Popular baby names in Washington, 1996

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1996 were Emily for girls (523 babies) and Jacob for boys (772). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,215 babies born in Washington in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1996

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

Girls

Madisen: 18 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Malia: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Makenna: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Cora: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kylee: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rylee: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fiona: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mikaela: 53 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Annika: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Payton: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Sage: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kai: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Riley: 148 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Duncan: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tyson: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelly: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Beau: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Forrest: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kyler: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jakob: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	523	↑1	1
2	Sarah	459	↑4	4
3	Jessica	446	↓2	2
4	Hannah	411	–	7
5	Samantha	401	–	5
6	Madison	394	↑5	15
7	Ashley	362	↓4	3
8	Elizabeth	335	↑5	10
9	Taylor	323	↓2	6
10	Rachel	310	↓1	9
11	Amanda	281	↓3	13
12	Megan	278	↓2	12
13	Kayla	269	↓1	11
14	Alyssa	238	↑5	23
15	Alexis	229	↑3	8
16	Nicole	227	–	22
17	Anna	213	↓3	33
18	Lauren	201	↑5	16
19	Jennifer	195	↑2	19
20	Alexandra	192	–	26
21	Emma	187	↑23	53
22	Rebecca	186	↑3	24
23	Madeline	179	↑15	67
24	Victoria	176	–	18
25	Sierra	172	↓3	62
26	Katherine	171	↑3	31
27	Courtney	170	↓12	21
28	Abigail	169	↑20	32
29	Olivia	169	↑4	34
30	Shelby	169	↑12	35
31	Brittany	166	↓14	14
32	Brianna	161	↓2	17
33	Sydney	156	↓6	39
34	Morgan	154	–	25
35	Kaitlyn	152	–	40
36	Stephanie	152	↓8	20
37	Hailey	151	new	93
38	Mariah	151	new	63
39	Haley	149	↓8	30
40	Savannah	149	new	43
41	Danielle	144	↓15	29
42	Jasmine	141	↑3	28
43	Natalie	139	↓4	46
44	Mackenzie	138	↓3	75
45	Kelsey	132	↓13	36
46	Maria	129	↓10	37
47	Amber	126	↓10	27
48	Katie	126	new	81
49	Allison	125	↓6	38
50	Sabrina	124	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	772	–	3
2	Austin	646	↑1	9
3	Michael	607	↓1	1
4	Tyler	578	↑1	7
5	Joshua	549	↓1	5
6	Brandon	510	↑2	8
7	Nicholas	507	↓1	6
8	Matthew	506	↓1	2
9	Andrew	497	↑2	10
10	Ryan	473	↑4	16
11	Christopher	440	↑1	4
12	Daniel	440	↓3	11
13	Alexander	430	↓3	22
14	Joseph	428	↑2	12
15	Zachary	419	↓2	14
16	David	406	↑1	13
17	Kyle	393	↓2	25
18	Anthony	347	↑3	19
19	James	340	↑1	17
20	Benjamin	330	↑3	29
21	Samuel	326	↑7	30
22	Jordan	319	↓3	27
23	Jonathan	315	↑7	21
24	Justin	313	↓6	20
25	Nathan	310	↓1	37
26	John	298	↓1	15
27	Cody	295	↓5	31
28	William	283	↓2	18
29	Robert	265	↓2	23
30	Christian	258	↑3	24
31	Dylan	237	↑4	33
32	Kevin	219	↓1	26
33	Thomas	218	↓1	28
34	Aaron	216	↓5	34
35	Connor	207	↑6	54
36	Eric	198	↓2	35
37	Adam	197	↑9	39
38	Alex	194	↑11	53
39	Jose	185	↑3	32
40	Caleb	181	new	48
41	Ian	179	new	70
42	Cameron	178	↓5	49
43	Tanner	176	↑4	90
44	Hunter	175	new	47
45	Logan	173	new	42
46	Tristan	173	new	68
47	Brian	172	↓3	36
48	Jesse	165	↓10	51
49	Noah	165	new	50
50	Spencer	163	new	>100

← Washington 1995 Washington: all years · US 1996 Washington 1997 →