Popular baby names in Washington, 1976

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,064 babies) and Jason for boys (984). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 44,992 babies born in Washington in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1976

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

Girls

Harmony: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jolene: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Janell: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kami: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Tessa: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Hilary: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heidi: 190 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tami: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sonja: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jayme: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Mason: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Caleb: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyler: 71 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tyson: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eli: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bryce: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Levi: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gavin: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jeromy: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,064	–	1
2	Amy	607	–	2
3	Heather	498	–	4
4	Angela	438	–	5
5	Sarah	419	↑2	15
6	Michelle	377	↓1	6
7	Melissa	364	↓1	3
8	Jessica	357	↑5	8
9	Lisa	275	↓1	9
10	Rebecca	264	↓1	12
11	Jamie	260	↑24	18
12	Shannon	255	↑4	17
13	Stephanie	253	↓3	11
14	Christina	252	↓2	14
15	Kimberly	250	↓4	7
16	Amanda	247	↑3	10
17	Julie	224	↓3	21
18	Sara	218	↑10	27
19	Nicole	197	↓2	13
20	Rachel	194	↑2	23
21	Elizabeth	191	–	16
22	Heidi	190	↓7	70
23	Erin	184	↓5	24
24	Andrea	175	↓4	25
25	Kelly	159	↑4	19
26	Laura	159	↓2	20
27	Jaime	156	new	29
28	Amber	151	↓3	49
29	Carrie	140	↓6	28
30	Danielle	139	↑8	33
31	Wendy	123	↑1	39
32	Mary	119	↓5	22
33	April	118	↓2	30
34	Christine	118	↑3	26
35	Dawn	115	↓9	35
36	Emily	106	new	50
37	Tiffany	104	↑9	32
38	Tara	102	↓4	42
39	Kristina	101	new	97
40	Megan	100	↓10	62
41	Stacy	99	↓8	38
42	Karen	98	↓2	31
43	Brandy	94	new	55
44	Crystal	93	↑4	36
45	Monica	91	new	45
46	Holly	89	↓2	56
47	Katherine	87	new	57
48	Misty	86	new	46
49	Jill	84	↓7	52
50	Maria	84	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jason	984	–	2
2	Michael	949	–	1
3	Christopher	708	–	3
4	David	683	–	4
5	Ryan	573	↑1	16
6	Matthew	550	↓1	9
7	James	526	↑2	5
8	Joshua	516	↑3	18
9	Robert	515	↓1	7
10	Brian	482	↓3	8
11	Jeremy	472	↑2	14
12	John	446	↓2	6
13	Daniel	411	↓1	10
14	Aaron	364	↑1	30
15	Joseph	350	↑3	12
16	Jeffrey	332	–	17
17	Eric	331	↓3	13
18	Justin	321	↑5	33
19	Scott	320	↓2	24
20	William	290	↓1	11
21	Kevin	284	–	15
22	Andrew	282	–	27
23	Richard	271	↑2	19
24	Benjamin	257	↑4	32
25	Steven	257	↓5	20
26	Timothy	244	–	21
27	Mark	227	–	25
28	Paul	221	↑3	28
29	Travis	217	↑8	46
30	Thomas	216	↓1	23
31	Adam	214	↑2	36
32	Anthony	210	↓2	22
33	Chad	206	↓9	29
34	Nathan	203	↓2	39
35	Jesse	191	↑5	55
36	Shawn	191	↓2	34
37	Sean	183	↑2	42
38	Jonathan	180	↓3	31
39	Brandon	171	↓1	40
40	Charles	167	↓4	26
41	Gregory	165	↑5	35
42	Jacob	161	↓1	63
43	Shane	143	↑4	57
44	Kenneth	142	–	38
45	Bryan	133	↓3	43
46	Donald	128	new	47
47	Patrick	128	↓4	41
48	Todd	118	↓3	50
49	Kyle	116	↓1	80
50	Peter	113	new	54

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