Popular baby names in Washington, 1980

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,061 babies) and Michael for boys (1,123). Social Security records list 57,941 babies born in Washington in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1980

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: 31 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Breanne: 31 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Shelby: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sadie: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mariah: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kyla: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Breanna: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rachelle: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brianna: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carly: 37 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Leif: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Hans: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jerad: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ty: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyler: 149 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tyson: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bryce: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cameron: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Collin: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,061	–	1
2	Sarah	686	–	5
3	Jessica	616	–	3
4	Melissa	561	–	4
5	Amanda	526	↑2	2
6	Heather	450	–	6
7	Angela	388	↓2	12
8	Amy	378	–	8
9	Michelle	373	–	10
10	Elizabeth	370	↑3	9
11	Stephanie	354	↑1	13
12	Nicole	346	↓2	7
13	Lisa	328	↓2	16
14	Erin	316	↑4	20
15	Megan	301	↑8	30
16	Rebecca	298	–	17
17	Kimberly	294	↑4	11
18	Christina	290	↓3	15
19	Amber	284	↓5	22
20	Rachel	283	↓1	23
21	Tiffany	279	↑10	14
22	Crystal	263	↑3	18
23	Sara	260	↓1	27
24	Jamie	255	↓7	24
25	Andrea	228	↓5	28
26	Shannon	225	↓2	29
27	Emily	212	↑2	31
28	Katie	193	↑9	44
29	Mary	193	↑3	25
30	Laura	192	↓2	21
31	Anna	190	↑5	55
32	Julie	185	↓6	32
33	Heidi	184	–	79
34	Kelly	173	↓7	19
35	Katherine	171	↓5	35
36	Danielle	159	↓1	33
37	April	147	↓3	26
38	Alicia	143	↑2	47
39	Kristina	141	↑4	73
40	Brooke	128	new	57
41	Christine	125	↓3	41
42	Lindsey	122	↑7	91
43	Courtney	119	new	48
44	Lindsay	119	new	71
45	Misty	119	–	49
46	Tara	116	↓7	43
47	Kathryn	113	new	50
48	Erica	112	↓2	34
49	Maria	112	↓5	36
50	Kristin	106	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,123	–	1
2	Jason	916	↑1	3
3	Christopher	879	↓1	2
4	Joshua	840	–	7
5	Matthew	803	↑2	6
6	David	776	–	4
7	Ryan	748	↓2	15
8	Justin	661	↑8	13
9	James	611	↓1	5
10	Daniel	580	↓1	11
11	Robert	548	↓1	9
12	John	542	↑1	8
13	Joseph	518	↓1	10
14	Nicholas	503	↑1	17
15	Brian	493	↓4	12
16	Andrew	483	↑2	19
17	Jeremy	431	↓3	18
18	Adam	402	↑1	22
19	Eric	387	↑5	16
20	Benjamin	384	↑3	32
21	Aaron	377	↓4	34
22	Brandon	377	↑10	31
23	Jeffrey	364	↓3	27
24	William	353	↑2	14
25	Jacob	349	↑4	43
26	Timothy	336	↓1	20
27	Jesse	330	↑7	45
28	Kevin	318	↓6	23
29	Jonathan	315	↑7	21
30	Anthony	296	↑7	24
31	Nathan	293	↓3	36
32	Steven	276	↓5	28
33	Travis	276	↓2	37
34	Richard	273	↓4	26
35	Thomas	272	–	25
36	Scott	258	↓15	33
37	Mark	249	↓4	30
38	Chad	233	↑5	39
39	Kyle	228	↓1	57
40	Sean	223	–	48
41	Charles	219	–	29
42	Derek	204	new	50
43	Dustin	202	↑6	44
44	Paul	202	↓2	35
45	Patrick	198	↓6	38
46	Erik	171	new	64
47	Shawn	165	↓3	47
48	Shane	163	–	69
49	Peter	156	new	55
50	Kenneth	155	↓5	41

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