Popular baby names in Washington, 1924

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1924 were Betty for girls (527 babies) and Robert for boys (860). Betty ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,679 babies born in Washington in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1924

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: 252 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Colleen: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Carol: 70 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bette: 50 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Donna: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peggy: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maxine: 91 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Beverly: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Iris: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barbara: 176 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bob: 50 babies, 5× the national rate
Rodney: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Don: 55 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lyle: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ted: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Larry: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jim: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ronald: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Betty	527	–	4
2	Mary	464	–	1
3	Dorothy	418	–	2
4	Margaret	261	↑1	5
5	Patricia	252	↑4	35
6	Helen	248	↓2	3
7	Virginia	223	↓1	7
8	Ruth	178	↓1	6
9	Barbara	176	↑2	28
10	Shirley	170	↓2	19
11	Marjorie	163	↑2	17
12	Jean	158	↑5	16
13	Frances	153	↑2	10
14	Doris	152	↓4	9
15	Evelyn	145	↓3	12
16	Lois	137	↑3	22
17	June	127	↑1	45
18	Phyllis	127	↓4	44
19	Alice	115	↑1	15
20	Elizabeth	97	↓4	11
21	Maxine	91	↑2	77
22	Irene	89	↑5	18
23	Mildred	89	↓2	8
24	Eleanor	80	↑2	29
25	Florence	80	↓3	20
26	Marie	76	↓2	14
27	Lorraine	73	↑1	52
28	Carol	70	↑22	>100
29	Gloria	70	–	41
30	Marian	70	–	64
31	Lillian	69	↑2	23
32	Joyce	66	↑16	83
33	Norma	66	↓8	40
34	Louise	65	–	24
35	Hazel	63	new	42
36	Jeanne	63	new	90
37	Edith	62	↓2	36
38	Lucille	62	↑5	37
39	Vivian	61	new	71
40	Gladys	59	↓2	30
41	Grace	59	↑6	43
42	Donna	56	↓2	>100
43	Bernice	55	↓1	47
44	Anna	54	↓12	13
45	Charlotte	54	new	80
46	Ellen	54	new	99
47	Peggy	53	↓10	>100
48	Beverly	52	new	>100
49	Juanita	51	new	48
50	Bette	50	↓6	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Robert	860	–	1
2	William	502	–	3
3	John	457	–	2
4	James	428	↑1	4
5	Donald	375	↓1	10
6	Richard	337	–	8
7	Jack	257	–	17
8	George	254	–	6
9	Charles	248	–	5
10	Harold	168	–	13
11	Kenneth	164	–	19
12	Frank	143	–	12
13	Edward	135	–	9
14	Thomas	118	–	11
15	Arthur	114	↑8	20
16	David	112	↑2	24
17	Raymond	102	↑13	15
18	Harry	98	↑4	22
19	Walter	95	↓3	16
20	Eugene	93	–	25
21	Paul	91	↑5	14
22	Roy	91	↓5	31
23	Ralph	90	↓2	23
24	Joseph	88	↓9	7
25	Stanley	85	↑7	40
26	Howard	84	↓7	26
27	Lawrence	82	↑4	36
28	Albert	77	↓3	21
29	Gordon	73	↓2	75
30	Carl	67	↓2	27
31	Fred	67	↓7	32
32	Henry	67	↑7	18
33	Norman	66	–	42
34	Gerald	65	↑2	49
35	Earl	64	↓6	33
36	Clarence	61	↑2	29
37	Ernest	57	↑9	37
38	Ray	56	↑6	60
39	Don	55	new	>100
40	Warren	54	↓6	58
41	Wallace	53	↓6	87
42	Bill	50	new	92
43	Bob	50	new	>100
44	Lloyd	50	↓7	61
45	Dale	48	–	84
46	Elmer	48	new	57
47	Wayne	47	↓5	74
48	Clifford	45	new	64
49	Herbert	45	↓2	41
50	Glenn	44	↓2	79

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