Popular baby names in Washington, 1997

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1997 were Emily for girls (638 babies) and Jacob for boys (714). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,349 babies born in Washington in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1997

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

Girls

Piper: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Malia: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Madisen: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Karly: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ellie: 25 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Athena: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Annika: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rylee: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Fiona: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alycia: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Kellen: 20 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Forrest: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sage: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gunnar: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Riley: 157 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kyler: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jaden: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Payton: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Duncan: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Beau: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	638	–	1
2	Hannah	448	↑2	5
3	Sarah	429	↓1	4
4	Jessica	423	↓1	2
5	Samantha	417	–	6
6	Madison	411	–	10
7	Megan	349	↑5	11
8	Ashley	346	↓1	3
9	Taylor	330	–	7
10	Elizabeth	307	↓2	9
11	Rachel	298	↓1	13
12	Emma	278	↑9	36
13	Alexis	271	↑2	8
14	Amanda	254	↓3	16
15	Lauren	234	↑3	14
16	Nicole	229	–	21
17	Olivia	228	↑12	27
18	Alyssa	227	↓4	15
19	Kayla	205	↓6	12
20	Haley	198	↑19	31
21	Anna	193	↓4	33
22	Rebecca	191	–	25
23	Jennifer	186	↓4	18
24	Sydney	184	↑9	35
25	Morgan	183	↑9	22
26	Hailey	175	↑11	80
27	Katherine	170	↓1	32
28	Victoria	170	↓4	19
29	Abigail	169	↓1	26
30	Alexandra	169	↓10	30
31	Julia	167	new	37
32	Brianna	159	–	17
33	Courtney	153	↓6	28
34	Jordan	153	new	40
35	Sierra	151	↓10	56
36	Natalie	150	↑7	48
37	Brittany	147	↓6	20
38	Maria	146	↑8	38
39	Stephanie	139	↓3	23
40	Madeline	137	↓17	59
41	Jasmine	136	↑1	24
42	Mackenzie	132	↑2	71
43	Bailey	131	new	65
44	Danielle	131	↓3	34
45	Mariah	129	↓7	67
46	Savannah	125	↓6	47
47	Melissa	123	new	44
48	Shelby	122	↓18	43
49	Allison	121	–	39
50	Vanessa	121	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	714	–	2
2	Michael	649	↑1	1
3	Austin	611	↓1	9
4	Andrew	553	↑5	7
5	Joshua	511	–	5
6	Tyler	509	↓2	10
7	Alexander	496	↑6	22
8	Matthew	469	–	3
9	Daniel	468	↑3	11
10	Nicholas	460	↓3	6
11	Brandon	441	↓5	8
12	Kyle	432	↑5	24
13	Ryan	423	↓3	16
14	Christopher	421	↓3	4
15	Joseph	421	↓1	12
16	David	413	–	14
17	Zachary	398	↓2	13
18	Jordan	341	↑4	26
19	William	341	↑9	19
20	Justin	340	↑4	20
21	Samuel	339	–	27
22	Anthony	326	↓4	18
23	Benjamin	316	↓3	29
24	James	309	↓5	17
25	Nathan	283	–	34
26	Jonathan	281	↓3	21
27	John	280	↓1	15
28	Dylan	265	↑3	30
29	Christian	256	↑1	25
30	Aaron	250	↑4	33
31	Connor	247	↑4	52
32	Cody	240	↓5	36
33	Robert	226	↓4	23
34	Thomas	205	↓1	31
35	Cameron	202	↑7	45
36	Noah	202	↑13	38
37	Kevin	201	↓5	28
38	Logan	194	↑7	42
39	Jose	189	–	32
40	Tanner	188	↑3	82
41	Ethan	185	new	46
42	Hunter	182	↑2	44
43	Alex	174	↓5	55
44	Chase	172	new	77
45	Eric	171	↓9	35
46	Ian	171	↓5	70
47	Jason	164	new	41
48	Isaac	160	new	73
49	Cole	159	new	72
50	Taylor	159	new	87

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