Popular baby names in Washington, 1931

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1931 were Mary for girls (377 babies) and Robert for boys (656). Social Security records list 17,968 babies born in Washington in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1931

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

Girls

Doreen: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Pat: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Colleen: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Donna: 230 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sharon: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Diane: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dixie: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Joanne: 109 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernadine: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carole: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 67 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Gary: 44 babies, 5× the national rate
Jim: 65 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rodney: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Don: 110 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bob: 81 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Larry: 73 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bill: 97 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gordon: 72 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lyle: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	377	↑1	1
2	Barbara	333	↑2	4
3	Betty	333	↓2	2
4	Patricia	304	↑1	8
5	Shirley	258	↓2	9
6	Donna	230	↑1	32
7	Dorothy	221	↓1	3
8	Beverly	169	↑4	31
9	Joan	167	–	5
10	Dolores	166	↓2	14
11	Marilyn	160	↑2	19
12	Margaret	157	↓1	7
13	Joyce	140	↑1	15
14	Virginia	128	↑1	12
15	Helen	127	↓5	6
16	Nancy	114	↑13	17
17	Gloria	112	↑4	23
18	Jean	111	↓1	13
19	Lois	111	↓3	20
20	Carol	110	↑2	46
21	Joanne	109	↑5	68
22	Doris	104	↓3	10
23	Norma	86	↑7	22
24	Phyllis	83	↓1	29
25	Ruth	80	↓7	11
26	Frances	73	↑2	18
27	Alice	72	↓2	21
28	Marjorie	70	↓4	34
29	Geraldine	69	↑5	38
30	Marlene	68	new	95
31	Bonnie	67	–	73
32	Evelyn	66	↓12	24
33	June	64	↑3	44
34	Delores	60	↑1	58
35	Janet	60	↓3	45
36	Elizabeth	57	↑3	16
37	Ann	55	↑9	35
38	Joann	52	new	90
39	Louise	52	↓2	33
40	Lorraine	50	↓7	49
41	Janice	49	new	>100
42	Marian	49	new	84
43	Irene	48	↓2	37
44	Peggy	48	new	42
45	Jacqueline	46	↓18	78
46	Arlene	44	new	77
47	Eleanor	43	new	40
48	Rose	43	↓6	30
49	Darlene	40	new	>100
50	Florence	40	↓1	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	656	–	1
2	Richard	453	↑1	5
3	Donald	443	↓1	7
4	James	381	–	2
5	John	375	↑1	3
6	William	375	↓1	4
7	Charles	244	↑2	6
8	Jack	210	↓1	15
9	David	180	↑2	13
10	George	173	↓2	8
11	Kenneth	150	↓1	14
12	Gerald	120	↑8	26
13	Thomas	114	↑3	10
14	Ronald	112	↓2	27
15	Don	110	↑4	59
16	Frank	106	↓1	16
17	Harold	104	↓3	18
18	Edward	99	↓5	11
19	Bill	97	↓2	57
20	Jerry	93	↑2	43
21	Raymond	90	↑5	17
22	Paul	89	↓4	12
23	Bob	81	↓2	78
24	Walter	77	↑1	20
25	Ralph	76	↓1	25
26	Larry	73	↑14	88
27	Norman	73	↓4	36
28	Fred	72	↑11	33
29	Gordon	72	↑1	76
30	Joseph	69	↓1	9
31	Dick	67	↑7	>100
32	Stanley	67	↑1	49
33	Carl	66	↑1	28
34	Dale	66	↑9	62
35	Jim	65	↓4	>100
36	Roy	65	↓1	35
37	Lawrence	63	↓5	38
38	Gene	62	↑12	64
39	Howard	62	↓3	34
40	Albert	60	↑1	24
41	Arthur	60	↓13	23
42	Harry	58	↓5	30
43	Eugene	53	↓16	21
44	Herbert	52	new	41
45	Wayne	51	↓1	58
46	Leonard	49	new	48
47	Ray	49	↑2	60
48	Joe	48	new	29
49	Douglas	46	new	85
50	Glen	46	new	>100

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