Popular baby names in Washington, 1916

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1916 were Mary for girls (364 babies) and Robert for boys (461). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 15,858 babies born in Washington in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1916

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

Girls

Beth: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Patricia: 45 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Donna: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
June: 97 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Edythe: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Peggy: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maxine: 69 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Iris: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carol: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Phyllis: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Vern: 15 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ronald: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gene: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gordon: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Glen: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Karl: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wesley: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Jack: 151 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bill: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lyle: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	364	–	1
2	Dorothy	337	↑2	3
3	Margaret	337	–	4
4	Helen	332	↓2	2
5	Ruth	219	–	5
6	Virginia	144	↑1	10
7	Frances	142	↓1	9
8	Elizabeth	129	↑4	8
9	Alice	125	↑2	13
10	Evelyn	123	↓1	11
11	Florence	122	↓1	14
12	Mildred	116	↓4	6
13	Lois	100	↑9	43
14	Betty	97	↑12	44
15	June	97	↑5	86
16	Marjorie	97	↓2	37
17	Doris	95	↓4	32
18	Edith	89	↑13	28
19	Jean	85	↑5	45
20	Marie	84	↓5	12
21	Esther	81	↑4	34
22	Lillian	81	↓3	16
23	Eleanor	79	↑7	27
24	Hazel	79	↓7	31
25	Elsie	78	↓7	48
26	Grace	77	↑7	26
27	Louise	76	↓4	18
28	Edna	75	↓12	19
29	Gladys	75	↓8	22
30	Ethel	71	↑7	25
31	Irene	71	↓4	17
32	Lucille	70	↑4	30
33	Maxine	69	↑2	96
34	Barbara	66	↑14	74
35	Thelma	66	↓1	29
36	Rose	63	↓8	15
37	Gertrude	58	↑6	35
38	Marian	57	↑12	72
39	Marion	57	new	47
40	Phyllis	57	–	95
41	Marguerite	56	↑3	78
42	Bernice	55	↓3	42
43	Katherine	55	↓2	51
44	Martha	55	↓12	24
45	Eva	54	new	55
46	Josephine	54	–	21
47	Anna	53	↓18	7
48	Ellen	53	new	87
49	Agnes	51	new	50
50	Catherine	51	↓5	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Robert	461	–	4
2	John	429	–	1
3	William	385	–	2
4	George	280	↑1	7
5	James	260	↓1	3
6	Charles	219	↑1	6
7	Donald	173	↓1	20
8	Richard	163	↑1	15
9	Harold	152	↓1	13
10	Jack	151	↑1	26
11	Frank	141	↑1	9
12	Edward	130	↓2	8
13	Arthur	121	–	18
14	Walter	114	↑3	11
15	Harry	110	↑4	19
16	Howard	98	↑2	25
17	Ralph	93	↑3	21
18	Joseph	91	↓4	5
19	Kenneth	89	↓4	27
20	Fred	84	↑5	29
21	Paul	84	↑5	12
22	Raymond	84	↑7	16
23	Thomas	84	↑1	10
24	Roy	79	↓3	33
25	Carl	78	↓2	23
26	Henry	74	↑1	14
27	Albert	71	↓11	17
28	Eugene	62	↑7	39
29	Clarence	61	↑2	24
30	Ernest	60	↑3	36
31	Norman	58	↑11	48
32	Earl	57	↓2	32
33	David	56	↓5	28
34	Lawrence	56	↓12	38
35	Francis	55	↓3	31
36	Herbert	53	↑11	40
37	Leonard	53	↑2	42
38	Stanley	52	–	34
39	Elmer	47	↓5	45
40	Gordon	46	new	90
41	Ray	45	new	73
42	Alfred	41	↑1	43
43	Clifford	41	↓3	61
44	Edwin	41	↑2	53
45	Floyd	41	↑5	60
46	Lloyd	40	↓10	58
47	Louis	40	↓3	22
48	Melvin	39	↓11	57
49	Vernon	39	–	75
50	Chester	38	↓5	54

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