Popular baby names in Washington, 1972

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,123 babies) and Michael for boys (938). Social Security records list 40,980 babies born in Washington in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1972

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: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Janelle: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Karrie: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cari: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tami: 60 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darcy: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trisha: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shawna: 69 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kari: 65 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kimberlee: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Ty: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Trevor: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dan: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tyler: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Devin: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Casey: 44 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cameron: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brady: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Aaron: 282 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,123	–	1
2	Michelle	451	–	2
3	Lisa	406	–	3
4	Amy	373	↑2	5
5	Angela	363	–	6
6	Heather	363	↑1	9
7	Kimberly	321	↓3	4
8	Shannon	282	↑1	22
9	Julie	274	↓1	12
10	Stephanie	251	↑1	8
11	Melissa	239	↓1	7
12	Nicole	207	↑16	10
13	Rebecca	200	↑3	14
14	Tina	200	↓2	18
15	Christina	172	↑10	26
16	Dawn	171	↓1	20
17	Christine	169	↓3	16
18	Sarah	169	↑12	49
19	Heidi	166	↓1	64
20	Andrea	152	↓1	30
21	Susan	143	↑3	24
22	Laura	141	↓5	17
23	Tracy	140	↓2	19
24	Wendy	140	↓4	29
25	Brenda	139	↑4	44
26	Elizabeth	137	–	15
27	Karen	133	–	21
28	Tammy	133	↓15	11
29	Teresa	132	↓7	39
30	Mary	131	↓7	13
31	Jessica	127	new	46
32	Rachel	124	↑4	40
33	Carrie	123	–	53
34	Kelly	118	↓3	23
35	Tara	116	↑2	38
36	Patricia	109	↑3	27
37	Cynthia	102	↓3	25
38	Erin	101	↑4	93
39	Lori	101	↓4	28
40	Tanya	100	↑3	54
41	Kristin	98	–	67
42	Tamara	98	↓2	84
43	Kristina	95	↑6	>100
44	Denise	92	↓6	35
45	Stacy	90	↓13	33
46	April	86	new	48
47	Sara	84	new	>100
48	Stacey	82	new	41
49	Holly	81	new	71
50	Tonya	81	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	938	–	1
2	Jason	853	–	7
3	Christopher	715	↑3	2
4	David	656	↓1	4
5	Robert	602	↓1	6
6	Brian	551	↑2	8
7	John	531	–	5
8	James	512	↓3	3
9	Matthew	453	↑1	10
10	Scott	423	↓1	11
11	Jeffrey	379	–	17
12	Daniel	366	↑6	15
13	Eric	349	–	16
14	Richard	317	–	14
15	William	302	↑1	9
16	Ryan	301	↑15	39
17	Kevin	299	↓2	13
18	Mark	296	↓1	18
19	Steven	295	↓7	19
20	Aaron	282	↓1	40
21	Joseph	265	↓1	12
22	Timothy	251	↓1	21
23	Chad	231	–	25
24	Jeremy	225	↑3	42
25	Paul	219	–	24
26	Sean	219	↑2	33
27	Thomas	212	↓5	20
28	Shawn	200	↓2	28
29	Anthony	199	↑1	22
30	Todd	186	↓6	31
31	Andrew	185	↑3	30
32	Kenneth	181	–	27
33	Charles	169	↑2	23
34	Gregory	169	↓5	26
35	Justin	156	new	60
36	Travis	156	↑2	57
37	Patrick	149	↓1	35
38	Shane	148	↑2	55
39	Donald	134	↓6	36
40	Joshua	133	new	59
41	Bryan	124	↑6	45
42	Craig	123	↑4	46
43	Gary	123	↓2	41
44	Adam	122	new	51
45	Jonathan	119	↓2	37
46	Peter	114	↓2	48
47	Troy	112	↓2	49
48	Erik	106	new	86
49	Keith	103	–	38
50	Ronald	102	↓13	32

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