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Natality Table A6b.  Top 100 Baby Names of Boys for Residents, 1981
        Cumulative           Cumulative
Rank First Name N % N %   Rank First Name N % N %
1 MICHAEL 1219 3.4 1,219 3.4   51 SHAWN 151 0.4 21,463 60.0
2 CHRISTOPHER 1016 2.8 2,235 6.2   52 CHAD 145 0.4 21,608 60.4
3 JOSHUA 955 2.7 3,190 8.9   53 ZACHARY 145 0.4 21,753 60.8
4 RYAN 821 2.3 4,011 11.2   54 SHANE 142 0.4 21,895 61.2
5 MATTHEW 799 2.2 4,810 13.4   55 PETER 140 0.4 22,035 61.6
6 DAVID 775 2.2 5,585 15.6   56 GREGORY 132 0.4 22,167 61.9
7 JASON 772 2.2 6,357 17.8   57 SAMUEL 130 0.4 22,297 62.3
8 JAMES 616 1.7 6,973 19.5   58 JOEL 127 0.4 22,424 62.7
9 DANIEL 612 1.7 7,585 21.2   59 ERIK 119 0.3 22,543 63.0
10 ROBERT 597 1.7 8,182 22.9   60 SETH 116 0.3 22,659 63.3
11 JUSTIN 591 1.7 8,773 24.5   61 BRADLEY 113 0.3 22,772 63.6
12 JOSEPH 556 1.6 9,329 26.1   62 IAN 112 0.3 22,884 63.9
13 JOHN 542 1.5 9,871 27.6   63 LUCAS 112 0.3 22,996 64.3
14 ANDREW 530 1.5 10,401 29.1   64 JORDAN 110 0.3 23,106 64.6
15 BRIAN 527 1.5 10,928 30.5   65 JEREMIAH 108 0.3 23,214 64.9
16 NICHOLAS 504 1.4 11,432 31.9   66 GABRIEL 100 0.3 23,314 65.1
17 AARON 476 1.3 11,908 33.3   67 NATHANIEL 96 0.3 23,410 65.4
18 BRANDON 466 1.3 12,374 34.6   68 BRETT 95 0.3 23,505 65.7
19 ADAM 442 1.2 12,816 35.8   69 SHAUN 93 0.3 23,598 65.9
20 JEFFREY 410 1.1 13,226 37.0   70 DONALD 91 0.3 23,689 66.2
21 BENJAMIN 394 1.1 13,620 38.1   71 PHILIP 91 0.3 23,780 66.4
22 JEREMY 387 1.1 14,007 39.1   72 LUKE 90 0.3 23,870 66.7
23 JACOB 370 1.0 14,377 40.2   73 ALEXANDER 89 0.2 23,959 66.9
24 WILLIAM 366 1.0 14,743 41.2   74 COREY 89 0.2 24,048 67.2
25 JESSE 361 1.0 15,104 42.2   75 TREVOR 89 0.2 24,137 67.4
26 JONATHAN 349 1.0 15,453 43.2   76 BRENT 87 0.2 24,224 67.7
27 TIMOTHY 335 0.9 15,788 44.1   77 JOSE 85 0.2 24,309 67.9
28 ERIC 333 0.9 16,121 45.0   78 TODD 83 0.2 24,392 68.2
29 KEVIN 324 0.9 16,445 46.0   79 JEFFERY 82 0.2 24,474 68.4
30 SCOTT 307 0.9 16,752 46.8   80 CRAIG 81 0.2 24,555 68.6
31 ANTHONY 305 0.9 17,057 47.7   81 PHILLIP 81 0.2 24,636 68.8
32 STEVEN 297 0.8 17,354 48.5   82 DOUGLAS 78 0.2 24,714 69.1
33 THOMAS 295 0.8 17,649 49.3   83 KEITH 78 0.2 24,792 69.3
34 NATHAN 294 0.8 17,943 50.1   84 KRISTOPHER 77 0.2 24,869 69.5
35 TRAVIS 283 0.8 18,226 50.9   85 CORY 72 0.2 24,941 69.7
36 RICHARD 270 0.8 18,496 51.7   86 EDWARD 72 0.2 25,013 69.9
37 SEAN 260 0.7 18,756 52.4   87 RONALD 70 0.2 25,083 70.1
38 MARK 258 0.7 19,014 53.1   88 CURTIS 69 0.2 25,152 70.3
39 KYLE 256 0.7 19,270 53.8   89 CODY 66 0.2 25,218 70.5
40 PAUL 236 0.7 19,506 54.5   90 EVAN 64 0.2 25,282 70.6
41 DUSTIN 230 0.6 19,736 55.1   91 MARCUS 64 0.2 25,346 70.8
42 PATRICK 203 0.6 19,939 55.7   92 RANDY 64 0.2 25,410 71.0
43 TYLER 202 0.6 20,141 56.3   93 CALEB 63 0.2 25,473 71.2
44 CHARLES 200 0.6 20,341 56.8   94 JON 63 0.2 25,536 71.4
45 KENNETH 173 0.5 20,514 57.3   95 JUAN 63 0.2 25,599 71.5
46 BRYAN 170 0.5 20,684 57.8   96 GARY 61 0.2 25,660 71.7
47 DEREK 163 0.5 20,847 58.3   97 RAYMOND 61 0.2 25,721 71.9
48 CASEY 157 0.4 21,004 58.7   98 TROY 61 0.2 25,782 72.0
49 STEPHEN 155 0.4 21,159 59.1   99 CAMERON 60 0.2 25,842 72.2
50 JARED 153 0.4 21,312 59.6   100 GEORGE 60 0.2 25,902 72.4
Source:  Center for Health Statistics, Washington State Department of Health, 03/2003.  

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