Popular baby names in Washington, 2000

The most popular baby names in Washington in 2000 were Emily for girls (558 babies) and Jacob for boys (653). Social Security records list 64,078 babies born in Washington in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 2000

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

Girls

Annika: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Elsa: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Quinn: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alina: 33 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Anita: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willow: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Anika: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ella: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Piper: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Hana: 19 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Kellen: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Gunnar: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aiden: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dane: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Sage: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Braeden: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kyler: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kai: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Elliot: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Elliott: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	558	–	1
2	Hannah	507	–	2
3	Madison	441	↑1	3
4	Emma	368	↑3	17
5	Sarah	351	↑4	5
6	Samantha	322	↓3	7
7	Ashley	318	↑4	4
8	Jessica	316	↓3	8
9	Taylor	311	↓3	10
10	Alexis	307	↓2	6
11	Grace	303	↑5	19
12	Elizabeth	298	↓2	9
13	Abigail	295	–	14
14	Olivia	284	↓2	16
15	Megan	255	↓1	18
16	Anna	249	↑1	22
17	Lauren	241	↑2	11
18	Hailey	235	↑4	35
19	Chloe	224	↑19	38
20	Sydney	219	↑1	23
21	Alyssa	217	↓6	12
22	Sophia	206	↑7	42
23	Natalie	196	↑1	34
24	Rachel	194	↓4	21
25	Jennifer	190	–	26
26	Julia	189	↑6	29
27	Kayla	175	↓9	13
28	Victoria	175	↓2	20
29	Nicole	174	↓6	31
30	Madeline	170	↑14	56
31	Katherine	167	–	33
32	Savannah	166	↑5	37
33	Isabella	159	↑1	45
34	Amanda	157	↓6	32
35	Jasmine	157	↓8	27
36	Kaitlyn	155	↓1	30
37	Haley	146	↑4	28
38	Morgan	145	↓2	25
39	Alexandra	143	↓9	36
40	Sierra	140	↑2	53
41	Mackenzie	139	↓2	43
42	Brianna	137	↓9	15
43	Maria	133	↓3	41
44	Rebecca	132	↑1	39
45	Claire	118	new	86
46	Destiny	117	new	24
47	Allison	116	–	44
48	Faith	108	new	66
49	Zoe	107	new	82
50	Vanessa	106	new	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	653	–	1
2	Michael	510	–	2
3	Joshua	507	–	4
4	Alexander	493	↑1	20
5	Tyler	482	↑4	10
6	Andrew	476	↓2	7
7	Matthew	440	↓1	3
8	Daniel	435	↑2	9
9	Ryan	417	↓1	13
10	Zachary	398	↑5	15
11	Joseph	390	↑3	8
12	David	385	↓1	16
13	Ethan	379	↑17	25
14	Austin	377	↓7	23
15	Benjamin	376	↑1	26
16	Nicholas	369	↓4	6
17	Brandon	342	↓4	12
18	Samuel	341	↑3	28
19	William	340	↑3	11
20	Anthony	337	↓1	17
21	Nathan	335	↓3	30
22	Christopher	322	↓2	5
23	Dylan	320	↓6	24
24	Justin	313	↓1	19
25	Cameron	306	↑1	31
26	Hunter	300	↑7	35
27	Jonathan	279	↑2	21
28	John	276	↑3	14
29	Noah	276	↓4	27
30	James	275	↓2	18
31	Kyle	267	↓7	37
32	Jordan	249	↓5	36
33	Christian	246	↓1	22
34	Thomas	222	↑2	33
35	Jose	219	↑4	34
36	Gabriel	208	↑4	44
37	Caleb	207	↑1	38
38	Isaiah	207	new	47
39	Cole	205	new	71
40	Connor	205	↓5	50
41	Isaac	205	↑3	53
42	Logan	202	↓1	40
43	Jack	198	↑6	46
44	Cody	195	↓7	60
45	Robert	185	↓11	29
46	Evan	180	new	55
47	Mason	178	new	64
48	Aaron	177	↓6	41
49	Elijah	174	↓3	52
50	Riley	163	new	>100

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