	new	96
45	Gerald	147	↑2	51
46	Dan	142	new	>100
47	Christopher	140	↓4	43
48	Alan	139	↓2	48
49	Russell	139	↓7	54
50	Anthony	137	new	27

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