Popular baby names in Washington, 1970

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (837 babies) and Michael for boys (1,266). Social Security records list 52,797 babies born in Washington in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1970

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

Girls

Tana: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tawnya: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Darcy: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Terra: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kari: 97 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Renae: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Karrie: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Heidi: 239 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shellie: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Janel: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Kurtis: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyler: 46 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dylan: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Bryce: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Loren: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Devin: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeff: 137 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Grant: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Trevor: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Matt: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	837	↑2	1
2	Michelle	649	↓1	4
3	Lisa	555	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	439	–	3
5	Angela	419	↑2	6
6	Julie	386	↓1	11
7	Amy	358	↑1	5
8	Heather	351	↑13	19
9	Shannon	342	↓3	22
10	Tina	268	↑3	21
11	Tracy	264	↑15	10
12	Christine	259	↓3	14
13	Melissa	259	↓2	7
14	Stephanie	246	↑10	17
15	Heidi	239	↑8	81
16	Mary	227	–	9
17	Karen	221	↑3	12
18	Wendy	218	↓8	28
19	Susan	215	↓7	15
20	Dawn	213	↓2	16
21	Tammy	202	↓2	8
22	Lori	199	–	23
23	Teresa	198	↓6	34
24	Laura	196	↓10	13
25	Rebecca	193	↑2	29
26	Kelly	178	↓11	20
27	Christina	177	↓2	35
28	Cynthia	172	↑2	25
29	Elizabeth	171	–	18
30	Brenda	170	↑4	40
31	Patricia	158	↑1	24
32	Andrea	148	↑1	43
33	Sandra	146	↑5	27
34	Nicole	145	new	30
35	Deborah	141	↓7	33
36	Tamara	135	↑1	79
37	Denise	130	↓2	36
38	Erin	129	new	>100
39	Stacy	125	↑5	42
40	Carrie	123	new	73
41	Deanna	123	new	90
42	Sarah	123	new	65
43	Jill	122	↓7	52
44	Kristin	121	↓3	63
45	Cheryl	117	↓14	44
46	Pamela	114	–	26
47	Kathleen	111	↓7	45
48	Holly	109	new	74
49	Michele	109	↓10	31
50	Rhonda	105	↓2	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,266	–	1
2	David	999	–	3
3	John	833	↑1	4
4	Robert	829	↓1	5
5	James	819	–	2
6	Jason	791	↑9	13
7	Christopher	643	↑2	6
8	Brian	602	–	8
9	Jeffrey	587	↑1	11
10	Scott	557	↓3	12
11	Mark	527	↓5	9
12	Steven	472	↑1	15
13	Daniel	458	↑1	19
14	Richard	442	↓3	10
15	Eric	434	↑1	18
16	William	424	↓4	7
17	Kevin	415	↑1	14
18	Matthew	363	↑4	24
19	Todd	331	↓2	28
20	Paul	317	–	23
21	Thomas	312	↓2	17
22	Joseph	300	↑1	16
23	Timothy	292	↓2	20
24	Kenneth	288	–	25
25	Shawn	266	↑2	34
26	Anthony	254	↑5	22
27	Aaron	248	↑12	52
28	Sean	248	↑5	37
29	Patrick	237	–	33
30	Donald	233	↑2	30
31	Charles	216	↓1	21
32	Ronald	210	↓6	29
33	Gregory	209	↓8	26
34	Andrew	207	↑2	32
35	Douglas	202	↓7	36
36	Troy	199	↓2	41
37	Gary	173	↓2	35
38	Craig	168	–	39
39	Chad	167	new	51
40	Travis	164	new	69
41	Shane	156	↑8	64
42	Stephen	150	↓5	27
43	Jeffery	146	–	50
44	Peter	139	↓3	44
45	Jeff	137	↑3	>100
46	Brent	125	new	74
47	Keith	122	new	38
48	Edward	121	↓8	31
49	Jonathan	118	new	42
50	Bryan	117	new	53

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