Popular baby names in Washington, 1982

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (978 babies) and Michael for boys (1,138). Social Security records list 59,134 babies born in Washington in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1982

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: 81 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mariah: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Breanna: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brenna: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kirsten: 48 babies, 4× the national rate
Nicolette: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Athena: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Breanne: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brianne: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julianne: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tyson: 70 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kristofer: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Collin: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kurtis: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyler: 269 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cameron: 87 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bryce: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tanner: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Miles: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	978	–	1
2	Jessica	790	–	2
3	Sarah	745	–	4
4	Amanda	532	–	3
5	Melissa	494	–	5
6	Nicole	440	–	6
7	Michelle	391	↑1	11
8	Stephanie	387	↓1	7
9	Amy	384	–	10
10	Heather	366	↑1	12
11	Elizabeth	350	↑1	8
12	Crystal	333	↑5	9
13	Amber	329	↑2	18
14	Rachel	326	↓1	21
15	Erin	304	↓1	20
16	Sara	285	↑9	28
17	Angela	279	↓7	16
18	Emily	278	↑8	24
19	Rebecca	276	↓3	15
20	Christina	272	↓2	19
21	Andrea	269	↓1	27
22	Tiffany	269	↑1	13
23	Kimberly	261	↓4	14
24	Megan	260	↓2	34
25	Jamie	249	↓1	29
26	Lisa	247	↓5	23
27	Laura	225	–	22
28	Danielle	213	↑1	31
29	Katherine	196	↑4	36
30	Katie	194	–	45
31	Lindsey	180	↑8	40
32	Shannon	178	↓4	38
33	Kelly	166	↑1	25
34	Anna	165	↑1	56
35	Lindsay	160	↑1	39
36	Julie	157	↑1	41
37	Ashley	156	new	17
38	Tara	156	↑8	47
39	Alicia	149	↑6	53
40	Mary	149	↓8	30
41	Heidi	141	↓3	86
42	Kristin	141	↓11	37
43	April	139	↓1	32
44	Kristina	139	new	70
45	Courtney	136	↓5	43
46	Erica	136	↓5	35
47	Maria	124	↑2	42
48	Kristen	119	↓1	33
49	Cassandra	117	new	62
50	Kathryn	113	–	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	1,138	–	1
2	Christopher	1,042	–	2
3	Matthew	903	↑2	3
4	Ryan	786	–	13
5	Joshua	782	↓2	7
6	David	751	–	5
7	Jason	720	–	4
8	Justin	609	↑2	12
9	Daniel	591	↓1	10
10	James	564	↓1	6
11	Joseph	549	↑1	11
12	Robert	545	↓1	9
13	John	505	↑1	8
14	Brian	495	↑1	14
15	Andrew	476	↓2	17
16	Brandon	467	↑2	18
17	Nicholas	446	↓1	22
18	Adam	411	↑1	19
19	Aaron	402	↓2	30
20	Jeffrey	399	–	29
21	Jonathan	375	↑4	16
22	Jacob	370	↑1	41
23	Jeremy	366	↓1	28
24	Benjamin	365	↓3	33
25	William	355	↑1	15
26	Kevin	352	↑3	25
27	Eric	321	↑1	20
28	Jesse	321	↓4	43
29	Steven	318	↑5	26
30	Kyle	315	↑7	47
31	Nathan	310	↑1	36
32	Timothy	306	↓5	24
33	Anthony	299	↓2	21
34	Scott	297	↓4	34
35	Travis	275	↓2	39
36	Tyler	269	↑6	66
37	Richard	263	↑1	27
38	Thomas	238	↓3	23
39	Paul	236	↑1	35
40	Sean	236	↓4	44
41	Mark	228	↓2	32
42	Dustin	227	↓1	42
43	Patrick	223	–	37
44	Charles	208	–	31
45	Zachary	175	new	55
46	Jared	166	↑3	54
47	Bryan	164	↓2	49
48	Derek	164	↓2	50
49	Peter	156	new	57
50	Stephen	155	new	38

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