Popular baby names in Washington, 1975

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,039 babies) and Jason for boys (1,043). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,064 babies born in Washington in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1975

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: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Katy: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Meagan: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angelique: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jolene: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sunshine: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heidi: 194 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shawna: 71 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tami: 34 babies, 3× the national rate
Janelle: 30 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Tyler: 72 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bryce: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Erin: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyson: 37 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Caleb: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ty: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jacob: 154 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Casey: 85 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Trevor: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,039	–	1
2	Amy	574	–	2
3	Heather	455	–	3
4	Angela	452	–	5
5	Michelle	381	–	6
6	Melissa	357	↑3	4
7	Sarah	330	↑5	17
8	Lisa	293	↓2	8
9	Rebecca	276	↓2	11
10	Stephanie	269	↑1	9
11	Kimberly	261	↓3	7
12	Christina	251	↑2	12
13	Jessica	225	↑2	13
14	Julie	203	↑2	18
15	Heidi	194	↓2	66
16	Shannon	194	↓6	21
17	Nicole	184	–	10
18	Erin	180	↑5	38
19	Amanda	179	↑11	14
20	Andrea	178	–	28
21	Elizabeth	173	–	15
22	Rachel	169	↓3	26
23	Carrie	161	↑9	29
24	Laura	141	↑2	20
25	Amber	139	↑16	59
26	Dawn	137	↓8	23
27	Mary	133	–	19
28	Sara	133	↑1	54
29	Kelly	132	↓5	16
30	Megan	130	↑20	69
31	April	129	↓6	25
32	Wendy	120	↓4	33
33	Stacy	114	↑15	34
34	Tara	112	↑4	41
35	Jamie	109	↑8	68
36	Tanya	108	↓3	50
37	Christine	107	↓15	22
38	Danielle	103	↓7	42
39	Tina	101	↓3	35
40	Karen	100	↓6	27
41	Brenda	99	↓1	67
42	Jill	95	new	46
43	Teresa	94	new	61
44	Holly	93	new	55
45	Tracy	92	↓6	24
46	Tiffany	90	↓4	37
47	Stacey	89	new	44
48	Crystal	88	↓2	43
49	Tammy	88	new	31
50	Anna	87	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jason	1,043	–	2
2	Michael	939	–	1
3	Christopher	683	–	3
4	David	603	–	5
5	Matthew	543	↑1	9
6	Ryan	509	↑5	23
7	Brian	501	↓2	8
8	Robert	496	↓1	6
9	James	489	–	4
10	John	463	↓2	7
11	Joshua	449	↑2	26
12	Daniel	413	↓2	11
13	Jeremy	397	↑4	24
14	Eric	350	↑4	13
15	Aaron	340	↑1	32
16	Jeffrey	328	↓4	14
17	Scott	319	↓2	17
18	Joseph	303	↑2	12
19	William	298	↓5	10
20	Steven	272	↓1	18
21	Kevin	271	↑1	15
22	Andrew	268	↑4	28
23	Justin	267	↑5	37
24	Chad	255	↓1	27
25	Richard	254	↓1	16
26	Timothy	254	↓1	22
27	Mark	249	↓6	19
28	Benjamin	235	↑5	36
29	Thomas	213	↑1	20
30	Anthony	210	↓1	21
31	Paul	204	–	29
32	Nathan	195	↑10	45
33	Adam	184	↓1	38
34	Shawn	177	↓7	31
35	Jonathan	176	↑1	30
36	Charles	171	↑7	25
37	Travis	170	↓2	51
38	Brandon	164	↓1	44
39	Sean	163	↓5	40
40	Jesse	156	↑9	64
41	Jacob	154	new	75
42	Bryan	143	↑4	47
43	Patrick	139	↑5	39
44	Kenneth	133	↓6	35
45	Todd	131	↓6	43
46	Gregory	129	↓6	33
47	Shane	121	↓6	57
48	Kyle	117	new	88
49	Joel	110	new	74
50	Stephen	108	↓5	34

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