Popular baby names in Washington, 1925

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1925 were Betty for girls (511 babies) and Robert for boys (836). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,636 babies born in Washington in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1925

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

Girls

Colleen: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Donna: 86 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Joy: 26 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Beverly: 77 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nadine: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Patricia: 227 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peggy: 63 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carol: 57 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Yvonne: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roberta: 42 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 41 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Dave: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Neil: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bob: 53 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Loren: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rodney: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Don: 58 babies, 4× the national rate
Jim: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gordon: 84 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Laurence: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Betty	511	–	3
2	Mary	436	–	1
3	Dorothy	381	–	2
4	Shirley	242	↑6	17
5	Margaret	235	↓1	5
6	Helen	229	–	4
7	Patricia	227	↓2	28
8	Virginia	218	↓1	7
9	Barbara	194	–	22
10	Lois	179	↑6	18
11	Doris	173	↑3	8
12	Ruth	154	↓4	6
13	Jean	153	↓1	14
14	Marjorie	140	↓3	21
15	Gloria	136	↑14	20
16	Evelyn	131	↓1	12
17	June	129	–	39
18	Frances	120	↓5	11
19	Phyllis	107	↓1	40
20	Alice	98	↓1	15
21	Elizabeth	94	↓1	10
22	Joyce	88	↑10	59
23	Marie	87	↑3	16
24	Mildred	87	↓1	9
25	Donna	86	↑17	>100
26	Maxine	80	↓5	79
27	Beverly	77	↑21	>100
28	Lorraine	75	↓1	51
29	Norma	72	↑4	34
30	Irene	70	↓8	19
31	Lillian	70	–	25
32	Florence	67	↓7	24
33	Eleanor	66	↓9	31
34	Marian	65	↓4	67
35	Marilyn	64	new	83
36	Peggy	63	↑11	>100
37	Jeanne	62	↓1	89
38	Louise	61	↓4	27
39	Geraldine	59	new	54
40	Gladys	59	–	33
41	Bonnie	57	new	>100
42	Carol	57	↓14	>100
43	Charlotte	57	↑2	77
44	Anna	56	–	13
45	Pauline	53	new	38
46	Kathleen	51	new	81
47	Lucille	51	↓9	41
48	Bernice	50	↓5	46
49	Marion	50	new	47
50	Vivian	50	↓11	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Robert	836	–	1
2	William	455	–	3
3	John	440	–	2
4	Donald	400	↑1	10
5	James	376	↓1	4
6	Richard	355	–	8
7	George	258	↑1	6
8	Jack	255	↓1	17
9	Charles	230	–	5
10	Harold	153	–	14
11	Frank	144	↑1	12
12	Kenneth	144	↓1	19
13	David	127	↑3	22
14	Thomas	121	–	11
15	Edward	114	↓2	9
16	Arthur	108	↓1	20
17	Roy	107	↑5	32
18	Raymond	106	↓1	15
19	Walter	104	–	16
20	Harry	100	↓2	23
21	Paul	98	–	13
22	Ralph	98	↑1	25
23	Joseph	93	↑1	7
24	Eugene	85	↓4	24
25	Gordon	84	↑4	72
26	Howard	84	–	26
27	Stanley	84	↓2	40
28	Lawrence	76	↓1	36
29	Fred	74	↑2	33
30	Gerald	71	↑4	45
31	Albert	69	↓3	21
32	Bill	68	↑10	84
33	Norman	68	–	41
34	Carl	67	↓4	28
35	Earl	65	–	31
36	Henry	64	↓4	18
37	Leonard	62	new	38
38	Don	58	↑1	>100
39	Wayne	56	↑8	74
40	Clarence	55	↓4	30
41	Bob	53	↑2	>100
42	Vernon	52	new	67
43	Lloyd	51	↑1	62
44	Ray	50	↓6	64
45	Theodore	50	new	63
46	Dale	49	↓1	86
47	Edwin	49	new	57
48	Warren	49	↓8	66
49	Melvin	47	new	50
50	Ronald	45	new	>100

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