Popular baby names in Washington, 1939

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1939 were Barbara for girls (370 babies) and Robert for boys (684). Barbara ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 22,472 babies born in Washington in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1939

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: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Penny: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Colleen: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lorna: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Laurel: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Sharon: 369 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darlene: 134 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Nadine: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Pat: 51 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Karen: 157 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 26 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Robin: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Dick: 61 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mike: 66 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Garry: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ross: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Dave: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gary: 372 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lyle: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Barbara	370	↑1	2
2	Patricia	370	↑1	3
3	Sharon	369	↑1	23
4	Mary	349	↓3	1
5	Carol	299	–	6
6	Nancy	284	↑2	7
7	Judith	248	↑4	8
8	Marilyn	225	↑1	19
9	Sandra	214	↑3	13
10	Donna	206	↓3	20
11	Linda	203	↑13	15
12	Judy	202	↑9	28
13	Shirley	198	↓7	5
14	Janet	171	↓1	17
15	Betty	165	↓5	4
16	Joan	165	↓2	11
17	Janice	158	↓2	24
18	Karen	157	–	39
19	Darlene	134	↓2	75
20	Beverly	126	↓4	25
21	Dorothy	123	↓1	9
22	Sally	117	↑5	52
23	Joyce	111	↑6	12
24	Carolyn	109	↑1	14
25	Susan	109	↑15	44
26	Joanne	106	–	53
27	Margaret	106	↓8	10
28	Diane	97	↓5	51
29	Virginia	96	↓7	21
30	Helen	85	↑1	16
31	Arlene	75	↓1	69
32	Geraldine	75	↑16	41
33	Gail	73	new	73
34	Marjorie	72	↑10	60
35	Carole	71	↑15	47
36	Jean	71	↓8	32
37	Alice	70	new	31
38	Lois	70	↓4	35
39	Phyllis	70	↓6	30
40	Roberta	68	↓3	71
41	Marlene	67	↓9	64
42	Elizabeth	66	↑5	18
43	Kathleen	64	↓2	48
44	Ann	63	↓9	33
45	Bonnie	59	–	61
46	Gloria	59	↓10	36
47	Kay	59	↓9	76
48	Joann	58	↑1	57
49	Ruth	56	new	22
50	Frances	55	↓11	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	684	–	1
2	John	520	↑1	3
3	James	505	↓1	2
4	Richard	480	–	5
5	David	414	↑3	7
6	William	411	↓1	4
7	Gary	372	↓1	21
8	Larry	317	↑2	14
9	Donald	299	↓2	8
10	Ronald	256	↓1	10
11	Charles	219	–	6
12	Michael	212	–	18
13	Jerry	210	↑1	16
14	Kenneth	189	↓1	13
15	George	185	–	11
16	Dennis	180	↑3	34
17	Gerald	180	↓1	19
18	Thomas	166	↓1	9
19	Jack	154	↓1	26
20	Edward	131	↑3	15
21	Paul	127	↑1	17
22	Roger	118	↑2	28
23	Raymond	93	↓3	22
24	Jim	88	↑5	75
25	Joseph	87	↑3	12
26	Frank	85	↓5	20
27	Wayne	85	↑3	39
28	Harold	84	↑8	23
29	Fred	82	↑2	40
30	Lawrence	81	↑10	36
31	Bob	79	↓4	89
32	Daniel	78	↑5	38
33	Norman	76	↑2	44
34	Bill	75	↓1	67
35	Douglas	75	↓9	58
36	Don	73	↓2	56
37	Terry	69	↓5	83
38	Walter	69	–	25
39	Dale	68	↓14	59
40	Mike	66	new	>100
41	Gordon	65	↑1	82
42	Patrick	63	↑5	79
43	Dick	61	new	>100
44	Ralph	59	↓1	35
45	Arthur	57	↓6	32
46	Eugene	57	↓1	37
47	Bruce	55	new	64
48	Joe	55	new	27
49	Roy	54	–	42
50	Alan	53	new	85

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