Popular baby names in Washington, 1911

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1911 were Helen for girls (131 babies) and John for boys (113). Helen ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 4,493 babies born in Washington in 1911 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1911

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

Girls

June: 15 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Lois: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marjorie: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Violet: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ellen: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vivian: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Doris: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bernice: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Betty: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kathryn: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Gordon: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Eugene: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Donald: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harold: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kenneth: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jack: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Clarence: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lawrence: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Richard: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Carl: 21 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Helen	131	–	2
2	Mary	131	↑1	1
3	Margaret	121	↑1	3
4	Dorothy	116	↓2	4
5	Ruth	86	–	5
6	Alice	69	–	11
7	Elizabeth	69	↑1	7
8	Evelyn	61	↑7	16
9	Frances	56	↑4	10
10	Mildred	53	↓3	8
11	Ethel	51	↑5	15
12	Virginia	48	↑9	26
13	Edna	46	↑9	17
14	Florence	45	↓4	12
15	Gladys	45	↓1	18
16	Marie	42	↓5	9
17	Marjorie	40	↑2	59
18	Louise	38	↑6	19
19	Anna	37	↑12	6
20	Bernice	37	↑3	51
21	Lois	37	↑18	68
22	Mabel	37	↑4	43
23	Doris	36	↓6	56
24	Hazel	35	↓12	25
25	Thelma	35	–	27
26	Edith	34	↑3	31
27	Esther	34	↓18	34
28	Lillian	33	↓10	13
29	Eva	32	↑6	46
30	Elsie	29	↓3	41
31	Betty	27	new	69
32	Violet	27	new	83
33	Grace	26	↓1	23
34	Josephine	26	↑3	29
35	Lucille	26	↓7	32
36	Myrtle	26	↓6	50
37	Clara	25	new	33
38	Ellen	25	↑11	84
39	Kathryn	25	new	73
40	Martha	25	↑2	28
41	Vivian	25	↑5	80
42	Bertha	24	↑2	36
43	Gertrude	24	↓7	30
44	Jean	24	↑1	74
45	Nellie	24	new	54
46	Ann	23	new	53
47	Irene	23	↓27	21
48	Ruby	22	new	22
49	Agnes	21	↓1	39
50	Eleanor	21	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	John	113	↑1	1
2	William	86	↑2	2
3	Robert	82	–	5
4	James	61	↓3	3
5	George	58	↑1	4
6	Charles	39	↓1	7
7	Harold	38	↑1	16
8	Frank	36	↑3	8
9	Edward	34	↓2	9
10	Thomas	28	↑20	10
11	Harry	27	↑8	13
12	Joseph	27	↑1	6
13	Richard	27	↑5	20
14	Walter	26	↑2	12
15	Albert	25	↑16	15
16	Arthur	24	↓2	18
17	Clarence	24	↑15	23
18	Jack	24	↑11	25
19	Paul	24	↓2	17
20	Fred	23	↓8	22
21	Carl	21	↓11	26
22	Donald	21	↓13	36
23	Eugene	21	new	43
24	Gordon	20	new	97
25	Ralph	20	–	24
26	Howard	19	↑16	28
27	Roy	18	↓6	31
28	Earl	17	–	34
29	Kenneth	17	↓6	40
30	Lawrence	17	↓6	37
31	Henry	15	↓11	11
32	Raymond	13	↓17	19
33	Ray	12	↑15	71
34	Alfred	11	new	39
35	Cecil	11	new	76
36	Chester	11	new	58
37	Clifford	11	↓11	62
38	Glen	11	↑3	>100
39	Herbert	11	↓5	41
40	David	10	↓13	27
41	Everett	10	new	>100
42	Gerald	10	new	88
43	Joe	10	↑4	29
44	Andrew	9	new	42
45	Ernest	9	new	32
46	Floyd	9	new	57
47	Hugh	9	new	>100
48	Louis	9	new	21
49	Melvin	9	new	73
50	Stanley	9	↓13	44

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