Popular baby names in Washington, 1935

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1935 were Shirley for girls (451 babies) and Robert for boys (590). Shirley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 18,669 babies born in Washington in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1935

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, 7.6× the national rate
Claudia: 42 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sharon: 118 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Karen: 49 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Colleen: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Darlene: 101 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Myrna: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dixie: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nadine: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Donna: 220 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Gary: 206 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dick: 50 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dave: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gordon: 93 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jim: 68 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mike: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lyle: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Delbert: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Don: 104 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ted: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Shirley	451	↑3	2
2	Barbara	399	↓1	3
3	Mary	375	↓1	1
4	Patricia	301	↓1	5
5	Donna	220	↑2	23
6	Carol	218	↑2	11
7	Betty	197	↓1	4
8	Marilyn	193	↑2	14
9	Joan	178	↓4	7
10	Nancy	156	↑3	9
11	Janet	131	↓2	22
12	Beverly	130	↓1	20
13	Joanne	130	↑1	44
14	Dorothy	129	↓2	6
15	Marlene	118	↑6	39
16	Sharon	118	↑6	96
17	Joyce	104	↓2	12
18	Darlene	101	↑1	91
19	Margaret	98	↓3	8
20	Arlene	95	↑4	59
21	Virginia	95	↑2	16
22	Janice	93	↑15	47
23	Phyllis	89	↑8	27
24	Sally	88	↑1	58
25	Jean	86	↓7	18
26	Lois	81	↓9	21
27	Carolyn	79	↑6	28
28	Helen	78	↓8	10
29	Sandra	77	new	50
30	Dolores	74	↓4	26
31	Doris	67	↓3	13
32	Marjorie	67	↓5	46
33	Frances	66	↓4	19
34	Norma	65	↑7	29
35	Joann	64	↓1	53
36	Alice	63	↓1	25
37	Gloria	63	↓5	32
38	Elizabeth	61	↑10	17
39	Evelyn	57	↓3	31
40	Delores	56	–	57
41	Roberta	52	new	77
42	Ruth	52	↓12	15
43	Charlotte	51	↑3	65
44	Judith	50	new	54
45	June	49	↓2	55
46	Karen	49	new	>100
47	Diane	48	↓2	>100
48	Sylvia	48	new	60
49	Kathleen	47	new	71
50	Carole	42	↓11	93

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	590	–	1
2	Richard	458	–	5
3	John	456	↑2	3
4	James	406	↓1	2
5	Donald	379	↓1	7
6	William	343	–	4
7	Ronald	243	–	12
8	David	219	↑1	11
9	Gary	206	↑4	44
10	Charles	200	–	6
11	George	175	↑1	8
12	Kenneth	171	↓1	15
13	Jack	157	↓5	18
14	Larry	156	↑4	33
15	Gerald	154	↓1	21
16	Jerry	138	↓1	22
17	Thomas	117	↑4	9
18	Don	104	↑2	51
19	Paul	104	↑3	14
20	Edward	101	↓1	13
21	Raymond	100	↑10	17
22	Gordon	93	↑5	70
23	Harold	92	↑1	20
24	Michael	83	↑15	41
25	Frank	81	↓9	16
26	Bill	74	↓3	60
27	Roger	74	↑7	36
28	Marvin	69	new	45
29	Jim	68	–	90
30	Joseph	68	↑7	10
31	Arthur	67	↑4	29
32	Carl	66	↑6	28
33	Fred	66	↓5	34
34	Dale	63	↓17	61
35	Harry	61	↑1	37
36	Bob	60	↓11	81
37	Eugene	60	↑10	26
38	Dennis	59	new	72
39	Norman	59	↓13	38
40	Roy	59	↑2	40
41	Walter	59	↓9	23
42	Douglas	55	↑1	75
43	Melvin	55	↑6	57
44	Wayne	55	↓11	49
45	Howard	54	↓1	39
46	Albert	53	new	31
47	Bruce	52	↓7	77
48	Ray	52	new	64
49	Lawrence	51	↓19	35
50	Ralph	51	↓9	32

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