Popular baby names in Washington, 1932

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1932 were Barbara for girls (405 babies) and Robert for boys (608). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 17,846 babies born in Washington in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1932

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

Girls

Karen: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Molly: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Pat: 48 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Lorna: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Myrna: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dona: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Colleen: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Donna: 237 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Diane: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joanne: 114 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 57 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Gary: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jim: 64 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ted: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bob: 85 babies, 4× the national rate
Don: 116 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Merle: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Pat: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Larry: 88 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Loren: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Barbara	405	↑1	3
2	Mary	398	↓1	1
3	Betty	317	–	2
4	Patricia	276	–	6
5	Shirley	276	–	9
6	Donna	237	–	29
7	Beverly	185	↑1	28
8	Joan	181	↑1	5
9	Dorothy	175	↓2	4
10	Marilyn	170	↑1	16
11	Joyce	130	↑2	12
12	Carol	128	↑8	32
13	Dolores	122	↓3	18
14	Margaret	120	↓2	7
15	Virginia	120	↓1	14
16	Nancy	117	–	13
17	Helen	114	↓2	8
18	Joanne	114	↑3	62
19	Janet	109	↑16	35
20	Jean	108	↓2	15
21	Lois	107	↓2	20
22	Gloria	102	↓5	25
23	Doris	84	↓1	10
24	Marlene	84	↑6	78
25	Ruth	82	–	11
26	Alice	80	↑1	21
27	Marjorie	76	↑1	37
28	Phyllis	76	↓4	30
29	Evelyn	72	↑3	23
30	Sally	64	new	84
31	Delores	62	↑3	56
32	Frances	60	↓6	19
33	Darlene	59	↑16	>100
34	Bonnie	58	↓3	64
35	Elizabeth	58	↑1	17
36	Norma	58	↓13	22
37	Arlene	55	↑9	80
38	Rose	52	↑10	33
39	Joann	51	↓1	79
40	Eleanor	50	↑7	45
41	Geraldine	50	↓12	42
42	June	49	↓9	44
43	Jacqueline	48	↑2	85
44	Pat	48	new	>100
45	Lorraine	47	↓5	55
46	Carolyn	46	new	46
47	Diane	46	new	>100
48	Ann	45	↓11	34
49	Peggy	45	↓5	40
50	Charlotte	44	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	608	–	1
2	Richard	442	–	5
3	Donald	413	–	7
4	James	379	–	2
5	William	366	↑1	4
6	John	363	↓1	3
7	Ronald	214	↑7	16
8	George	210	↑2	8
9	Charles	200	↓2	6
10	Jack	199	↓2	17
11	Kenneth	165	–	14
12	David	160	↓3	12
13	Gerald	123	↓1	24
14	Don	116	↑1	55
15	Frank	103	↑1	15
16	Edward	101	↑2	11
17	Thomas	98	↓4	10
18	Larry	88	↑8	65
19	Harold	87	↓2	18
20	Jerry	87	–	34
21	Bob	85	↑2	79
22	Bill	83	↓3	58
23	Raymond	80	↓2	19
24	Dale	79	↑10	61
25	Walter	78	↓1	21
26	Eugene	75	↑17	22
27	Arthur	72	↑14	25
28	Norman	71	↓1	37
29	Fred	67	↓1	33
30	Gordon	66	↓1	81
31	Joseph	65	↓1	9
32	Paul	65	↓10	13
33	Jim	64	↑2	>100
34	Ralph	64	↓9	27
35	Joe	60	↑13	29
36	Lawrence	59	↑1	35
37	Wayne	59	↑8	57
38	Dick	57	↓7	>100
39	Stanley	54	↓7	52
40	Carl	53	↓7	28
41	Roy	53	↓5	38
42	Howard	52	↓3	36
43	Marvin	52	new	46
44	Ray	52	↑3	59
45	Gene	51	↓7	64
46	Harry	49	↓4	32
47	Gary	48	new	>100
48	Earl	47	new	41
49	Duane	46	new	>100
50	Albert	44	↓10	26

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