Popular baby names in Washington, 1933

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1933 were Mary for girls (388 babies) and Robert for boys (575). Social Security records list 17,156 babies born in Washington in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1933

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: 58 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Doreen: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Karen: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nadine: 29 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Claudia: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Donna: 265 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Darlene: 82 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gail: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Colleen: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Joanne: 115 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 56 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Gary: 104 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jim: 68 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rodney: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Larry: 98 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darrell: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bob: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Delbert: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bill: 81 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	388	↑1	1
2	Barbara	362	↓1	3
3	Patricia	291	↑1	6
4	Donna	265	↑2	24
5	Betty	255	↓2	2
6	Shirley	228	↓1	9
7	Beverly	175	–	26
8	Joan	166	–	5
9	Dorothy	154	–	4
10	Marilyn	152	–	16
11	Janet	151	↑8	25
12	Nancy	138	↑4	11
13	Carol	135	↓1	20
14	Joyce	125	↓3	12
15	Joanne	115	↑3	56
16	Helen	108	↑1	8
17	Lois	108	↑4	19
18	Margaret	108	↓4	7
19	Dolores	107	↓6	21
20	Virginia	92	↓5	15
21	Jean	84	↓1	14
22	Ruth	84	↑3	13
23	Phyllis	83	↑5	28
24	Darlene	82	↑9	96
25	Gloria	82	↓3	31
26	Marlene	82	↓2	50
27	Doris	80	↓4	10
28	Alice	79	↓2	22
29	Sally	69	↑1	76
30	Geraldine	63	↑11	42
31	Janice	60	new	81
32	Marjorie	60	↓5	41
33	Sharon	58	new	>100
34	Bonnie	57	–	68
35	Jacqueline	57	↑8	86
36	Arlene	55	↑1	74
37	Frances	55	↓5	18
38	Norma	54	↓2	23
39	Louise	53	new	39
40	Delores	52	↓9	52
41	Elizabeth	49	↓6	17
42	Evelyn	49	↓13	30
43	Lorraine	49	↑2	54
44	June	48	↓2	45
45	Kathleen	47	new	77
46	Ann	46	↑2	34
47	Irene	45	new	46
48	Laura	44	new	91
49	Joann	42	↓10	72
50	Diane	41	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	575	–	1
2	Richard	452	–	5
3	Donald	388	–	7
4	James	387	–	2
5	John	387	↑1	3
6	William	285	↓1	4
7	Jack	200	↑3	17
8	Ronald	196	↓1	12
9	Charles	194	–	6
10	Kenneth	177	↑1	15
11	George	176	↓3	8
12	Jerry	140	↑8	31
13	David	138	↓1	13
14	Gerald	128	↓1	22
15	Thomas	111	↑2	10
16	Frank	108	↓1	16
17	Gary	104	↑30	80
18	Edward	100	↓2	11
19	Larry	98	↓1	58
20	Harold	94	↓1	18
21	Raymond	89	↑2	19
22	Paul	86	↑10	14
23	Bill	81	↓1	59
24	Don	80	↓10	54
25	Ralph	75	↑9	29
26	Fred	71	↑3	34
27	Dale	68	↓3	65
28	Jim	68	↑5	98
29	Arthur	65	↓2	25
30	Bob	63	↓9	82
31	Joseph	63	–	9
32	Walter	59	↓7	21
33	Wayne	58	↑4	52
34	Dick	56	↑4	>100
35	Roy	56	↑6	39
36	Douglas	54	new	81
37	Harry	53	↑9	35
38	Norman	52	↓10	37
39	Daniel	51	new	42
40	Marvin	51	↑3	44
41	Stanley	51	↓2	55
42	Eugene	50	↓16	23
43	Gene	50	↑2	66
44	Carl	49	↓4	28
45	Earl	48	↑3	41
46	Leonard	48	new	47
47	Ray	47	↓3	62
48	Albert	46	↑2	30
49	Howard	45	↓7	36
50	Melvin	45	new	51

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