Popular baby names in Washington, 1918

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1918 were Mary for girls (479 babies) and Robert for boys (646). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 18,900 babies born in Washington in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1918

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

Girls

Ramona: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Peggy: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Patricia: 64 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Donna: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Beverly: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
June: 136 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carol: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gloria: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amy: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeanne: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Bob: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ted: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Bruce: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rex: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gene: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Keith: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Wesley: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Laurence: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Jack: 212 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gordon: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	479	–	1
2	Dorothy	391	–	3
3	Margaret	360	↑1	4
4	Helen	357	↓1	2
5	Ruth	258	–	5
6	Betty	216	↑2	21
7	Frances	200	–	8
8	Virginia	188	↓2	7
9	Alice	152	–	13
10	Evelyn	150	–	11
11	Marjorie	146	↑5	34
12	Doris	136	↑3	19
13	Florence	136	↑1	14
14	June	136	↓2	66
15	Jean	126	↓4	37
16	Mildred	118	↓3	6
17	Marie	112	↑4	12
18	Lois	106	–	42
19	Elizabeth	105	↓2	9
20	Barbara	94	↑3	60
21	Esther	93	↓2	38
22	Hazel	93	–	33
23	Edith	92	↓3	30
24	Grace	91	↑2	31
25	Irene	91	↑3	16
26	Eleanor	87	↓1	26
27	Lucille	85	↑5	29
28	Maxine	83	↑1	87
29	Phyllis	82	↑9	80
30	Louise	80	↑5	18
31	Bernice	76	↑3	41
32	Lillian	76	↓1	15
33	Gladys	74	↓9	22
34	Gertrude	71	↑12	39
35	Martha	71	↓5	25
36	Marion	69	↑4	45
37	Vivian	69	new	72
38	Elsie	66	↑7	49
39	Marguerite	66	↓3	86
40	Edna	65	↓13	23
41	Patricia	64	↓2	>100
42	Josephine	61	new	24
43	Katherine	61	↑4	50
44	Rose	61	↓7	17
45	Shirley	58	new	97
46	Marian	57	new	76
47	Thelma	57	↓6	32
48	Violet	56	new	83
49	Pauline	55	↑1	35
50	Geraldine	54	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Robert	646	–	4
2	John	455	–	1
3	William	415	–	2
4	James	331	–	3
5	George	276	–	6
6	Donald	222	↑2	18
7	Charles	220	–	5
8	Jack	212	↑1	21
9	Richard	188	↓3	12
10	Harold	172	↑1	13
11	Edward	145	↓1	8
12	Frank	133	–	9
13	Harry	132	↑7	20
14	Walter	131	–	11
15	Arthur	126	–	17
16	Raymond	117	↑11	15
17	Thomas	109	↑12	10
18	Albert	106	↓5	19
19	Kenneth	103	↓3	27
20	Howard	98	↑2	26
21	Paul	96	↓3	14
22	Joseph	94	↓5	7
23	Ralph	91	–	22
24	Fred	83	–	33
25	Henry	82	↓4	16
26	Roy	78	↓7	32
27	Carl	77	↓2	25
28	David	77	–	28
29	Earl	76	↑5	31
30	Clarence	74	–	23
31	Ernest	72	↑1	37
32	Eugene	67	↑1	35
33	Lloyd	67	↓7	51
34	Lawrence	66	↓3	38
35	Norman	66	↑1	49
36	Stanley	60	↑7	36
37	Gordon	57	–	85
38	Elmer	56	↓3	44
39	Alfred	53	↑2	42
40	Herbert	53	↓1	40
41	Edwin	52	↑3	55
42	Leonard	51	↓4	41
43	Louis	50	new	24
44	Francis	49	↓4	30
45	Vernon	48	new	66
46	Lester	47	↑4	62
47	Glenn	44	–	84
48	Clifford	43	↓6	60
49	Joe	43	–	34
50	Ray	42	new	69

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