Popular baby names in Washington, 1910

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1910 were Helen for girls (156 babies) and James for boys (75). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 3,929 babies born in Washington in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1910

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

Girls

Vivian: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marjorie: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Juanita: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Doris: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jane: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Esther: 48 babies, 3× the national rate
Marguerite: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Lois: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Genevieve: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernice: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carl: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kenneth: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harold: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Fred: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Roy: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lawrence: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Raymond: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Richard: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Helen	156	2
2	Dorothy	122	4
3	Mary	112	1
4	Margaret	104	3
5	Ruth	94	5
6	Alice	67	10
7	Mildred	49	8
8	Elizabeth	48	7
9	Esther	48	38
10	Florence	44	12
11	Marie	44	9
12	Hazel	42	24
13	Frances	41	11
14	Gladys	40	15
15	Evelyn	39	17
16	Ethel	38	13
17	Doris	34	64
18	Lillian	34	14
19	Marjorie	33	68
20	Irene	31	21
21	Virginia	31	29
22	Edna	30	18
23	Bernice	29	58
24	Louise	29	20
25	Thelma	29	25
26	Mabel	28	46
27	Elsie	27	44
28	Lucille	27	31
29	Edith	26	35
30	Myrtle	26	43
31	Anna	25	6
32	Grace	25	23
33	Laura	25	53
34	Rose	25	16
35	Eva	24	45
36	Gertrude	24	26
37	Josephine	23	30
38	Katherine	23	57
39	Lois	23	76
40	Marguerite	22	84
41	Marion	22	59
42	Martha	22	28
43	Emma	21	34
44	Bertha	20	33
45	Jean	20	77
46	Vivian	20	>100
47	Catherine	19	22
48	Agnes	18	41
49	Ellen	18	88
50	Pearl	18	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	James	75	2
2	John	69	1
3	Robert	63	4
4	William	62	3
5	Charles	47	7
6	George	43	5
7	Edward	37	9
8	Harold	32	18
9	Donald	29	44
10	Carl	28	26
11	Frank	25	8
12	Fred	25	22
13	Joseph	24	6
14	Arthur	23	17
15	Raymond	23	19
16	Walter	23	13
17	Paul	22	15
18	Richard	21	21
19	Harry	20	16
20	Henry	20	10
21	Roy	20	29
22	Francis	16	36
23	Kenneth	16	43
24	Lawrence	16	35
25	Ralph	16	28
26	Clifford	14	66
27	David	13	30
28	Earl	13	33
29	Jack	13	23
30	Thomas	13	12
31	Albert	12	14
32	Clarence	12	20
33	Clyde	12	57
34	Herbert	12	41
35	Leo	12	51
36	Lloyd	12	67
37	Stanley	12	47
38	Martin	11	86
39	Orville	11	>100
40	Gilbert	10	>100
41	Glen	10	>100
42	Howard	10	27
43	Norman	10	63
44	Wallace	10	>100
45	Don	9	>100
46	Elmer	9	48
47	Joe	9	25
48	Ray	9	68
49	Russell	9	58
50	Wayne	9	>100

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