Popular baby names in Washington, 1979

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (1,081 babies) and Michael for boys (1,059). Social Security records list 54,958 babies born in Washington in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1979

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

Girls

Kelsey: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Breanne: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Briana: 35 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jolene: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brianna: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Athena: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shawna: 77 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kirsten: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tami: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Shelby: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Tyler: 134 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyson: 53 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Beau: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jake: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rory: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bryce: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Kurtis: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ian: 124 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Forrest: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,081	–	1
2	Sarah	598	–	6
3	Jessica	594	–	4
4	Melissa	579	↑1	2
5	Angela	443	↑1	8
6	Heather	435	↓2	7
7	Amanda	428	↑5	3
8	Amy	396	↓1	5
9	Michelle	396	↓1	10
10	Nicole	337	–	9
11	Lisa	334	–	13
12	Stephanie	326	↑1	15
13	Elizabeth	316	↑2	11
14	Amber	310	↑4	22
15	Christina	273	↓6	14
16	Rebecca	272	↑5	17
17	Jamie	270	↑5	19
18	Erin	267	↓2	21
19	Rachel	258	↑1	27
20	Andrea	255	↓6	26
21	Kimberly	245	↓4	12
22	Sara	228	↓3	30
23	Megan	219	↑6	31
24	Shannon	219	–	25
25	Crystal	216	–	18
26	Julie	203	–	29
27	Kelly	201	↓4	16
28	Laura	196	–	20
29	Emily	172	↓2	34
30	Katherine	172	↑3	36
31	Tiffany	162	↑7	28
32	Mary	161	↑5	24
33	Heidi	158	↓1	83
34	April	150	↓4	23
35	Danielle	143	–	33
36	Anna	139	–	59
37	Katie	139	↑6	63
38	Christine	137	↑1	35
39	Tara	136	↓5	38
40	Alicia	127	↑4	47
41	Carrie	126	↓10	41
42	Holly	121	↑3	48
43	Kristina	118	↓1	74
44	Maria	107	↑2	37
45	Misty	107	new	42
46	Erica	105	↓6	32
47	Stacy	101	–	43
48	Dawn	98	↑1	57
49	Lindsey	97	new	>100
50	Melanie	97	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	1,059	–	1
2	Christopher	937	↑1	2
3	Jason	873	↓1	3
4	Joshua	834	↑2	9
5	Ryan	792	–	14
6	David	723	↓2	4
7	Matthew	698	↑1	6
8	James	595	↓1	5
9	Daniel	560	↑2	12
10	Robert	552	↑2	8
11	Brian	528	↓2	10
12	Joseph	510	↑2	11
13	John	489	↓3	7
14	Jeremy	480	↓1	16
15	Nicholas	474	↑1	15
16	Justin	462	↑3	22
17	Aaron	428	↓2	32
18	Andrew	420	–	20
19	Adam	394	↑4	23
20	Jeffrey	361	↓3	24
21	Scott	344	↑5	29
22	Kevin	339	↑3	19
23	Benjamin	334	↑1	33
24	Eric	332	↓2	17
25	Timothy	326	↓5	18
26	William	310	↓5	13
27	Steven	297	–	27
28	Nathan	290	↑3	37
29	Jacob	286	–	45
30	Richard	279	↓2	25
31	Travis	271	↑6	36
32	Brandon	262	↑3	35
33	Mark	251	↓1	30
34	Jesse	247	↑4	50
35	Thomas	242	↓1	26
36	Jonathan	239	↑5	31
37	Anthony	227	↓7	21
38	Kyle	219	↑2	56
39	Patrick	211	↑6	39
40	Sean	197	↓1	49
41	Charles	195	↓5	28
42	Paul	193	↓9	34
43	Chad	174	↓1	38
44	Shawn	157	↓1	43
45	Kenneth	156	↑3	41
46	Joel	149	new	71
47	Bryan	148	↓3	46
48	Shane	147	↓2	67
49	Dustin	144	new	62
50	Gregory	142	new	42

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