Popular baby names in Washington, 1969

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1969 were Michelle for girls (712 babies) and Michael for boys (1,326). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 51,817 babies born in Washington in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1969

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: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Darcy: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kari: 93 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jolene: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tamera: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shawna: 61 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tami: 78 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Leanne: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jami: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynnette: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Rod: 22 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kory: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rob: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tod: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Loren: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ty: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Blake: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tyler: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeffry: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lyle: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michelle	712	↑1	2
2	Lisa	707	↓1	1
3	Jennifer	607	–	3
4	Kimberly	486	–	4
5	Julie	441	–	12
6	Shannon	354	↑5	31
7	Angela	324	↓1	7
8	Amy	290	↑15	6
9	Christine	257	↑4	14
10	Wendy	256	↑7	29
11	Melissa	246	↑8	5
12	Susan	242	↓3	11
13	Tina	241	↓6	22
14	Laura	238	↓4	10
15	Kelly	231	↓7	15
16	Mary	231	–	8
17	Teresa	228	↓2	32
18	Dawn	226	↑8	21
19	Tammy	222	↓5	9
20	Karen	217	↓8	13
21	Heather	213	new	34
22	Lori	213	↑2	20
23	Heidi	210	↑8	80
24	Stephanie	210	↓6	19
25	Christina	206	–	37
26	Tracy	203	↓6	17
27	Rebecca	187	↑5	28
28	Deborah	184	↓1	27
29	Elizabeth	172	↓8	16
30	Cynthia	160	↓1	23
31	Cheryl	154	↑7	41
32	Patricia	151	↓4	18
33	Andrea	147	↑14	48
34	Brenda	147	↓12	38
35	Denise	139	↑2	35
36	Jill	137	↓6	51
37	Tamara	134	↑3	78
38	Sandra	133	↓5	25
39	Michele	132	↓4	30
40	Kathleen	128	↑2	42
41	Kristin	128	↑4	76
42	Gina	122	↑2	63
43	Barbara	120	↓2	39
44	Stacy	120	new	53
45	Jodi	115	new	95
46	Pamela	115	↓10	24
47	Leslie	114	new	64
48	Rhonda	114	↓5	44
49	Kristine	113	new	>100
50	Kristina	111	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	1,326	–	1
2	David	1,016	–	2
3	Robert	882	–	5
4	John	849	–	4
5	James	824	–	3
6	Mark	636	↑1	8
7	Scott	623	↑1	12
8	Brian	620	↓2	9
9	Christopher	579	↑3	7
10	Jeffrey	571	–	11
11	Richard	510	↓2	10
12	William	506	↑1	6
13	Steven	478	↓2	14
14	Daniel	464	–	18
15	Jason	445	↑19	25
16	Eric	427	↓1	21
17	Todd	391	↑1	28
18	Kevin	388	↓2	16
19	Thomas	371	↑1	13
20	Paul	341	↓1	22
21	Timothy	340	↓4	17
22	Matthew	320	–	24
23	Joseph	284	↑3	15
24	Kenneth	266	↓3	23
25	Gregory	260	↑4	26
26	Ronald	239	↓3	29
27	Shawn	236	↑9	41
28	Douglas	235	↑2	34
29	Patrick	232	↓5	31
30	Charles	230	↓5	19
31	Anthony	224	↓4	20
32	Donald	222	↓4	30
33	Sean	212	↓2	37
34	Troy	202	↓1	42
35	Gary	194	↓3	35
36	Andrew	192	↑2	33
37	Stephen	172	–	27
38	Craig	168	↓3	39
39	Aaron	162	↑6	61
40	Edward	138	↑10	32
41	Peter	136	new	43
42	Darren	133	↓3	60
43	Jeffery	132	–	48
44	Corey	131	new	58
45	Kelly	129	↑3	>100
46	Bradley	125	↑3	53
47	Dennis	123	new	44
48	Jeff	122	↓2	>100
49	Shane	122	new	87
50	Larry	121	↓3	40

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