Popular baby names in Washington, 1971

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (1,025 babies) and Michael for boys (1,065). Social Security records list 47,679 babies born in Washington in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1971

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

Girls

Tawnya: 22 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Kari: 106 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Shauna: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Darcy: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Renae: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shawna: 66 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tera: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Janelle: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Leanne: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Heidi: 191 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Shad: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyler: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bob: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Loren: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cameron: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trevor: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jared: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brady: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jayson: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Aaron: 327 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,025	–	1
2	Michelle	560	–	2
3	Lisa	464	–	3
4	Kimberly	431	–	4
5	Angela	422	–	6
6	Amy	385	↑1	5
7	Heather	325	↑1	12
8	Julie	324	↓2	10
9	Shannon	305	–	21
10	Melissa	254	↑3	7
11	Stephanie	248	↑3	11
12	Tina	236	↓2	20
13	Tammy	222	↑8	8
14	Christine	217	↓2	18
15	Dawn	213	↑5	14
16	Rebecca	212	↑9	23
17	Laura	201	↑7	16
18	Heidi	191	↓3	77
19	Andrea	190	↑13	35
20	Wendy	189	↓2	29
21	Tracy	185	↓10	13
22	Teresa	178	↑1	34
23	Mary	177	↓7	9
24	Susan	174	↓5	17
25	Christina	173	↑2	30
26	Elizabeth	165	↑3	19
27	Karen	160	↓10	15
28	Nicole	159	↑6	27
29	Brenda	156	↑1	43
30	Sarah	148	↑12	58
31	Kelly	146	↓5	22
32	Stacy	145	↑7	32
33	Carrie	140	↑7	55
34	Cynthia	133	↓6	24
35	Lori	130	↓13	25
36	Rachel	120	new	54
37	Tara	119	new	49
38	Denise	117	↓1	36
39	Patricia	117	↓8	26
40	Tamara	117	↓4	80
41	Kristin	114	↑3	71
42	Erin	111	↓4	93
43	Tanya	110	new	72
44	Barbara	109	new	47
45	Deanna	107	↓4	95
46	Deborah	106	↓11	33
47	Kari	106	new	>100
48	Jill	101	↓5	59
49	Kristina	101	new	>100
50	Cindy	100	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,065	–	1
2	Jason	967	↑4	8
3	David	816	↓1	3
4	Robert	770	–	5
5	James	671	–	2
6	Christopher	666	↑1	6
7	John	636	↓4	4
8	Brian	567	–	9
9	Scott	545	↑1	10
10	Matthew	450	↑8	19
11	Jeffrey	443	↓2	12
12	Steven	428	–	16
13	Eric	424	↑2	18
14	Richard	422	–	11
15	Kevin	372	↑2	14
16	William	358	–	7
17	Mark	353	↓6	13
18	Daniel	342	↓5	20
19	Aaron	327	↑8	41
20	Joseph	298	↑2	15
21	Timothy	285	↑2	21
22	Thomas	280	↓1	17
23	Chad	273	↑16	29
24	Todd	262	↓5	30
25	Paul	257	↓5	24
26	Shawn	249	↓1	28
27	Jeremy	225	new	45
28	Sean	222	–	36
29	Gregory	216	↑4	26
30	Anthony	213	↓4	23
31	Ryan	208	new	51
32	Kenneth	207	↓8	25
33	Donald	204	↓3	34
34	Andrew	191	–	33
35	Charles	187	↓4	22
36	Patrick	186	↓7	35
37	Ronald	167	↓5	31
38	Travis	161	↑2	61
39	Douglas	152	↓4	39
40	Shane	144	↑1	60
41	Gary	140	↓4	38
42	Stephen	140	–	27
43	Jonathan	136	↑6	40
44	Peter	135	–	47
45	Troy	132	↓9	46
46	Craig	131	↓8	43
47	Bryan	128	↑3	48
48	Jeffery	121	↓5	53
49	Keith	117	↓2	37
50	Edward	113	↓2	32

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