Popular baby names in Washington, 1923

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1923 were Betty for girls (516 babies) and Robert for boys (784). Betty ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,556 babies born in Washington in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1923

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

Girls

Peggy: 61 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Donna: 58 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Patricia: 164 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bette: 54 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nadine: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amy: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carol: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Beverly: 45 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Phyllis: 140 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maxine: 91 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bob: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Gordon: 79 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Don: 40 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ted: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Delbert: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Laurence: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Glen: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jim: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Betty	516	↑1	5
2	Mary	475	↓1	1
3	Dorothy	400	–	2
4	Helen	296	↑1	3
5	Margaret	280	↓1	4
6	Virginia	233	–	7
7	Ruth	202	–	6
8	Shirley	177	↑9	26
9	Patricia	164	↑1	56
10	Doris	160	↓1	11
11	Barbara	145	↑4	33
12	Evelyn	144	↑1	12
13	Marjorie	144	↓5	16
14	Phyllis	140	↑2	45
15	Frances	137	↓4	10
16	Elizabeth	126	↑5	9
17	Jean	126	↓3	19
18	June	124	↓6	42
19	Lois	123	–	27
20	Alice	118	↓2	15
21	Mildred	108	↑1	8
22	Florence	93	↑4	18
23	Maxine	91	↑2	76
24	Marie	82	↓4	14
25	Norma	79	↓2	41
26	Eleanor	74	↑1	28
27	Irene	74	↓3	17
28	Lorraine	72	↑1	57
29	Gloria	71	↑4	48
30	Marian	69	↓2	65
31	Geraldine	67	–	58
32	Anna	65	–	13
33	Lillian	65	↑6	20
34	Louise	65	↑13	22
35	Edith	63	↓5	36
36	Elsie	63	↑4	61
37	Peggy	61	new	>100
38	Gladys	59	↓2	29
39	Rose	59	↑3	23
40	Donna	58	new	>100
41	Thelma	58	new	31
42	Bernice	57	↓7	43
43	Lucille	55	↑2	35
44	Bette	54	new	>100
45	Esther	54	↑3	47
46	Elaine	51	new	87
47	Grace	51	↓13	39
48	Joyce	51	↑1	>100
49	Beatrice	50	new	46
50	Carol	49	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Robert	784	–	2
2	William	493	↑1	3
3	John	477	↓1	1
4	Donald	345	↑1	10
5	James	341	↓1	4
6	Richard	310	–	9
7	Jack	284	↑1	17
8	George	257	↓1	6
9	Charles	224	–	5
10	Harold	176	–	13
11	Kenneth	169	↑1	21
12	Frank	144	↓1	11
13	Edward	113	–	8
14	Thomas	111	↑2	12
15	Joseph	109	↓1	7
16	Walter	104	↑5	16
17	Roy	103	↓2	32
18	David	101	↑4	24
19	Howard	100	↑10	26
20	Eugene	98	↑5	25
21	Ralph	95	↑2	23
22	Harry	90	↓5	22
23	Arthur	87	↓5	19
24	Fred	85	↑6	33
25	Albert	84	↓6	20
26	Paul	81	–	14
27	Gordon	79	↑1	76
28	Carl	77	↑15	28
29	Earl	75	↓5	31
30	Raymond	75	↓10	15
31	Lawrence	74	–	36
32	Stanley	70	↑18	41
33	Norman	65	↓1	44
34	Warren	64	↑3	43
35	Wallace	62	↑6	69
36	Gerald	61	↑2	54
37	Lloyd	61	↑2	59
38	Clarence	59	↓11	29
39	Henry	59	↓4	18
40	Melvin	59	↑7	48
41	Vernon	59	↑4	67
42	Wayne	58	↑7	75
43	Leonard	53	↓1	37
44	Ray	52	↓10	61
45	Dale	49	new	90
46	Ernest	49	↓13	38
47	Herbert	49	↓1	40
48	Glenn	47	–	84
49	Alfred	46	new	42
50	Floyd	46	new	64

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