Popular baby names in Washington, 1920

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1920 were Mary for girls (544 babies) and Robert for boys (802). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,268 babies born in Washington in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1920

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

Girls

Patricia: 122 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Peggy: 41 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Beverly: 40 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carol: 43 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donna: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bette: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
June: 138 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jacqueline: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maxine: 96 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elva: 20 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Don: 51 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Bob: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dick: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Neil: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Keith: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gene: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jack: 262 babies, 3× the national rate
Bruce: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Ted: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Delbert: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	544	–	1
2	Dorothy	440	–	2
3	Margaret	346	↑1	4
4	Betty	341	↑2	11
5	Helen	319	↓2	3
6	Ruth	251	↓1	5
7	Virginia	215	–	7
8	Frances	192	↑2	9
9	Doris	177	↑4	14
10	Evelyn	170	↓1	12
11	Jean	168	↑3	33
12	Alice	148	–	15
13	Mildred	143	↓2	6
14	June	138	↑4	53
15	Elizabeth	135	↑2	8
16	Marjorie	133	↓8	24
17	Barbara	131	↑6	47
18	Lois	128	↓3	38
19	Patricia	122	↑7	>100
20	Marie	114	↓1	13
21	Florence	113	↓5	16
22	Maxine	96	↓1	81
23	Irene	91	↓3	17
24	Phyllis	87	↑8	72
25	Lillian	86	↑6	18
26	Shirley	86	↑13	56
27	Anna	85	↑21	10
28	Eleanor	82	↑6	25
29	Elsie	81	↓1	51
30	Edith	80	↓5	32
31	Edna	80	↓1	27
32	Esther	78	↑5	39
33	Lucille	77	↑2	29
34	Hazel	76	↓10	34
35	Lorraine	73	↑7	70
36	Martha	73	↑11	23
37	Grace	72	↑3	37
38	Norma	72	↑11	69
39	Bernice	70	↓17	40
40	Pauline	68	↑5	36
41	Gladys	67	↓12	22
42	Violet	64	↓1	77
43	Marian	63	new	73
44	Marguerite	62	new	93
45	Geraldine	60	↑1	60
46	Louise	60	↓19	19
47	Vivian	60	↓14	64
48	Kathleen	59	new	91
49	Ethel	58	↓11	30
50	Charlotte	57	–	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	802	–	3
2	William	505	–	2
3	John	461	–	1
4	James	374	↑1	4
5	George	288	↓1	6
6	Donald	273	↑2	16
7	Charles	264	–	5
8	Jack	262	↑1	20
9	Richard	247	↓3	10
10	Harold	198	–	12
11	Edward	158	↑2	8
12	Frank	153	↓1	9
13	Arthur	141	↑7	18
14	Walter	126	↓2	13
15	Howard	123	↑4	24
16	Kenneth	121	–	23
17	Roy	115	↑8	32
18	Thomas	111	↓1	11
19	Paul	110	↑2	14
20	Albert	108	↓2	19
21	Joseph	103	↑3	7
22	Ralph	103	–	22
23	Harry	101	↓9	21
24	David	92	↑6	25
25	Eugene	90	↑3	30
26	Raymond	90	↓11	15
27	Ernest	89	↑8	37
28	Carl	71	↓2	27
29	Lawrence	71	–	36
30	Earl	70	↓3	31
31	Warren	70	new	39
32	Clarence	69	–	26
33	Norman	67	↑4	47
34	Fred	64	↓1	33
35	Stanley	64	↑1	40
36	Alfred	59	↑10	42
37	Edwin	58	↑8	53
38	Henry	58	↓15	17
39	Leonard	58	↓5	38
40	Lloyd	57	↑2	58
41	Ray	57	↓3	67
42	Gordon	55	↑7	85
43	Elmer	54	↓12	45
44	Clifford	53	↓1	59
45	Melvin	53	new	54
46	Don	51	new	>100
47	Floyd	48	new	61
48	Theodore	48	new	63
49	Wayne	48	new	86
50	Gerald	47	↓11	64

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