Popular baby names in Washington, 1928

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1928 were Betty for girls (447 babies) and Robert for boys (682). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,841 babies born in Washington in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1928

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: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Beverley: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Colleen: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Diane: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Beverly: 172 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joanne: 50 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Donna: 128 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Joy: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nadine: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luella: 16 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 47 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Bob: 82 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Don: 93 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Larry: 41 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jim: 46 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Delbert: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bert: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ted: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gordon: 78 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Darrell: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Betty	447	–	2
2	Mary	400	–	1
3	Shirley	306	↑2	10
4	Barbara	301	–	8
5	Dorothy	293	↓2	3
6	Patricia	247	–	11
7	Margaret	178	↑2	5
8	Beverly	172	↑6	46
9	Virginia	162	↑1	9
10	Helen	157	↓3	4
11	Lois	155	↓3	18
12	Doris	144	↑1	7
13	Dolores	140	↑9	20
14	Ruth	134	↓3	6
15	Donna	128	↑2	61
16	Phyllis	125	↓1	26
17	Jean	120	↓5	12
18	Evelyn	108	↓2	17
19	Marilyn	103	↑5	38
20	Gloria	102	↓2	25
21	Joan	102	↑12	27
22	Alice	95	↓1	19
23	Frances	94	↓3	13
24	Marjorie	91	↓5	29
25	Lorraine	88	↓2	39
26	Joyce	84	↓1	30
27	June	74	↑3	44
28	Florence	72	↑11	32
29	Geraldine	70	↑3	50
30	Norma	70	↓4	23
31	Carol	69	↑3	77
32	Elizabeth	66	↑4	14
33	Irene	66	↓6	28
34	Maxine	59	↓5	84
35	Eleanor	58	↑14	36
36	Marie	58	↓8	21
37	Mildred	56	↓6	15
38	Peggy	56	new	76
39	Bonnie	55	↓4	89
40	Charlotte	55	↑6	72
41	Joanne	50	new	>100
42	Lillian	50	–	35
43	Louise	48	↓3	31
44	Marian	48	↓7	71
45	Edith	47	new	56
46	Martha	47	new	22
47	Nancy	47	–	43
48	Anna	46	↓7	16
49	Elaine	46	new	68
50	Marion	46	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	682	–	1
2	Donald	462	–	7
3	John	446	–	2
4	Richard	426	↑2	6
5	James	373	–	3
6	William	372	↓2	4
7	Jack	243	–	15
8	George	236	–	8
9	Charles	223	–	5
10	Kenneth	177	–	17
11	Harold	148	↑3	14
12	David	116	↑1	19
13	Edward	116	↑2	10
14	Frank	111	↓2	12
15	Ronald	108	↑18	50
16	Thomas	107	↓5	11
17	Eugene	94	↑8	20
18	Don	93	↑3	84
19	Raymond	90	↑4	16
20	Gerald	86	↑7	41
21	Walter	84	↓5	18
22	Bob	82	↑2	95
23	Arthur	81	↓4	22
24	Albert	80	↑7	23
25	Bill	80	↓7	64
26	Gordon	78	↓6	77
27	Paul	78	↓5	13
28	Fred	77	↑6	36
29	Ralph	77	↓12	24
30	Roy	76	↑2	34
31	Howard	75	↓1	31
32	Carl	74	↑3	28
33	Harry	73	↓5	26
34	Norman	72	↓5	39
35	Joseph	65	↓9	9
36	Clarence	64	new	35
37	Stanley	63	↑3	45
38	Lawrence	60	↓1	38
39	Gene	58	–	62
40	Melvin	56	↑3	48
41	Henry	55	↑3	21
42	Herbert	55	new	25
43	Dale	53	↓2	75
44	Glenn	53	new	76
45	Jerry	50	new	79
46	Wayne	50	↓8	69
47	Earl	48	↓5	37
48	Dick	47	↓3	>100
49	Ernest	47	↓2	43
50	Warren	47	new	85

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