Popular baby names in Washington, 1914

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1914 were Mary for girls (281 babies) and John for boys (323). Social Security records list 10,816 babies born in Washington in 1914 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1914

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: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Patricia: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maxine: 42 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jeanne: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Violet: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Eileen: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Betty: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dolores: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marian: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Phyllis: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Dean: 17 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ronald: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gordon: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jack: 110 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Donald: 115 babies, 3× the national rate
Roland: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Melvin: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Wallace: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Howard: 77 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Victor: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1914

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	Mary	281	–	1
2	Helen	251	↑1	2
3	Dorothy	229	↓1	3
4	Margaret	188	–	4
5	Ruth	145	–	5
6	Frances	115	↑1	9
7	Evelyn	108	↓1	11
8	Alice	102	↑1	12
9	Virginia	101	↑4	14
10	Mildred	96	↓2	7
11	Elizabeth	93	–	8
12	Florence	83	↓2	13
13	Doris	72	↑5	36
14	Marie	68	↑8	10
15	Esther	66	↓3	35
16	Eleanor	60	–	28
17	Hazel	60	↑3	29
18	Marjorie	60	↓1	45
19	Gladys	59	↑12	20
20	Irene	59	↑5	22
21	Betty	56	↑12	62
22	Ethel	56	↑2	21
23	Grace	55	↓8	25
24	Lois	55	↑4	51
25	Louise	55	↑5	17
26	Bernice	54	–	43
27	Jean	52	↑2	54
28	Edna	51	↓14	19
29	Thelma	49	↓8	26
30	Josephine	45	↑17	23
31	Violet	45	↑14	83
32	Catherine	43	↑6	18
33	Elsie	43	↓6	46
34	Lucille	43	↑7	30
35	Gertrude	42	↑8	32
36	Maxine	42	new	>100
37	Katherine	41	new	48
38	Edith	40	↓15	31
39	Agnes	39	↑7	44
40	Clara	39	new	37
41	Rose	39	↓4	15
42	Lillian	38	↓23	16
43	June	37	↓7	>100
44	Kathryn	37	new	63
45	Vivian	36	↓10	81
46	Marian	35	new	90
47	Barbara	34	new	82
48	Martha	34	new	27
49	Mabel	33	↓10	58
50	Beatrice	32	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1913	US rank
1	John	323	–	1
2	Robert	308	↑1	4
3	William	255	↓1	2
4	James	206	↑1	3
5	George	164	↓1	6
6	Charles	137	–	7
7	Harold	116	↑2	14
8	Donald	115	↓1	23
9	Jack	110	↑8	27
10	Richard	103	↑2	17
11	Frank	94	↓3	9
12	Walter	90	↑1	10
13	Joseph	89	↑5	5
14	Edward	88	↓4	8
15	Arthur	85	↓4	18
16	Howard	77	↓1	26
17	Albert	71	↑11	15
18	Harry	68	↓4	19
19	Kenneth	68	↑8	30
20	Henry	67	–	12
21	Raymond	64	↑8	16
22	Thomas	61	↑1	11
23	Paul	59	↓2	13
24	Carl	56	↓5	24
25	Roy	56	↓9	32
26	Fred	53	–	28
27	Ralph	49	↓5	21
28	Clarence	48	↓4	22
29	Earl	48	↑3	33
30	Elmer	45	↑3	46
31	Lawrence	44	↑7	35
32	Joe	41	new	34
33	David	40	↑8	29
34	Stanley	40	↑6	39
35	Edwin	39	↑7	53
36	Ernest	39	↓11	38
37	Eugene	38	↓7	43
38	Melvin	37	↑5	59
39	Alfred	35	↑7	41
40	Norman	35	new	54
41	Gordon	34	↓4	88
42	Leonard	32	↑3	45
43	Floyd	31	↓7	58
44	Francis	31	↓13	31
45	Lester	30	↓6	57
46	Ray	28	↑4	74
47	Herbert	27	↓12	42
48	Victor	27	↓4	76
49	Lloyd	26	↓15	66
50	Russell	26	↓1	49

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