Popular baby names in Washington, 1984

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (876 babies) and Michael for boys (1,101). Social Security records list 58,218 babies born in Washington in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1984

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: 125 babies, 5× the national rate
Brynn: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Breanne: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Breanna: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chelsey: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chelsie: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Rachelle: 50 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shayna: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mackenzie: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karissa: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Bryce: 59 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Riley: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loren: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyson: 59 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kellen: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Skyler: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Reid: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zachery: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nickolas: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Stefan: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	876	–	1
2	Jessica	791	–	2
3	Amanda	603	↑1	4
4	Sarah	574	↓1	5
5	Ashley	523	↑1	3
6	Stephanie	451	↑2	6
7	Nicole	438	↓2	7
8	Heather	391	↑1	9
9	Rachel	385	↑1	15
10	Melissa	383	↓3	8
11	Megan	373	–	11
12	Amy	347	–	13
13	Michelle	344	↑3	17
14	Elizabeth	340	↓1	10
15	Amber	312	↓1	18
16	Danielle	278	↑13	16
17	Rebecca	273	↑3	23
18	Tiffany	272	↑7	14
19	Emily	270	–	24
20	Crystal	260	↓3	12
21	Erin	258	↓6	25
22	Christina	251	↓4	20
23	Angela	245	–	26
24	Laura	237	↑2	19
25	Sara	234	↓4	32
26	Andrea	224	↑2	28
27	Jamie	220	↓5	31
28	Katie	219	↑2	44
29	Kimberly	219	↓5	22
30	Lindsey	210	↑2	35
31	Lisa	200	↓4	29
32	Katherine	193	↓1	30
33	Alicia	168	↑3	40
34	Shannon	168	↓1	37
35	Anna	161	↑6	57
36	Lindsay	161	↑1	36
37	Kelly	157	↓2	27
38	Lauren	149	↑2	21
39	Tara	146	↓5	49
40	Kristina	145	↑3	68
41	Mary	145	↓2	33
42	Kathryn	141	–	48
43	Holly	139	↑4	53
44	Kristen	138	↑4	38
45	Cassandra	135	↑5	63
46	Brittany	133	new	41
47	Samantha	130	new	39
48	Christine	128	new	43
49	Allison	126	new	51
50	Kelsey	125	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	1,101	–	1
2	Christopher	1,086	–	2
3	Matthew	857	–	3
4	Joshua	806	↑1	4
5	Ryan	705	↓1	12
6	David	685	–	5
7	Andrew	664	↑2	14
8	Daniel	624	–	6
9	Brandon	563	↑5	15
10	Jason	554	↓3	11
11	James	543	↑1	7
12	Justin	512	↓2	13
13	Joseph	495	–	10
14	John	493	↑3	8
15	Robert	493	↑1	9
16	Nicholas	484	↓5	20
17	Brian	473	↓2	17
18	Adam	419	–	18
19	Kyle	418	–	34
20	Aaron	405	–	29
21	Tyler	385	↑12	47
22	Jonathan	368	↓1	19
23	Jeffrey	363	↓1	28
24	Eric	355	↑3	22
25	Anthony	349	↑4	21
26	Jacob	339	↓1	37
27	Kevin	338	↓3	24
28	Benjamin	327	↓2	30
29	Steven	326	↓1	23
30	Nathan	325	–	38
31	William	322	↓8	16
32	Travis	299	↑3	42
33	Thomas	292	↑1	25
34	Timothy	281	↓2	26
35	Sean	273	↑3	43
36	Jesse	255	↑1	50
37	Zachary	248	↑8	45
38	Richard	244	↑1	27
39	Jeremy	241	↓8	31
40	Patrick	230	↑4	36
41	Scott	215	↓5	39
42	Dustin	202	–	41
43	Stephen	189	↑6	35
44	Paul	187	↓3	40
45	Mark	186	↓5	32
46	Alexander	179	new	54
47	Jared	179	↑3	59
48	Derek	175	↓1	52
49	Charles	170	↓3	33
50	Bryan	166	↓7	48

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