Popular baby names in Washington, 1959

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1959 were Mary for girls (684 babies) and David for boys (1,324). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 60,003 babies born in Washington in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1959

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

Girls

Marci: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Shannon: 82 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kari: 44 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kelli: 50 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Leann: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Candice: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Leanne: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Traci: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Tracie: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deanna: 96 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Rob: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cory: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Rod: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ron: 99 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kris: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loren: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shane: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Doug: 80 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rick: 226 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Matt: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	684	↑2	1
2	Susan	660	↓1	2
3	Karen	579	↓1	4
4	Linda	570	–	3
5	Julie	478	–	26
6	Lori	446	↑1	27
7	Debbie	428	↑7	20
8	Debra	427	↓2	7
9	Lisa	414	↑7	10
10	Cindy	406	↓1	25
11	Kathy	386	↓1	15
12	Cheryl	368	↓4	18
13	Barbara	353	↑4	11
14	Donna	344	↑10	5
15	Patricia	339	↓3	6
16	Teresa	332	↓1	24
17	Sandra	324	↑6	13
18	Nancy	317	↓5	14
19	Cynthia	309	↓8	8
20	Pamela	307	–	12
21	Diane	301	↑1	19
22	Kathleen	300	↓3	23
23	Deborah	297	↓5	9
24	Carol	270	↓3	22
25	Kim	267	–	35
26	Tammy	249	–	31
27	Janet	246	↑1	28
28	Laura	242	↑1	30
29	Denise	232	↓2	29
30	Kimberly	232	↑8	33
31	Laurie	232	↑2	56
32	Sharon	223	↓2	17
33	Brenda	211	↓1	16
34	Kelly	208	↑11	74
35	Elizabeth	196	↓4	21
36	Theresa	185	↓1	34
37	Terri	183	↓3	46
38	Rebecca	173	↓1	38
39	Robin	167	↑1	32
40	Diana	156	↓1	49
41	Connie	154	↑5	48
42	Michelle	151	↑8	47
43	Judy	146	↑1	41
44	Janice	145	new	37
45	Cathy	143	↓9	39
46	Catherine	139	↓4	40
47	Christine	136	↑2	43
48	Tina	135	new	53
49	Margaret	132	↓8	36
50	Tami	132	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	1,324	–	2
2	Michael	1,197	–	1
3	John	1,046	–	4
4	Robert	1,006	–	5
5	Mark	1,004	–	6
6	James	968	–	3
7	Richard	698	–	8
8	Steven	682	–	10
9	William	575	–	7
10	Scott	574	–	24
11	Brian	508	↑3	22
12	Kevin	505	↑1	14
13	Daniel	456	↓1	18
14	Thomas	453	↓3	9
15	Timothy	423	–	12
16	Jeffrey	417	↑3	16
17	Mike	395	↑6	37
18	Kenneth	389	–	15
19	Donald	388	↑1	19
20	Gary	387	↓3	20
21	Paul	358	↑1	17
22	Ronald	346	↓6	21
23	Randy	339	↑1	31
24	Douglas	318	↓3	30
25	Gregory	296	–	23
26	Jeff	287	↑16	52
27	Steve	282	↑2	41
28	Charles	274	↓2	11
29	Craig	254	↑7	44
30	Dennis	249	↑1	29
31	Larry	249	↓4	25
32	Joseph	242	↑1	13
33	Patrick	238	↓5	43
34	Rick	226	↓4	89
35	Bruce	218	–	38
36	Dale	216	↓2	49
37	Terry	211	↓5	33
38	Jerry	201	–	36
39	Jim	194	↑2	70
40	Eric	192	↑4	46
41	Tim	192	↑6	60
42	Stephen	186	↓5	28
43	Keith	177	↓4	39
44	Christopher	172	↓1	35
45	Edward	161	↑1	27
46	Tom	157	new	82
47	Greg	153	new	91
48	Chris	146	new	72
49	Jeffery	143	new	55
50	Alan	141	↓5	50

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