Popular baby names in Washington, 1968

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1968 were Lisa for girls (795 babies) and Michael for boys (1,270). Social Security records list 50,084 babies born in Washington in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1968

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

Girls

Darci: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Tawnya: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dawna: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tami: 93 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shawna: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Deena: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kari: 78 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marci: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Danette: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Karrie: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Kurtis: 25 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Rob: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Monte: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Pat: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bob: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Blake: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Casey: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tyler: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chuck: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ryan: 101 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	795	–	1
2	Michelle	641	–	2
3	Jennifer	498	↑2	4
4	Kimberly	488	↓1	3
5	Julie	374	↓1	16
6	Angela	341	↑5	7
7	Tina	304	↑1	18
8	Kelly	271	↑8	12
9	Susan	254	↓2	10
10	Laura	248	↑4	11
11	Shannon	247	↑11	53
12	Karen	245	↓3	9
13	Christine	242	↓3	14
14	Tammy	233	↓1	8
15	Teresa	230	↓3	30
16	Mary	226	↓10	6
17	Wendy	222	–	31
18	Stephanie	218	↓3	23
19	Melissa	214	↑7	5
20	Tracy	212	–	25
21	Elizabeth	200	↑4	17
22	Brenda	195	↓4	34
23	Amy	193	–	13
24	Lori	183	↓5	22
25	Christina	182	↑20	44
26	Dawn	175	↑1	21
27	Deborah	173	↓6	27
28	Patricia	172	–	15
29	Cynthia	168	–	19
30	Jill	167	↑9	46
31	Heidi	161	↓7	89
32	Rebecca	158	↑4	33
33	Sandra	156	↓2	26
34	Linda	153	↑3	28
35	Michele	151	–	29
36	Pamela	147	↑2	20
37	Denise	146	↓5	35
38	Cheryl	140	↓8	37
39	Debra	135	↑3	38
40	Tamara	132	↑4	80
41	Barbara	128	↓7	36
42	Kathleen	125	↑1	40
43	Rhonda	121	↑7	42
44	Gina	118	new	58
45	Kristin	118	new	84
46	Kim	117	↑3	57
47	Andrea	115	↓6	48
48	Stacey	114	new	55
49	Donna	113	↓1	24
50	Ann	112	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	1,270	–	1
2	David	1,057	–	2
3	Robert	863	↑1	5
4	John	850	↓1	3
5	James	818	–	4
6	Brian	605	↑1	10
7	Mark	604	↓1	7
8	Scott	571	↑1	14
9	Richard	567	↑1	8
10	Jeffrey	557	↓2	11
11	Steven	504	–	15
12	Christopher	480	↑5	9
13	William	459	↓1	6
14	Daniel	430	↓1	18
15	Eric	415	↑1	22
16	Kevin	379	↓2	17
17	Timothy	378	↓2	13
18	Todd	367	↑2	28
19	Paul	337	↓1	19
20	Thomas	331	↓1	12
21	Kenneth	298	–	23
22	Matthew	278	↑1	24
23	Ronald	274	↓1	25
24	Patrick	259	↑6	30
25	Charles	252	↑4	20
26	Joseph	235	↓2	16
27	Anthony	233	↑4	21
28	Donald	229	↓3	29
29	Gregory	217	↓3	26
30	Douglas	212	↓3	33
31	Sean	211	↑4	37
32	Gary	203	↓4	32
33	Troy	203	↓1	40
34	Jason	197	↑13	47
35	Craig	189	↑2	41
36	Shawn	189	↓2	43
37	Stephen	183	↓4	27
38	Andrew	152	–	34
39	Darren	143	new	60
40	Keith	133	–	35
41	Mike	132	↓5	93
42	Terry	131	new	48
43	Jeffery	130	↑2	46
44	Jon	130	↑4	65
45	Aaron	125	new	87
46	Jeff	125	–	90
47	Larry	125	↑2	38
48	Kelly	119	↓4	97
49	Bradley	116	↑1	57
50	Edward	116	↓11	31

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