Popular baby names in Washington, 1986

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1986 were Jessica for girls (895 babies) and Michael for boys (987). Social Security records list 58,506 babies born in Washington in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1986

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

Girls

Janae: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kelsey: 181 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelsie: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kaylee: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Breanne: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chandra: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Karissa: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mackenzie: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kimberlee: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sonja: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Kellen: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Blaine: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Skyler: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyson: 55 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Zackery: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Riley: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nickolas: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Bryce: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cameron: 95 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	895	–	1
2	Ashley	799	↑1	2
3	Amanda	710	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	671	↓2	4
5	Sarah	588	–	5
6	Nicole	423	–	7
7	Stephanie	408	–	6
8	Megan	387	–	11
9	Rachel	382	–	15
10	Amber	338	↑3	13
11	Heather	332	–	9
12	Elizabeth	314	↓2	10
13	Melissa	314	↓1	12
14	Michelle	293	↑1	23
15	Brittany	287	↑8	8
16	Danielle	279	↓2	16
17	Laura	263	↑1	20
18	Samantha	263	↑17	21
19	Emily	262	↓3	24
20	Amy	256	↓3	22
21	Christina	254	↓2	19
22	Sara	252	↑6	27
23	Katie	221	↓1	38
24	Kimberly	218	↑2	18
25	Rebecca	212	↓5	26
26	Erin	210	↓5	30
27	Jamie	210	↑3	34
28	Andrea	206	↓3	36
29	Katherine	206	↑2	28
30	Crystal	205	↓1	25
31	Whitney	201	new	32
32	Lindsey	189	–	39
33	Tiffany	189	↓9	17
34	Angela	182	↓7	33
35	Kelsey	181	↑9	>100
36	Lisa	163	↓3	40
37	Lauren	158	↓3	14
38	Alicia	154	↓2	45
39	Courtney	149	↑11	35
40	Allison	135	new	42
41	Erica	134	↑6	31
42	Chelsea	133	↑1	73
43	Kathryn	133	↓4	48
44	Anna	132	↓4	51
45	Kristina	131	↓7	62
46	Cassandra	128	↑3	60
47	Lindsay	127	↓5	46
48	Mary	122	new	37
49	Kelly	120	↓12	29
50	Shannon	120	↓4	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	987	↑1	1
2	Christopher	942	↓1	2
3	Matthew	789	↑1	3
4	Joshua	781	↓1	4
5	Andrew	756	↑2	8
6	Ryan	672	↓1	11
7	Daniel	647	↑1	6
8	David	638	↓2	5
9	Nicholas	566	–	17
10	Kyle	565	↑2	23
11	Brandon	537	–	13
12	James	498	↓2	7
13	Robert	483	↑1	9
14	Jacob	482	↑6	31
15	Joseph	475	↓2	12
16	Justin	466	–	14
17	John	459	↑1	10
18	Tyler	442	↓1	40
19	Brian	430	–	20
20	Jason	398	↓5	18
21	Anthony	388	↑4	19
22	Kevin	355	↑5	21
23	Jonathan	352	↓2	16
24	Adam	343	↓1	24
25	Aaron	330	↓3	33
26	Benjamin	329	↑2	30
27	Jeffrey	323	↑2	32
28	Steven	314	↓2	25
29	Jeremy	313	↑7	28
30	William	309	–	15
31	Zachary	305	↑1	38
32	Eric	303	↓8	22
33	Sean	286	–	37
34	Timothy	280	↓3	27
35	Nathan	258	–	43
36	Alexander	252	↑7	41
37	Thomas	245	↓3	26
38	Patrick	240	↑6	39
39	Jesse	237	↓1	48
40	Richard	232	↓1	29
41	Scott	228	↓1	44
42	Travis	199	↓5	49
43	Dustin	193	↓1	42
44	Derek	184	↑1	57
45	Jordan	181	new	53
46	Mark	180	↓5	35
47	Paul	176	↓1	45
48	Stephen	174	↑1	36
49	Jared	173	new	58
50	Charles	170	↓3	34

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