Popular baby names in Washington, 1978

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (1,058 babies) and Michael for boys (1,046). Social Security records list 49,722 babies born in Washington in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1978

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

Girls

Desirae: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brianna: 21 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rena: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Corina: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tami: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lacey: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jolene: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darcy: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chelsea: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Hannah: 33 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Ty: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mason: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tyson: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jeromy: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Loren: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tyler: 97 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kurtis: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colin: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bryce: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gavin: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,058	–	1
2	Sarah	524	–	8
3	Jessica	490	↑1	3
4	Heather	467	↓1	5
5	Melissa	466	↑1	2
6	Angela	445	↑1	7
7	Amy	395	↓2	4
8	Michelle	360	–	9
9	Christina	327	↑3	15
10	Nicole	307	↑9	10
11	Lisa	288	↓2	11
12	Amanda	273	↑6	6
13	Stephanie	272	↓3	16
14	Andrea	271	↑8	23
15	Elizabeth	268	–	14
16	Erin	256	↓2	21
17	Kimberly	250	↑3	13
18	Amber	234	↑3	30
19	Sara	230	↑4	28
20	Rachel	226	↑4	25
21	Rebecca	226	↓4	17
22	Jamie	223	↓6	20
23	Kelly	220	↓10	12
24	Shannon	209	↓13	22
25	Crystal	204	↑7	18
26	Julie	175	↓1	26
27	Emily	173	↑9	33
28	Laura	169	↓1	19
29	Megan	164	↑2	41
30	April	160	↑5	27
31	Carrie	152	↓3	35
32	Heidi	143	↓6	83
33	Katherine	129	↑7	38
34	Tara	129	↓4	40
35	Danielle	127	↓6	31
36	Anna	124	↑7	65
37	Mary	123	↓4	24
38	Tiffany	121	↑1	32
39	Christine	115	↓2	29
40	Erica	114	↑8	34
41	Kathryn	114	new	57
42	Kristina	112	new	64
43	Katie	110	new	90
44	Alicia	109	new	58
45	Holly	105	↓11	55
46	Maria	103	↓4	36
47	Stacy	101	↑2	44
48	Wendy	94	↓1	56
49	Dawn	92	new	52
50	Tanya	90	↓6	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	1,046	↑1	1
2	Jason	888	↓1	2
3	Christopher	811	–	3
4	David	697	–	4
5	Ryan	687	–	14
6	Joshua	666	↑1	12
7	James	584	↑1	5
8	Matthew	574	↓2	6
9	Brian	542	↑1	9
10	John	520	↑1	7
11	Daniel	499	↑2	11
12	Robert	496	–	8
13	Jeremy	466	↓4	18
14	Joseph	412	–	10
15	Aaron	385	↑2	32
16	Nicholas	379	↑29	25
17	Jeffrey	357	↓1	19
18	Andrew	344	–	22
19	Justin	338	↑3	28
20	Timothy	328	↑4	17
21	William	326	–	13
22	Eric	320	↓3	16
23	Adam	317	↑7	29
24	Benjamin	316	↓1	34
25	Kevin	309	↓10	15
26	Scott	303	↓6	30
27	Steven	279	↓1	24
28	Richard	275	↓3	21
29	Jacob	262	↑4	50
30	Anthony	250	↓1	20
31	Nathan	249	↓4	36
32	Mark	246	↓4	26
33	Paul	230	↑3	33
34	Thomas	227	↓2	23
35	Brandon	225	↑4	40
36	Charles	207	↑5	27
37	Travis	202	↓6	46
38	Jesse	197	↓3	51
39	Sean	195	↓1	45
40	Kyle	191	↑8	63
41	Jonathan	190	↓7	31
42	Chad	185	↓5	35
43	Shawn	181	↓3	39
44	Bryan	147	↓2	43
45	Patrick	144	↓2	42
46	Shane	142	↑1	65
47	Shaun	136	new	52
48	Kenneth	135	↓4	41
49	Jared	126	new	72
50	Peter	126	–	54

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