Popular baby names in Washington, 1921

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1921 were Mary for girls (531 babies) and Robert for boys (858). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 20,640 babies born in Washington in 1921 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1921

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: 166 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bette: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bonnie: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Beverly: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alyce: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Carol: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Margery: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
June: 130 babies, 3× the national rate
Peggy: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Maxine: 90 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Neil: 21 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bob: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Don: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gordon: 75 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bill: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ronald: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jim: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bruce: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Delbert: 27 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1921

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Mary	531	–	1
2	Dorothy	455	–	2
3	Betty	368	↑1	8
4	Margaret	334	↓1	4
5	Helen	324	–	3
6	Virginia	245	↑1	6
7	Ruth	200	↓1	5
8	Marjorie	185	↑8	16
9	Patricia	166	↑10	84
10	Frances	159	↓2	9
11	Doris	156	↓2	13
12	Evelyn	153	↓2	12
13	Jean	153	↓2	25
14	Lois	148	↑4	38
15	Alice	140	↓3	15
16	Barbara	138	↑1	40
17	Elizabeth	132	↓2	10
18	June	130	↓4	50
19	Mildred	130	↓6	7
20	Shirley	124	↑6	44
21	Florence	111	–	17
22	Phyllis	99	↑2	60
23	Esther	96	↑9	42
24	Marie	93	↓4	14
25	Gladys	90	↑16	24
26	Maxine	90	↓4	77
27	Norma	90	↑11	51
28	Irene	89	↓5	18
29	Lillian	87	↓4	19
30	Eleanor	86	↓2	29
31	Bernice	83	↑8	39
32	Elsie	82	↓3	55
33	Geraldine	82	↑12	62
34	Hazel	78	–	34
35	Edith	77	↓5	33
36	Louise	76	↑10	22
37	Lorraine	75	↓2	61
38	Lucille	75	↓5	31
39	Anna	67	↓12	11
40	Catherine	66	new	23
41	Grace	66	↓4	35
42	Vivian	65	↑5	68
43	Ethel	64	↑6	32
44	Marian	59	↓1	69
45	Marion	59	new	43
46	Ellen	58	new	95
47	Martha	57	↓11	21
48	Thelma	57	new	30
49	Agnes	54	new	56
50	Charlotte	53	–	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1920	US rank
1	Robert	858	–	2
2	William	507	–	3
3	John	504	–	1
4	James	398	–	4
5	Donald	311	↑1	13
6	George	269	↓1	6
7	Richard	259	↑2	10
8	Charles	244	↓1	5
9	Jack	229	↓1	18
10	Harold	205	–	12
11	Frank	179	↑1	9
12	Edward	150	↓1	8
13	Kenneth	138	↑3	22
14	Thomas	127	↑4	11
15	Walter	123	↓1	15
16	Harry	116	↑7	21
17	Arthur	115	↓4	19
18	David	109	↑6	25
19	Howard	103	↓4	27
20	Ralph	102	↑2	23
21	Raymond	102	↑5	16
22	Albert	101	↓2	20
23	Eugene	99	↑2	26
24	Paul	96	↓5	14
25	Joseph	95	↓4	7
26	Roy	95	↓9	32
27	Warren	92	↑4	24
28	Fred	88	↑6	33
29	Lawrence	83	–	37
30	Gordon	75	↑12	84
31	Stanley	71	↑4	41
32	Henry	70	↑6	17
33	Francis	69	new	35
34	Carl	68	↓6	30
35	Leonard	68	↑4	39
36	Lloyd	68	↑4	58
37	Earl	66	↓7	31
38	Gerald	64	↑12	60
39	Alfred	62	↓3	43
40	Melvin	60	↑5	53
41	Clarence	59	↓9	28
42	Ernest	54	↓15	38
43	Elmer	52	–	48
44	Joe	51	new	36
45	Glenn	49	new	80
46	Marvin	48	new	59
47	Norman	48	↓14	46
48	Ray	48	↓7	67
49	Louis	47	new	29
50	Dale	46	new	93

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