Popular baby names in Washington, 1960

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1960 were Susan for girls (642 babies) and David for boys (1,372). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 59,238 babies born in Washington in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1960

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

Girls

Shannon: 85 babies, 6× the national rate
Karol: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Debi: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristi: 64 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Traci: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tami: 124 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kerri: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leann: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Danette: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kimberlee: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 112 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loren: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rob: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Corey: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kris: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rod: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ken: 89 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Erik: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ryan: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cory: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Susan	642	↑1	2
2	Mary	551	↓1	1
3	Karen	528	–	4
4	Linda	514	–	3
5	Lisa	514	↑4	6
6	Julie	476	↓1	28
7	Lori	473	↓1	20
8	Debra	383	–	8
9	Teresa	383	↑7	19
10	Patricia	337	↑5	7
11	Cheryl	335	↑1	17
12	Debbie	332	↓5	24
13	Sandra	322	↑4	11
14	Cindy	315	↓4	30
15	Diane	307	↑6	22
16	Kathy	305	↓5	21
17	Barbara	303	↓4	12
18	Nancy	302	–	15
19	Pamela	296	↑1	14
20	Cynthia	292	↓1	9
21	Brenda	280	↑12	13
22	Deborah	277	↑1	10
23	Laurie	277	↑8	37
24	Laura	275	↑4	25
25	Kathleen	267	↓3	27
26	Donna	264	↓12	5
27	Elizabeth	256	↑8	18
28	Kimberly	256	↑2	26
29	Kim	253	↓4	34
30	Kelly	250	↑4	52
31	Denise	243	↓2	29
32	Tammy	243	↓6	31
33	Janet	228	↓6	32
34	Carol	227	↓10	23
35	Sharon	207	↓3	16
36	Robin	206	↑3	33
37	Michelle	179	↑5	39
38	Wendy	173	new	63
39	Tina	168	↑9	45
40	Tracy	164	new	84
41	Theresa	163	↓5	35
42	Terri	156	↓5	49
43	Judy	151	–	48
44	Connie	150	↓3	47
45	Rebecca	147	↓7	38
46	Vicki	146	new	73
47	Diana	145	↓7	53
48	Margaret	143	↑1	36
49	Janice	139	↓5	41
50	Jennifer	130	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	1,372	–	1
2	Michael	1,159	–	2
3	Mark	1,013	↑2	6
4	John	996	↓1	4
5	Robert	958	↓1	5
6	James	880	–	3
7	Richard	658	–	8
8	Scott	607	↑2	23
9	Steven	577	↓1	10
10	William	541	↓1	7
11	Kevin	533	↑1	15
12	Brian	527	↓1	20
13	Daniel	455	–	17
14	Mike	441	↑3	36
15	Jeffrey	429	↑1	14
16	Thomas	419	↓2	9
17	Kenneth	404	↑1	16
18	Timothy	384	↓3	11
19	Douglas	363	↑5	30
20	Donald	355	↓1	19
21	Paul	348	–	18
22	Ronald	340	–	21
23	Gary	324	↓3	22
24	Gregory	324	↑1	24
25	Charles	316	↑3	13
26	Jeff	280	–	49
27	Steve	278	–	43
28	Craig	270	↑1	41
29	Randy	251	↓6	32
30	Joseph	225	↑2	12
31	Larry	221	–	28
32	Patrick	221	↑1	45
33	Eric	220	↑7	44
34	Jim	213	↑5	75
35	Bruce	203	–	39
36	Dennis	201	↓6	31
37	Edward	200	↑8	26
38	Jerry	193	–	37
39	Dale	190	↓3	54
40	Christopher	189	↑4	29
41	Keith	187	↑2	35
42	Terry	185	↓5	34
43	Stephen	181	↓1	27
44	Tim	167	↓3	60
45	Rick	164	↓11	>100
46	Greg	161	↑1	83
47	Matthew	158	new	61
48	Chris	156	–	63
49	Tom	154	↓3	86
50	Bradley	151	new	90

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