Popular baby names in Washington, 1934

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1934 were Barbara for girls (404 babies) and Robert for boys (578). Barbara ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,677 babies born in Washington in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1934

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: 22 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Sharon: 94 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lorna: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dianne: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Claudia: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Karen: 28 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darlene: 103 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Pat: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Colleen: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Joanne: 138 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 53 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Gary: 144 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dave: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Pat: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Delbert: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dale: 110 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bob: 78 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jim: 70 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Loren: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darrell: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Barbara	404	↑1	3
2	Mary	361	↓1	1
3	Patricia	306	–	6
4	Shirley	298	↑2	4
5	Joan	238	↑3	7
6	Betty	228	↓1	2
7	Donna	195	↓3	23
8	Carol	190	↑5	14
9	Janet	182	↑2	21
10	Marilyn	180	–	17
11	Beverly	171	↓4	22
12	Dorothy	159	↓3	5
13	Nancy	151	↓1	10
14	Joanne	138	↑1	45
15	Joyce	136	↓1	12
16	Margaret	133	↑2	8
17	Lois	107	–	20
18	Jean	104	↑3	16
19	Darlene	103	↑5	90
20	Helen	103	↓4	9
21	Marlene	101	↑5	57
22	Sharon	94	↑11	>100
23	Virginia	93	↓3	15
24	Arlene	88	↑12	53
25	Sally	88	↑4	62
26	Dolores	87	↓7	26
27	Marjorie	85	↑5	41
28	Doris	79	↓1	11
29	Frances	79	↑8	19
30	Ruth	79	↓8	13
31	Phyllis	78	↓8	28
32	Gloria	74	↓7	30
33	Carolyn	71	new	33
34	Joann	71	↑15	50
35	Alice	68	↓7	25
36	Evelyn	65	↑6	29
37	Janice	63	↓6	68
38	Geraldine	58	↓8	43
39	Carole	57	new	89
40	Delores	57	–	51
41	Norma	57	↓3	24
42	Bonnie	53	↓8	58
43	June	49	↑1	46
44	Ann	48	↑2	32
45	Diane	48	↑5	>100
46	Charlotte	46	new	72
47	Marie	45	new	34
48	Elizabeth	44	↓7	18
49	Pat	44	new	>100
50	Louise	43	↓11	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	578	–	1
2	Richard	446	–	5
3	James	439	↑1	2
4	Donald	414	↓1	6
5	John	377	–	3
6	William	343	–	4
7	Ronald	249	↑1	11
8	Jack	209	↓1	17
9	David	198	↑4	12
10	Charles	192	↓1	7
11	Kenneth	175	↓1	15
12	George	169	↓1	8
13	Gary	144	↑4	60
14	Gerald	138	–	22
15	Jerry	125	↓3	25
16	Frank	111	–	16
17	Dale	110	↑10	62
18	Larry	109	↑1	43
19	Edward	108	↓1	13
20	Don	102	↑4	50
21	Thomas	98	↓6	9
22	Paul	93	–	14
23	Bill	90	–	59
24	Harold	82	↓4	18
25	Bob	78	↑5	75
26	Norman	75	↑12	38
27	Gordon	71	new	71
28	Fred	70	↓2	33
29	Jim	70	↓1	90
30	Lawrence	69	new	34
31	Raymond	67	↓10	19
32	Walter	66	–	21
33	Wayne	66	–	48
34	Roger	65	new	39
35	Arthur	64	↓6	29
36	Harry	62	↑1	36
37	Joseph	62	↓6	10
38	Carl	61	↑6	28
39	Michael	61	new	47
40	Bruce	58	new	78
41	Ralph	58	↓16	31
42	Roy	56	↓7	35
43	Douglas	55	↓7	72
44	Howard	54	↑5	37
45	Clifford	53	new	85
46	Dick	53	↓12	>100
47	Eugene	53	↓5	24
48	Earl	51	↓3	41
49	Melvin	50	↑1	55
50	Stanley	50	↓9	58

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