Popular baby names in Washington, 1938

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1938 were Mary for girls (382 babies) and Robert for boys (676). Social Security records list 22,718 babies born in Washington in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1938

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

Girls

Sharron: 18 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Cheryl: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Colleen: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Claudia: 42 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sharon: 344 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Vicki: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darlene: 145 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Julie: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gretchen: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lynn: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 18 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Monte: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dick: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Darryl: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gary: 376 babies, 4× the national rate
Bob: 89 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mike: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dave: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Terry: 84 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	382	↑1	1
2	Barbara	369	↓1	2
3	Patricia	364	–	3
4	Sharon	344	↑3	30
5	Carol	332	↓1	6
6	Shirley	253	–	5
7	Donna	250	↓2	20
8	Nancy	222	–	7
9	Marilyn	191	↑3	19
10	Betty	178	–	4
11	Judith	171	↑17	12
12	Sandra	171	↑6	14
13	Janet	167	↓4	16
14	Joan	165	↓3	10
15	Janice	148	↓2	24
16	Beverly	146	↓2	18
17	Darlene	145	↓2	76
18	Karen	145	↑11	50
19	Margaret	137	↓2	9
20	Dorothy	128	↓1	8
21	Judy	123	↑23	41
22	Virginia	114	↑5	22
23	Diane	113	↑8	64
24	Linda	111	↑26	31
25	Carolyn	107	–	15
26	Joanne	105	↓5	57
27	Sally	103	↓4	54
28	Jean	102	↓6	27
29	Joyce	101	↓9	11
30	Arlene	90	↓6	63
31	Helen	88	↓5	13
32	Marlene	88	↓16	51
33	Phyllis	83	↑7	28
34	Lois	81	↓1	33
35	Ann	72	↓3	32
36	Gloria	72	↑3	36
37	Roberta	72	–	73
38	Kay	71	–	81
39	Frances	69	↓5	23
40	Susan	63	new	71
41	Kathleen	62	new	58
42	Deanna	61	new	>100
43	Doris	61	↑3	25
44	Marjorie	61	↓9	53
45	Bonnie	59	↑3	65
46	Dolores	59	↓5	43
47	Elizabeth	59	↓5	17
48	Geraldine	59	↑1	45
49	Joann	57	new	68
50	Carole	56	↓20	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	676	–	1
2	James	526	–	2
3	John	502	↑1	3
4	Richard	483	↓1	5
5	William	395	↑1	4
6	Gary	376	↑3	22
7	Donald	373	↓2	7
8	David	357	↓1	8
9	Ronald	330	↓1	10
10	Larry	278	↑1	16
11	Charles	243	↓1	6
12	Michael	209	↑6	21
13	Kenneth	200	↑1	14
14	Jerry	186	↓2	17
15	George	185	–	11
16	Gerald	172	↓3	19
17	Thomas	172	↓1	9
18	Jack	165	↓1	25
19	Dennis	125	↑11	49
20	Raymond	116	↑3	20
21	Frank	111	↓1	18
22	Paul	110	↓1	15
23	Edward	109	↓4	13
24	Roger	95	↑4	31
25	Dale	94	↑7	56
26	Douglas	91	↑11	60
27	Bob	89	↓2	94
28	Joseph	87	↑5	12
29	Jim	85	↓2	81
30	Wayne	85	↓4	40
31	Fred	84	↑5	38
32	Terry	84	↑16	86
33	Bill	83	↑2	67
34	Don	81	↓12	52
35	Norman	79	↑14	43
36	Harold	77	↓12	23
37	Daniel	70	↑10	39
38	Walter	70	↓4	26
39	Arthur	69	↑7	32
40	Lawrence	63	↓1	36
41	Howard	62	new	42
42	Gordon	59	–	78
43	Ralph	55	↓12	35
44	Clifford	54	new	89
45	Eugene	54	new	33
46	Leroy	54	↓8	61
47	Patrick	53	new	88
48	Gene	52	new	65
49	Roy	52	↓6	41
50	Duane	51	–	>100

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