Popular baby names in Washington, 1981

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (1,085 babies) and Michael for boys (1,178). Social Security records list 59,373 babies born in Washington in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1981

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

Girls

Brynn: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Kelsey: 51 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Breanna: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Mariah: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brianna: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Andria: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Brenna: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Karissa: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shawna: 71 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kyla: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Riley: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Blair: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyler: 196 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tristan: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyson: 55 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Morgan: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bryce: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Robin: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dane: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nathanael: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,085	–	1
2	Jessica	788	↑1	2
3	Sarah	725	↓1	4
4	Amanda	565	↑1	3
5	Melissa	536	↓1	5
6	Nicole	429	↑6	7
7	Stephanie	413	↑4	8
8	Michelle	381	↑1	11
9	Amy	379	↓1	6
10	Angela	367	↓3	15
11	Heather	365	↓5	10
12	Elizabeth	353	↓2	9
13	Rachel	329	↑7	22
14	Erin	317	–	19
15	Amber	316	↑4	20
16	Rebecca	312	–	12
17	Crystal	293	↑5	16
18	Christina	288	–	17
19	Kimberly	275	↓2	13
20	Andrea	274	↑5	24
21	Lisa	269	↓8	18
22	Megan	269	↓7	33
23	Tiffany	256	↓2	14
24	Jamie	247	–	28
25	Sara	242	↓2	26
26	Emily	238	↑1	29
27	Laura	230	↑3	21
28	Shannon	213	↓2	32
29	Danielle	208	↑7	30
30	Katie	201	↓2	44
31	Kristin	180	↑19	31
32	Mary	180	↓3	27
33	Katherine	176	↑2	39
34	Kelly	173	–	23
35	Anna	171	↓4	54
36	Lindsay	170	↑8	47
37	Julie	160	↓5	37
38	Heidi	157	↓5	84
39	Lindsey	154	↑3	58
40	Courtney	150	↑3	43
41	Erica	128	↑7	36
42	April	123	↓5	25
43	Brooke	123	↓3	52
44	Christine	122	↓3	42
45	Alicia	121	↓7	46
46	Tara	119	–	45
47	Kristen	117	new	38
48	Leah	114	new	81
49	Maria	114	–	40
50	Kathryn	113	↓3	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,178	–	1
2	Christopher	1,012	↑1	2
3	Joshua	938	↑1	6
4	Ryan	799	↑3	13
5	Matthew	789	–	3
6	David	756	–	5
7	Jason	754	↓5	4
8	Daniel	593	↑2	10
9	James	585	–	7
10	Justin	584	↓2	12
11	Robert	569	–	9
12	Joseph	535	↑1	11
13	Andrew	517	↑3	18
14	John	515	↓2	8
15	Brian	502	–	14
16	Nicholas	491	↓2	21
17	Aaron	462	↑4	30
18	Brandon	458	↑4	19
19	Adam	435	↓1	20
20	Jeffrey	400	↑3	29
21	Benjamin	395	↓1	32
22	Jeremy	386	↓5	22
23	Jacob	368	↑2	43
24	Jesse	363	↑3	37
25	Jonathan	351	↑4	16
26	William	349	↓2	15
27	Timothy	332	↓1	24
28	Eric	329	↓9	17
29	Kevin	315	↓1	25
30	Scott	305	↑6	34
31	Anthony	295	↓1	23
32	Nathan	289	↓1	36
33	Travis	283	–	40
34	Steven	282	↓2	28
35	Thomas	279	–	26
36	Sean	258	↑4	44
37	Kyle	257	↑2	52
38	Richard	255	↓4	27
39	Mark	250	↓2	33
40	Paul	226	↑4	35
41	Dustin	220	↑2	42
42	Tyler	196	new	96
43	Patrick	192	↑2	38
44	Charles	188	↓3	31
45	Bryan	167	new	48
46	Derek	162	↓4	53
47	Kenneth	156	↑3	41
48	Casey	152	new	85
49	Jared	149	new	57
50	Shawn	149	↓3	49

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