Popular baby names in Washington, 1930

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1930 were Betty for girls (409 babies) and Robert for boys (674). Betty ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 19,024 babies born in Washington in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1930

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

Girls

Lorna: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Pat: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nadine: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Donna: 212 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sharon: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Colleen: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Myrna: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Yvonne: 38 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joanne: 86 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Diane: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 58 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Jim: 75 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dave: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Bob: 90 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ted: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gary: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Larry: 57 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Don: 94 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bill: 100 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Betty	409	↑1	2
2	Mary	401	↓1	1
3	Shirley	316	↑1	11
4	Barbara	313	↓1	6
5	Patricia	302	–	7
6	Dorothy	228	–	3
7	Donna	212	↑1	37
8	Dolores	182	↑2	13
9	Joan	173	↑7	8
10	Helen	172	↑1	4
11	Margaret	172	↓4	5
12	Beverly	169	↓3	34
13	Marilyn	165	↑10	22
14	Joyce	139	↑3	18
15	Virginia	137	↓1	12
16	Lois	128	↓4	17
17	Jean	116	↓4	14
18	Ruth	114	↑1	10
19	Doris	112	↓4	9
20	Evelyn	110	↑7	19
21	Gloria	105	↓1	30
22	Carol	96	–	54
23	Phyllis	96	↓5	28
24	Marjorie	94	↓3	32
25	Alice	90	↑1	20
26	Joanne	86	↑3	81
27	Jacqueline	84	new	74
28	Frances	83	↓4	16
29	Nancy	81	↑7	24
30	Norma	78	↓2	25
31	Bonnie	68	↑3	78
32	Janet	64	↑3	53
33	Lorraine	64	↓2	46
34	Geraldine	63	↑4	43
35	Delores	62	↑2	66
36	June	58	↓11	47
37	Louise	58	new	31
38	Lillian	57	↑4	44
39	Elizabeth	56	↑9	15
40	Maxine	53	↓10	93
41	Irene	51	↓1	33
42	Rose	49	↑4	29
43	Wilma	48	new	68
44	Charlotte	47	↑1	75
45	Marie	46	↓12	26
46	Ann	44	new	41
47	Anna	43	new	23
48	Audrey	43	↓1	63
49	Florence	43	↓10	38
50	Jeanne	42	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	674	–	1
2	Donald	470	–	7
3	Richard	446	–	5
4	James	398	↑2	2
5	William	391	–	4
6	John	387	↓2	3
7	Jack	224	–	14
8	George	214	–	8
9	Charles	198	–	6
10	Kenneth	161	–	17
11	David	150	–	15
12	Ronald	140	↑3	37
13	Edward	128	↑7	10
14	Harold	127	↓2	18
15	Frank	109	↓2	13
16	Thomas	103	↓2	11
17	Bill	100	↑9	59
18	Paul	96	↓2	12
19	Don	94	↑3	68
20	Gerald	91	↑1	30
21	Bob	90	↓2	88
22	Jerry	89	↑17	51
23	Norman	85	↑6	40
24	Ralph	83	↑8	25
25	Walter	83	–	19
26	Raymond	82	↓8	16
27	Eugene	80	↓4	21
28	Arthur	79	↓11	23
29	Joseph	78	↑6	9
30	Gordon	77	↓3	77
31	Jim	75	↑18	>100
32	Lawrence	73	↑5	36
33	Stanley	72	↑11	49
34	Carl	70	↓1	26
35	Roy	70	↓7	33
36	Howard	64	↓2	31
37	Harry	61	↓13	28
38	Dick	58	↑8	>100
39	Fred	58	↓9	32
40	Larry	57	new	>100
41	Albert	56	↓10	24
42	Ernest	56	new	43
43	Dale	55	↓7	64
44	Wayne	54	new	65
45	Earl	53	↓2	38
46	Henry	53	new	22
47	Alfred	49	new	46
48	Melvin	49	–	50
49	Ray	47	↓2	57
50	Gene	46	↓12	70

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