Popular baby names in Washington, 1987

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1987 were Jessica for girls (884 babies) and Michael for boys (1,077). Social Security records list 58,905 babies born in Washington in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1987

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

Girls

Kasandra: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelsie: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kaylee: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karissa: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brianne: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tessa: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Trista: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelsey: 219 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terra: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Chelsie: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Kellen: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Skylar: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bryce: 85 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Riley: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bryson: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Skyler: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tyson: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jayson: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Connor: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	884	–	1
2	Ashley	864	–	2
3	Amanda	815	–	3
4	Sarah	630	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	556	↓1	4
6	Nicole	416	–	8
7	Stephanie	383	–	6
8	Megan	366	–	12
9	Heather	362	↑2	9
10	Rachel	362	↓1	17
11	Elizabeth	352	↑1	10
12	Amber	333	↓2	15
13	Samantha	314	↑5	11
14	Melissa	292	↓1	13
15	Brittany	289	–	7
16	Danielle	286	–	14
17	Emily	263	↑2	19
18	Michelle	257	↓4	21
19	Laura	241	↓2	22
20	Christina	240	↑1	20
21	Sara	230	↑1	29
22	Kayla	228	new	27
23	Amy	222	↓3	24
24	Kelsey	219	↑11	67
25	Rebecca	219	–	25
26	Tiffany	216	↑7	18
27	Katherine	207	↑2	28
28	Andrea	204	–	36
29	Lauren	201	↑8	16
30	Crystal	195	–	26
31	Kimberly	194	↓7	23
32	Whitney	190	↓1	32
33	Angela	186	↑1	35
34	Jamie	181	↓7	39
35	Chelsea	179	↑7	47
36	Katie	174	↓13	38
37	Erin	173	↓11	34
38	Anna	161	↑6	52
39	Lindsey	160	↓7	41
40	Alicia	148	↓2	46
41	Allison	147	↓1	44
42	Courtney	138	↓3	33
43	Erica	134	↓2	31
44	Mary	134	↑4	37
45	Kathryn	129	↓2	51
46	Kelly	128	↑3	30
47	Cassandra	126	↓1	68
48	Lisa	126	↓12	40
49	Hannah	118	new	66
50	Kristina	116	↓5	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	1,077	–	1
2	Christopher	854	–	2
3	Matthew	803	–	3
4	Andrew	783	↑1	6
5	Joshua	764	↓1	4
6	Ryan	643	–	13
7	David	640	↑1	5
8	Daniel	603	↓1	7
9	Kyle	593	↑1	22
10	Justin	584	↑6	9
11	Nicholas	521	↓2	16
12	Brandon	497	↓1	14
13	James	491	↓1	8
14	Robert	491	↓1	10
15	Tyler	435	↑3	39
16	Jacob	430	↓2	31
17	Joseph	429	↓2	12
18	John	415	↓1	11
19	Kevin	396	↑3	19
20	Jason	373	–	23
21	Anthony	371	–	17
22	Eric	353	↑10	21
23	Brian	351	↓4	20
24	Aaron	350	↑1	34
25	Jonathan	333	↓2	18
26	Benjamin	329	–	28
27	Steven	323	↑1	25
28	Sean	316	↑5	40
29	Jeremy	311	–	29
30	Timothy	303	↑4	26
31	Thomas	302	↑6	24
32	Zachary	301	↓1	33
33	William	299	↓3	15
34	Jeffrey	286	↓7	32
35	Nathan	284	–	45
36	Adam	275	↓12	27
37	Alexander	275	↓1	37
38	Travis	256	↑4	42
39	Richard	246	↑1	30
40	Derek	244	↑4	54
41	Scott	241	–	43
42	Jordan	233	↑3	52
43	Jesse	231	↓4	55
44	Patrick	222	↓6	41
45	Cody	219	new	49
46	Mark	185	–	36
47	Stephen	177	↑1	38
48	Paul	174	↓1	46
49	Dustin	172	↓6	44
50	Samuel	169	new	50

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