Popular baby names in Washington, 1958

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1958 were Susan for girls (704 babies) and David for boys (1,351). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,989 babies born in Washington in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1958

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

Girls

Kari: 45 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Shannon: 63 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Traci: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Deanne: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tami: 123 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sandi: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kristi: 54 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kellie: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kerri: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darcy: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Rob: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Monte: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Mathew: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rod: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Erik: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ron: 89 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dan: 187 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bret: 75 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ken: 75 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Grant: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	704	–	2
2	Karen	621	↑1	4
3	Mary	621	↓1	1
4	Linda	598	↑1	3
5	Julie	530	↑5	23
6	Debra	501	↓2	6
7	Lori	433	↑16	30
8	Cheryl	415	↑3	13
9	Cindy	413	↓2	25
10	Kathy	411	↑11	14
11	Cynthia	408	↓5	8
12	Patricia	401	↓4	5
13	Nancy	381	↑1	12
14	Debbie	380	↑2	24
15	Teresa	360	↑4	26
16	Lisa	350	↑10	19
17	Barbara	343	↓4	9
18	Deborah	338	↓9	7
19	Kathleen	332	↓2	21
20	Pamela	313	↓5	11
21	Carol	293	↓9	20
22	Diane	290	↓4	18
23	Sandra	289	↓3	15
24	Donna	256	–	10
25	Kim	248	–	40
26	Tammy	248	new	44
27	Denise	231	↑1	27
28	Janet	231	↓6	28
29	Laura	221	↑1	29
30	Sharon	215	↓3	17
31	Elizabeth	213	↑4	22
32	Brenda	203	↑6	16
33	Laurie	196	↓2	70
34	Terri	193	↑5	51
35	Theresa	190	↓2	33
36	Cathy	179	↑11	34
37	Rebecca	175	↓3	41
38	Kimberly	167	↓6	39
39	Diana	163	↓3	45
40	Robin	162	↓11	32
41	Margaret	157	↓1	31
42	Catherine	156	–	38
43	Vicki	156	↓6	57
44	Judy	154	↑2	36
45	Kelly	153	new	>100
46	Connie	150	↓5	50
47	Tamara	148	new	>100
48	Peggy	143	new	42
49	Christine	142	↓6	43
50	Michelle	139	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	David	1,351	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,318	↓1	1
3	John	1,064	↑2	5
4	Robert	1,054	↓1	4
5	Mark	954	↑1	7
6	James	946	↓2	3
7	Richard	752	–	8
8	Steven	666	–	10
9	William	616	–	6
10	Scott	523	↑5	25
11	Thomas	505	↓1	9
12	Daniel	477	↓1	16
13	Kevin	475	↑1	20
14	Brian	464	↑5	24
15	Timothy	443	↑5	13
16	Ronald	426	–	19
17	Gary	425	↓5	17
18	Kenneth	423	↓1	14
19	Jeffrey	417	↑4	21
20	Donald	393	↓7	18
21	Douglas	385	↓3	30
22	Paul	373	↓1	15
23	Mike	341	↑8	40
24	Randy	334	↑1	32
25	Gregory	329	↓3	23
26	Charles	321	–	11
27	Larry	289	↓3	22
28	Patrick	279	↑1	42
29	Steve	264	↑7	44
30	Rick	251	↑4	77
31	Dennis	245	↑2	29
32	Terry	228	↓4	33
33	Joseph	219	↓6	12
34	Dale	217	↑1	46
35	Bruce	211	↓5	36
36	Craig	211	↑1	53
37	Stephen	208	↓5	26
38	Jerry	195	↑2	35
39	Keith	188	–	37
40	Dan	187	↑6	>100
41	Jim	179	new	87
42	Jeff	178	↑2	68
43	Christopher	171	↑4	39
44	Eric	169	new	50
45	Alan	168	↑3	49
46	Edward	158	↓8	28
47	Tim	157	new	74
48	George	152	↓7	31
49	Dean	145	new	97
50	Ricky	141	new	34

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