Popular baby names in Washington, 1990

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1990 were Jessica for girls (844 babies) and Michael for boys (1,063). Social Security records list 66,728 babies born in Washington in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1990

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

Girls

Mikaela: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelsea: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mckenzie: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mackenzie: 58 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Casandra: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Terra: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shayla: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Breanne: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Kaylee: 58 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kelsie: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Unnamed: 21 babies, 48.2× the national rate
Kramer: 26 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Kellen: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyson: 39 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nikolas: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tylor: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jakob: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Riley: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beau: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	844	–	1
2	Ashley	804	–	2
3	Amanda	784	–	4
4	Sarah	563	–	6
5	Brittany	470	–	3
6	Samantha	451	–	5
7	Megan	413	↑6	11
8	Stephanie	412	↑1	7
9	Nicole	407	↑3	13
10	Emily	400	↑1	12
11	Kayla	395	↑3	14
12	Jennifer	379	↓4	8
13	Rachel	374	↓3	16
14	Elizabeth	370	↓7	9
15	Kelsey	306	–	32
16	Heather	301	–	19
17	Lauren	286	–	10
18	Chelsea	281	↑4	24
19	Hannah	280	↑11	30
20	Melissa	278	↓2	20
21	Alyssa	277	↑11	27
22	Danielle	270	↓3	18
23	Courtney	260	↑4	17
24	Rebecca	259	↓1	21
25	Katherine	255	↓1	26
26	Amber	253	↓6	15
27	Michelle	251	↓6	22
28	Laura	240	↓3	29
29	Christina	218	↓3	25
30	Anna	213	↑8	45
31	Taylor	195	new	46
32	Brianna	190	↑17	61
33	Amy	188	↓2	38
34	Sara	188	↓5	34
35	Caitlin	180	↑8	50
36	Tiffany	172	↓2	23
37	Andrea	170	↑3	40
38	Alexandra	168	↓1	37
39	Alicia	164	↓6	54
40	Jordan	164	new	59
41	Cassandra	163	↓6	49
42	Erin	161	↓3	43
43	Katie	161	↓15	53
44	Brittney	158	↑1	44
45	Jamie	155	↓4	55
46	Lindsey	146	↓4	51
47	Kathryn	141	↑3	57
48	Kimberly	140	↓12	31
49	Kelly	137	new	41
50	Victoria	137	new	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	1,063	–	1
2	Christopher	886	–	2
3	Joshua	814	–	4
4	Matthew	751	–	3
5	Kyle	724	↑5	18
6	Andrew	702	↓1	7
7	Jacob	671	↑6	20
8	Ryan	642	↓1	11
9	David	634	–	6
10	Tyler	616	↑1	21
11	Nicholas	607	↓3	14
12	Justin	549	–	9
13	Daniel	545	↓7	5
14	James	543	–	8
15	Jordan	534	↑19	29
16	Joseph	482	↓1	10
17	Zachary	475	–	22
18	Anthony	467	↑2	15
19	Alexander	440	↑5	28
20	Brandon	440	↓2	19
21	Robert	426	↓5	13
22	John	390	↓3	12
23	William	389	–	16
24	Cody	368	↑8	31
25	Eric	348	↑3	24
26	Kevin	346	↓4	23
27	Jonathan	334	↑4	17
28	Benjamin	333	↓3	33
29	Steven	331	↓3	25
30	Thomas	327	–	26
31	Aaron	319	↓10	34
32	Brian	317	↓5	27
33	Travis	308	↑6	42
34	Nathan	300	↓5	44
35	Timothy	292	↑3	30
36	Sean	287	↓3	37
37	Jesse	277	–	48
38	Samuel	246	↑2	45
39	Richard	245	↑4	35
40	Cameron	244	↑6	62
41	Jeffrey	235	↓6	43
42	Patrick	230	↑5	36
43	Taylor	229	new	64
44	Austin	223	new	55
45	Adam	221	↓9	32
46	Derek	208	↓2	54
47	Trevor	206	new	76
48	Jason	201	↓6	46
49	Jeremy	200	↓8	40
50	Jared	195	↓5	63

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