Popular baby names in Washington, 1926

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1926 were Betty for girls (479 babies) and Robert for boys (714). Betty ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,971 babies born in Washington in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1926

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

Girls

Pat: 27 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Doreen: 15 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Colleen: 31 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nadine: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Beverly: 112 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donna: 89 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Iris: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Patricia: 246 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joanne: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bette: 33 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 41 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jim: 50 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bob: 75 babies, 5× the national rate
Neil: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dean: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Don: 67 babies, 4× the national rate
Ted: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Gordon: 81 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Larry: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lyle: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Betty	479	–	3
2	Mary	435	–	1
3	Dorothy	343	–	2
4	Shirley	250	–	14
5	Patricia	246	↑2	23
6	Margaret	239	↓1	5
7	Helen	237	↓1	4
8	Barbara	236	↑1	16
9	Virginia	183	↓1	8
10	Doris	167	↑1	7
11	Jean	158	↑2	12
12	Lois	145	↓2	19
13	Phyllis	139	↑6	33
14	Ruth	136	↓2	6
15	Frances	131	↑3	10
16	Alice	128	↑4	17
17	Gloria	126	↓2	20
18	Marjorie	122	↓4	22
19	Evelyn	121	↓3	13
20	Beverly	112	↑7	74
21	June	108	↓4	40
22	Norma	93	↑7	29
23	Donna	89	↑2	90
24	Joyce	83	↓2	44
25	Marian	78	↑9	70
26	Marilyn	77	↑9	65
27	Marie	76	↓4	18
28	Florence	71	↑4	26
29	Eleanor	67	↑4	32
30	Dolores	66	new	49
31	Elizabeth	66	↓10	11
32	Maxine	65	↓6	85
33	Irene	64	↓3	21
34	Mildred	64	↓10	9
35	Lillian	59	↓4	28
36	Elaine	58	new	68
37	Lorraine	57	↓9	53
38	Louise	57	–	27
39	Carol	56	↑3	>100
40	Jeanne	56	↓3	88
41	Anna	54	↑3	15
42	Joan	52	new	51
43	Rose	52	new	25
44	Edith	50	new	42
45	Elsie	50	new	69
46	Esther	50	new	62
47	Juanita	50	new	52
48	Bernice	49	–	45
49	Audrey	48	new	60
50	Geraldine	48	↓11	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Robert	714	–	1
2	John	469	↑1	2
3	William	431	↓1	4
4	Donald	395	–	9
5	Richard	357	↑1	7
6	James	356	↓1	3
7	George	256	–	6
8	Jack	253	–	16
9	Charles	208	–	5
10	Kenneth	150	↑2	18
11	Harold	147	↓1	14
12	David	125	↑1	22
13	Raymond	125	↑5	15
14	Edward	122	↑1	10
15	Frank	118	↓4	12
16	Thomas	112	↓2	11
17	Arthur	105	↓1	20
18	Eugene	98	↑6	23
19	Walter	97	–	17
20	Ralph	96	↑2	24
21	Gerald	92	↑9	41
22	Howard	92	↑4	27
23	Paul	86	↓2	13
24	Fred	84	↑5	31
25	Harry	83	↓5	25
26	Gordon	81	↓1	76
27	Bob	75	↑14	>100
28	Albert	73	↑3	21
29	Bill	71	↑3	74
30	Norman	70	↑3	39
31	Roy	69	↓14	34
32	Joseph	68	↓9	8
33	Don	67	↑5	96
34	Earl	66	↑1	32
35	Lawrence	65	↓7	36
36	Stanley	65	↓9	43
37	Carl	63	↓3	26
38	Henry	63	↓2	19
39	Ray	63	↑5	57
40	Clifford	61	new	62
41	Clarence	53	↓1	29
42	Gene	53	new	91
43	Lloyd	52	–	60
44	Jim	50	new	>100
45	Joe	49	new	33
46	Ronald	49	↑4	88
47	Ernest	48	new	37
48	Vernon	48	↓6	66
49	Wayne	48	↓10	68
50	Melvin	46	↓1	47

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