Popular baby names in Washington, 1937

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1937 were Barbara for girls (388 babies) and Robert for boys (659). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 21,231 babies born in Washington in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1937

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

Girls

Lorna: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Sharon: 226 babies, 5× the national rate
Claudia: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Darlene: 135 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Colleen: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Karen: 84 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sonja: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deanna: 54 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynn: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lila: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dick: 57 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Loren: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gary: 270 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lyle: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bob: 88 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Byron: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jim: 82 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mike: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Laurence: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Pat: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Barbara	388	↑1	2
2	Mary	378	↓1	1
3	Patricia	357	↑1	3
4	Carol	320	↑1	6
5	Donna	242	↑1	21
6	Shirley	242	↓3	4
7	Sharon	226	↑5	41
8	Nancy	211	–	7
9	Janet	194	↑4	18
10	Betty	189	↓1	5
11	Joan	188	↓1	9
12	Marilyn	186	↓5	13
13	Janice	170	↑4	25
14	Beverly	144	↓3	14
15	Darlene	135	↑6	72
16	Marlene	135	↑2	40
17	Margaret	133	↓3	10
18	Sandra	130	↑6	26
19	Dorothy	129	↓3	8
20	Joyce	120	↓5	11
21	Joanne	117	↓1	51
22	Jean	100	↑4	23
23	Sally	98	↑4	59
24	Arlene	96	↓5	60
25	Carolyn	95	↓3	20
26	Helen	95	↓1	12
27	Virginia	91	↓4	16
28	Judith	90	↑5	34
29	Karen	84	↑2	>100
30	Carole	83	new	56
31	Diane	82	new	76
32	Ann	81	new	30
33	Lois	80	↓4	29
34	Frances	79	↑2	19
35	Marjorie	78	↓1	57
36	Alice	75	↑5	28
37	Roberta	75	↑1	66
38	Kay	74	↑5	79
39	Gloria	68	↑1	32
40	Phyllis	68	↓5	27
41	Dolores	65	↓13	37
42	Elizabeth	63	↑3	17
43	Evelyn	63	↓1	36
44	Judy	62	new	91
45	Ruth	61	↓13	15
46	Doris	59	↓9	22
47	Delores	58	↑1	68
48	Bonnie	56	↓4	64
49	Geraldine	55	↑1	44
50	Linda	55	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	659	–	1
2	James	507	–	2
3	Richard	470	↑1	5
4	John	464	↓1	3
5	Donald	379	–	7
6	William	379	–	4
7	David	315	↑1	8
8	Ronald	293	↓1	11
9	Gary	270	↑1	29
10	Charles	248	↓1	6
11	Larry	234	–	16
12	Jerry	179	↑1	17
13	Gerald	176	↑3	20
14	Kenneth	176	–	14
15	George	173	–	10
16	Thomas	161	↑1	9
17	Jack	159	↓5	23
18	Michael	151	–	27
19	Edward	142	↑2	13
20	Frank	119	–	18
21	Paul	107	↑1	15
22	Don	92	↓3	51
23	Raymond	92	–	19
24	Harold	89	–	21
25	Bob	88	↑2	81
26	Wayne	87	↑12	44
27	Jim	82	↓1	82
28	Roger	79	↑5	36
29	Carl	77	↑18	28
30	Dennis	74	↑7	63
31	Ralph	72	–	34
32	Dale	71	↑2	59
33	Joseph	71	↓5	12
34	Walter	71	↓4	26
35	Bill	69	↓10	64
36	Fred	67	↓7	35
37	Douglas	60	↑2	74
38	Leroy	60	new	56
39	Lawrence	59	↓3	38
40	Stanley	58	new	57
41	Dick	57	↑8	>100
42	Gordon	57	↓7	75
43	Roy	57	↓2	40
44	Bruce	56	↑4	70
45	Albert	55	new	37
46	Arthur	55	–	31
47	Daniel	54	new	39
48	Terry	54	new	>100
49	Norman	53	↓17	43
50	Duane	49	–	>100

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