Popular baby names in Washington, 1977

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,085 babies) and Jason for boys (1,005). Jason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,642 babies born in Washington in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1977

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

Girls

Aubrey: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heidi: 174 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chelsea: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tami: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Leanne: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawna: 89 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kirsten: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kari: 90 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Desiree: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marcie: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Graham: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tyler: 88 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bryce: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gavin: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyson: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cameron: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ty: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trevor: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dylan: 25 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,085	–	1
2	Sarah	522	↑3	11
3	Heather	510	–	5
4	Jessica	506	↑4	4
5	Amy	479	↓3	3
6	Melissa	427	↑1	2
7	Angela	426	↓3	6
8	Michelle	333	↓2	7
9	Lisa	324	–	12
10	Stephanie	269	↑3	14
11	Shannon	267	↑1	19
12	Christina	266	↑2	16
13	Kelly	261	↑12	10
14	Erin	254	↑9	23
15	Elizabeth	252	↑6	13
16	Jamie	251	↓5	18
17	Rebecca	251	↓7	17
18	Amanda	249	↓2	9
19	Nicole	244	–	15
20	Kimberly	237	↓5	8
21	Amber	228	↑7	33
22	Andrea	226	↑2	24
23	Sara	223	↓5	27
24	Rachel	219	↓4	26
25	Julie	189	↓8	22
26	Heidi	174	↓4	81
27	Laura	171	↓1	20
28	Carrie	157	↑1	28
29	Danielle	152	↑1	31
30	Tara	149	↑8	35
31	Megan	141	↑9	54
32	Crystal	136	↑12	25
33	Mary	133	↓1	21
34	Holly	131	↑12	52
35	April	129	↓2	29
36	Emily	127	–	37
37	Christine	126	↓3	30
38	Jaime	121	↓11	46
39	Tiffany	120	↓2	34
40	Katherine	112	↑7	44
41	Jill	106	↑8	41
42	Maria	105	↑8	36
43	Anna	102	new	74
44	Tanya	101	new	67
45	Karen	99	↓3	32
46	Misty	99	↑2	40
47	Wendy	96	↓16	49
48	Erica	92	new	38
49	Stacy	92	↓8	42
50	Brandy	90	↓7	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jason	1,005	–	2
2	Michael	991	–	1
3	Christopher	767	–	3
4	David	684	–	4
5	Ryan	665	–	16
6	Matthew	641	–	9
7	Joshua	611	↑1	14
8	James	542	↓1	5
9	Jeremy	533	↑2	15
10	Brian	503	–	8
11	John	483	↑1	7
12	Robert	471	↓3	6
13	Daniel	420	–	11
14	Joseph	420	↑1	10
15	Kevin	406	↑6	13
16	Jeffrey	354	–	19
17	Aaron	353	↓3	32
18	Andrew	344	↑4	24
19	Eric	342	↓2	17
20	Scott	303	↓1	27
21	William	300	↓1	12
22	Justin	289	↓4	30
23	Benjamin	282	↑1	29
24	Timothy	281	↑2	18
25	Richard	275	↓2	20
26	Steven	266	↓1	23
27	Nathan	256	↑7	36
28	Mark	252	↓1	25
29	Anthony	251	↑3	21
30	Adam	230	↑1	33
31	Travis	228	↓2	44
32	Thomas	220	↓2	22
33	Jacob	215	↑9	56
34	Jonathan	213	↑4	28
35	Jesse	211	–	54
36	Paul	201	↓8	31
37	Chad	196	↓4	34
38	Sean	196	↓1	43
39	Brandon	181	–	41
40	Shawn	177	↓4	37
41	Charles	159	↓1	26
42	Bryan	154	↑3	42
43	Patrick	153	↑4	40
44	Kenneth	146	–	39
45	Nicholas	146	new	51
46	Gregory	138	↓5	35
47	Shane	137	↓4	61
48	Kyle	133	↑1	79
49	Todd	131	↓1	50
50	Peter	122	–	55

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