Popular baby names in Washington, 1929

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1929 were Mary for girls (432 babies) and Robert for boys (713). Social Security records list 18,515 babies born in Washington in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1929

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

Girls

Sharon: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Pat: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Nadine: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Corinne: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Myrna: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Donna: 170 babies, 4× the national rate
Colleen: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Joanne: 75 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Beverly: 168 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Diane: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 50 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Loren: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Bob: 92 babies, 5× the national rate
Bert: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jim: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Gary: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Don: 87 babies, 4× the national rate
Delbert: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gordon: 78 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ted: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	432	↑1	1
2	Betty	431	↓1	2
3	Barbara	316	↑1	7
4	Shirley	304	↓1	9
5	Patricia	279	↑1	10
6	Dorothy	255	↓1	3
7	Margaret	172	–	5
8	Donna	170	↑7	47
9	Beverly	168	↓1	39
10	Dolores	167	↑3	14
11	Helen	159	↓1	4
12	Lois	158	↓1	17
13	Jean	141	↑4	12
14	Virginia	139	↓5	11
15	Doris	132	↓3	6
16	Joan	132	↑5	13
17	Joyce	128	↑9	23
18	Phyllis	115	↓2	24
19	Ruth	108	↓5	8
20	Gloria	107	–	28
21	Marjorie	105	↑3	30
22	Carol	97	↑9	63
23	Marilyn	92	↓4	33
24	Frances	90	↓1	16
25	June	83	↑2	48
26	Alice	79	↓4	21
27	Evelyn	78	↓9	19
28	Norma	77	↑2	25
29	Joanne	75	↑12	>100
30	Maxine	69	↑4	85
31	Lorraine	68	↓6	42
32	Marian	66	↑12	75
33	Marie	65	↑3	22
34	Bonnie	64	↑5	86
35	Janet	58	new	82
36	Nancy	58	↑11	32
37	Delores	57	new	74
38	Geraldine	56	↓9	43
39	Florence	55	↓11	35
40	Irene	54	↓7	29
41	Mildred	52	↓4	18
42	Lillian	51	–	40
43	Gladys	50	new	44
44	Peggy	49	↓6	70
45	Charlotte	47	↓5	73
46	Rose	47	new	26
47	Audrey	46	new	58
48	Elizabeth	46	↓16	15
49	Kathleen	46	new	89
50	Eleanor	45	↓15	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	713	–	1
2	Donald	475	–	7
3	Richard	427	↑1	6
4	John	395	↓1	3
5	William	380	↑1	4
6	James	368	↓1	2
7	Jack	254	–	14
8	George	244	–	8
9	Charles	231	–	5
10	Kenneth	147	–	18
11	David	139	↑1	17
12	Harold	136	↓1	16
13	Frank	123	↑1	12
14	Thomas	103	↑2	11
15	Ronald	100	–	45
16	Paul	95	↑11	13
17	Arthur	93	↑6	22
18	Raymond	93	↑1	15
19	Bob	92	↑3	89
20	Edward	91	↓7	10
21	Gerald	91	↓1	33
22	Don	87	↓4	78
23	Eugene	83	↓6	20
24	Harry	83	↑9	27
25	Walter	83	↓4	19
26	Bill	80	↓1	63
27	Gordon	78	↓1	79
28	Roy	75	↑2	35
29	Norman	73	↑5	40
30	Fred	72	↓2	34
31	Albert	68	↓7	24
32	Ralph	68	↓3	26
33	Carl	66	↓1	28
34	Howard	65	↓3	31
35	Joseph	64	–	9
36	Dale	58	↑7	73
37	Lawrence	58	↑1	38
38	Gene	57	↑1	68
39	Jerry	56	↑6	61
40	Clarence	55	↓4	37
41	Leonard	55	new	42
42	Herbert	54	–	25
43	Earl	53	↑4	36
44	Stanley	53	↓7	48
45	Lloyd	52	new	62
46	Dick	50	↑2	>100
47	Ray	50	new	57
48	Melvin	48	↓8	49
49	Jim	47	new	>100
50	Marvin	47	new	46

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