Popular baby names in Washington, 1941

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1941 were Sharon for girls (520 babies) and James for boys (696). Sharon ranked #15 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 26,573 babies born in Washington in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1941

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

Girls

Gretchen: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Lorna: 20 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sharron: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Julie: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Vicki: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Terry: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sharon: 520 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colleen: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynne: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Karen: 351 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Dick: 52 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Mike: 86 babies, 4× the national rate
Loren: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Micheal: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jim: 108 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dave: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gary: 490 babies, 3× the national rate
Duane: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Gregory: 28 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Sharon	520	–	15
2	Patricia	425	↑2	3
3	Mary	423	–	1
4	Linda	420	↑1	5
5	Judith	414	↓3	6
6	Barbara	355	–	2
7	Carol	352	–	4
8	Karen	351	↑4	19
9	Judy	340	↓1	16
10	Sandra	321	↓1	9
11	Nancy	250	↓1	8
12	Donna	213	↓1	20
13	Susan	202	↑5	27
14	Janet	189	↑1	18
15	Joan	185	↑2	17
16	Janice	181	↓2	22
17	Carolyn	165	↑4	11
18	Marilyn	160	↓5	30
19	Shirley	157	↑1	10
20	Diane	151	↑4	40
21	Margaret	150	↓2	12
22	Betty	145	↓6	7
23	Joyce	141	↑3	13
24	Bonnie	130	↑1	33
25	Kathleen	125	↑5	36
26	Beverly	123	↓3	29
27	Darlene	106	↓5	76
28	Virginia	105	↓1	23
29	Dorothy	102	–	14
30	Joanne	90	↓2	54
31	Sally	90	–	61
32	Jean	89	–	32
33	Gloria	80	↑4	26
34	Roberta	77	↑11	72
35	Ann	76	↓1	37
36	Helen	76	↓3	24
37	Carole	74	↑7	48
38	Kay	72	new	70
39	Elizabeth	71	↓3	21
40	Marlene	71	↓1	83
41	Phyllis	71	↑2	35
42	Ruth	67	↓2	28
43	Alice	65	↓5	34
44	Frances	61	↑3	31
45	Lois	60	↓10	43
46	Marjorie	60	–	71
47	Charlotte	59	new	55
48	Gail	59	↓6	68
49	Peggy	59	new	39
50	Arlene	55	↓9	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	696	↑1	1
2	Robert	689	↓1	2
3	John	638	–	3
4	Richard	509	–	5
5	Gary	490	↑2	19
6	William	481	↓1	4
7	David	468	↓1	7
8	Michael	395	↑1	16
9	Larry	373	↓1	11
10	Ronald	345	–	9
11	Donald	300	–	10
12	Dennis	286	↑1	23
13	Thomas	248	↑2	8
14	Charles	232	↓2	6
15	Jerry	222	↓1	14
16	Kenneth	213	↑1	15
17	George	190	↑1	13
18	Gerald	169	↓2	20
19	Paul	163	↑2	18
20	Roger	134	–	25
21	Jack	129	↓2	32
22	Edward	119	–	17
23	Terry	113	↑10	64
24	Frank	108	↓1	21
25	Jim	108	↑2	80
26	Douglas	106	↓1	53
27	Dale	100	↓3	59
28	Wayne	97	↑1	37
29	Joseph	93	↑9	12
30	Raymond	93	↑1	22
31	Bill	89	↓5	68
32	Bruce	89	↑8	51
33	Daniel	89	↑9	31
34	Mike	86	↑5	>100
35	Norman	84	↑11	49
36	Fred	83	–	43
37	Stephen	80	↓3	41
38	Patrick	79	↑3	70
39	Don	75	↓11	66
40	Walter	75	↓5	26
41	Lawrence	72	↓9	34
42	Carl	71	↑7	29
43	Arthur	65	new	33
44	Ralph	65	↓1	38
45	Roy	62	–	39
46	Tom	61	↑2	88
47	Gordon	60	↑3	92
48	Eugene	59	new	42
49	Harold	59	↓12	24
50	Bob	58	↓20	>100

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