Popular baby names in Washington, 1913

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1913 were Mary for girls (235 babies) and John for boys (235). Social Security records list 8,627 babies born in Washington in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1913

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: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Patricia: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Erma: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maxine: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Olive: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Vivian: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marjorie: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Phyllis: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marguerite: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kathleen: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Ronald: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Orville: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Donald: 94 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gordon: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Victor: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lloyd: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Roy: 58 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jack: 57 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Howard: 58 babies, 2× the national rate
Ernest: 46 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	235	–	1
2	Dorothy	222	↑1	3
3	Helen	202	↓1	2
4	Margaret	188	–	4
5	Ruth	140	–	5
6	Evelyn	96	↑4	12
7	Frances	82	–	9
8	Mildred	80	↓2	6
9	Alice	78	–	11
10	Florence	78	↑1	13
11	Elizabeth	73	↓3	8
12	Esther	68	↑4	32
13	Virginia	59	↑6	15
14	Edna	57	↑12	18
15	Grace	56	↓3	25
16	Eleanor	55	↑7	34
17	Marjorie	55	↑8	48
18	Doris	52	↑6	44
19	Lillian	52	↓4	16
20	Hazel	51	↑1	27
21	Thelma	50	↑9	26
22	Marie	46	↓9	10
23	Edith	45	↓6	29
24	Ethel	45	↑4	20
25	Irene	45	↓3	21
26	Bernice	44	↑7	45
27	Elsie	42	↓7	40
28	Lois	42	↑11	59
29	Jean	41	↑8	60
30	Louise	41	↓12	17
31	Gladys	40	↓17	19
32	Anna	37	new	7
33	Betty	36	new	67
34	Laura	35	new	62
35	Vivian	35	new	83
36	June	34	new	>100
37	Rose	34	new	14
38	Catherine	33	↓3	22
39	Mabel	32	↑3	56
40	Marguerite	32	new	78
41	Lucille	31	↓12	31
42	Pauline	31	↑3	35
43	Gertrude	30	↓5	33
44	Jessie	30	new	61
45	Violet	30	↑1	82
46	Agnes	29	↓19	41
47	Josephine	29	↓6	24
48	Myrtle	29	new	53
49	Ella	27	new	70
50	Eva	27	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	235	–	1
2	William	209	↑1	2
3	Robert	174	↓1	4
4	George	163	↑1	6
5	James	149	↓1	3
6	Charles	112	–	7
7	Donald	94	↑3	25
8	Frank	78	↓1	9
9	Harold	78	–	13
10	Edward	71	↓2	8
11	Arthur	70	↑1	17
12	Richard	70	↓1	19
13	Walter	66	–	11
14	Harry	61	↑5	15
15	Howard	58	–	26
16	Roy	58	↑16	32
17	Jack	57	↓3	28
18	Joseph	56	↓2	5
19	Carl	54	↑2	23
20	Henry	52	↑2	12
21	Paul	50	↑3	14
22	Ralph	50	↑4	22
23	Thomas	49	↓5	10
24	Clarence	46	↑5	21
25	Ernest	46	↑3	34
26	Fred	45	↓3	27
27	Kenneth	43	↓7	33
28	Albert	42	↓11	16
29	Raymond	42	↓4	18
30	Eugene	31	↑5	43
31	Francis	31	new	30
32	Earl	30	↑4	31
33	Elmer	30	–	45
34	Lloyd	29	↑10	67
35	Herbert	27	new	39
36	Floyd	26	↑4	58
37	Gordon	26	↑6	94
38	Lawrence	26	↓11	35
39	Lester	26	↓1	59
40	Stanley	26	↑5	41
41	David	25	↓11	29
42	Edwin	24	↓5	55
43	Melvin	24	↑4	61
44	Victor	24	new	80
45	Leonard	23	new	46
46	Alfred	22	↓12	42
47	Chester	22	new	56
48	Lewis	22	new	72
49	Russell	22	new	50
50	Ray	21	↓2	73

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