Popular baby names in Washington, 1991

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1991 were Jessica for girls (847 babies) and Michael for boys (1,021). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 66,922 babies born in Washington in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1991

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

Girls

Unnamed: 24 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Mckenna: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kylee: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Makayla: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ayla: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mikayla: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kiley: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Karlee: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kyla: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Janessa: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Kramer: 21 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Unnamed: 36 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Conner: 46 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Riley: 66 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Keegan: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kyler: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jakob: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tyson: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Rory: 18 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Jessica	847	–	2
2	Ashley	789	–	1
3	Amanda	720	–	4
4	Sarah	542	–	6
5	Samantha	533	↑1	5
6	Emily	456	↑4	10
7	Kayla	450	↑4	12
8	Stephanie	401	–	7
9	Megan	367	↓2	11
10	Brittany	363	↓5	3
11	Elizabeth	362	↑3	9
12	Nicole	351	↓3	15
13	Rachel	350	–	14
14	Jennifer	343	↓2	8
15	Kelsey	321	–	26
16	Hannah	291	↑3	29
17	Chelsea	279	↑1	18
18	Lauren	258	↓1	13
19	Shelby	257	new	33
20	Melissa	248	–	20
21	Rebecca	246	↑3	21
22	Danielle	240	–	17
23	Heather	236	↓7	23
24	Michelle	233	↑3	22
25	Courtney	227	↓2	19
26	Amber	224	–	16
27	Alyssa	221	↓6	30
28	Katherine	207	↓3	25
29	Sara	205	↑5	37
30	Taylor	203	↑1	32
31	Anna	191	↓1	46
32	Alexandra	183	↑6	36
33	Christina	183	↓4	31
34	Cassandra	169	↑7	54
35	Erin	163	↑7	44
36	Laura	162	↓8	35
37	Alicia	160	↑2	63
38	Victoria	160	↑12	28
39	Andrea	157	↓2	39
40	Jordan	157	–	62
41	Lindsey	156	↑5	52
42	Amy	154	↓9	43
43	Maria	154	new	45
44	Tiffany	154	↓8	27
45	Katie	153	↓2	53
46	Brianna	151	↓14	51
47	Ariel	149	new	66
48	Mariah	143	new	69
49	Alexis	139	new	47
50	Kimberly	139	↓2	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	1,021	–	1
2	Christopher	812	–	2
3	Joshua	781	–	4
4	Jacob	736	↑3	17
5	Matthew	704	↓1	3
6	Andrew	693	–	5
7	Tyler	690	↑3	16
8	Kyle	623	↓3	21
9	Nicholas	601	↑2	12
10	Ryan	601	↓2	11
11	David	569	↓2	8
12	Daniel	545	↑1	6
13	Zachary	520	↑4	22
14	Brandon	518	↑6	15
15	James	485	↓1	7
16	Jordan	482	↓1	29
17	Joseph	477	↓1	9
18	Alexander	471	↑1	26
19	Justin	444	↓7	14
20	Cody	439	↑4	24
21	Anthony	436	↓3	18
22	Robert	431	↓1	13
23	John	413	↓1	10
24	Benjamin	354	↑4	33
25	William	348	↓2	19
26	Kevin	330	–	23
27	Steven	323	↑2	27
28	Jonathan	306	↓1	20
29	Aaron	300	↑2	31
30	Samuel	299	↑8	39
31	Eric	295	↓6	25
32	Nathan	294	↑2	42
33	Dylan	284	new	46
34	Jesse	278	↑3	51
35	Brian	277	↓3	30
36	Thomas	274	↓6	28
37	Taylor	264	↑6	52
38	Sean	263	↓2	40
39	Austin	260	↑5	50
40	Travis	248	↓7	44
41	Timothy	243	↓6	32
42	Cameron	225	↓2	62
43	Patrick	220	↓1	35
44	Jeffrey	216	↓3	45
45	Jason	211	↑3	49
46	Trevor	207	↑1	69
47	Richard	195	↓8	34
48	Adam	188	↓3	36
49	Ian	185	new	73
50	Jeremy	179	↓1	43

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