Popular baby names in Washington, 1942

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1942 were Sharon for girls (721 babies) and Robert for boys (883). Sharon ranked #11 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,762 babies born in Washington in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1942

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

Girls

Merrily: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Marilee: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kathie: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Colleen: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cathy: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Judi: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Julie: 72 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Toni: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Terry: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jeannie: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 39 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Chuck: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Doug: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dick: 63 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Robin: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ken: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Daryl: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ed: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dave: 53 babies, 4× the national rate
Lance: 17 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Sharon	721	–	11
2	Linda	608	↑2	4
3	Mary	572	–	1
4	Patricia	516	↓2	3
5	Karen	471	↑3	16
6	Carol	465	↑1	5
7	Judith	456	↓2	7
8	Barbara	451	↓2	2
9	Judy	405	–	15
10	Sandra	399	–	6
11	Nancy	346	–	8
12	Donna	270	–	20
13	Janet	254	↑1	19
14	Susan	254	↓1	21
15	Marilyn	222	↑3	27
16	Janice	217	–	25
17	Kathleen	213	↑8	24
18	Diane	204	↑2	28
19	Shirley	197	–	12
20	Carolyn	184	↓3	10
21	Margaret	178	–	14
22	Joan	164	↓7	18
23	Betty	160	↓1	9
24	Bonnie	154	–	34
25	Beverly	144	↑1	32
26	Virginia	128	↑2	23
27	Joyce	123	↓4	13
28	Darlene	118	↓1	78
29	Carole	113	↑8	35
30	Joanne	112	–	48
31	Dorothy	104	↓2	17
32	Sally	104	↓1	56
33	Helen	93	↑3	26
34	Gloria	92	↓1	31
35	Jean	91	↓3	36
36	Elizabeth	88	↑3	22
37	Ann	86	↓2	38
38	Kay	85	–	75
39	Gail	82	↑9	60
40	Ruth	82	↑2	33
41	Alice	79	↑2	39
42	Frances	78	↑2	30
43	Charlotte	76	↑4	51
44	Pamela	75	new	>100
45	Peggy	75	↑4	42
46	Marjorie	73	–	74
47	Julie	72	new	>100
48	Marlene	72	↓8	84
49	Roberta	72	↓15	66
50	Diana	71	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	883	↑1	2
2	James	856	↓1	1
3	John	786	–	3
4	Richard	680	–	5
5	David	657	↑2	6
6	William	620	–	4
7	Michael	553	↑1	13
8	Gary	503	↓3	18
9	Larry	463	–	12
10	Ronald	418	–	9
11	Donald	388	–	10
12	Dennis	365	–	20
13	Charles	319	↑1	7
14	Jerry	308	↑1	16
15	Kenneth	300	↑1	15
16	Thomas	275	↓3	8
17	Douglas	234	↑9	23
18	George	227	↓1	14
19	Gerald	181	↓1	22
20	Jim	175	↑5	74
21	Paul	169	↓2	19
22	Terry	166	↑1	52
23	Roger	158	↓3	25
24	Jack	154	↓3	34
25	Edward	152	↓3	17
26	Frank	126	↓2	21
27	Bill	125	↑4	65
28	Daniel	120	↑5	28
29	Bruce	116	↑3	50
30	Dale	112	↓3	63
31	Raymond	112	↓1	24
32	Stephen	111	↑5	32
33	Lawrence	110	↑8	30
34	Mike	107	–	>100
35	Patrick	107	↑3	64
36	Steven	101	new	75
37	Fred	100	↓1	46
38	Joseph	98	↓9	11
39	Bob	94	↑11	>100
40	Tom	94	↑6	89
41	Harold	92	↑8	27
42	Norman	92	↓7	53
43	Wayne	87	↓15	41
44	Walter	86	↓4	26
45	Gordon	85	↑2	92
46	Ralph	84	↓2	38
47	Don	82	↓8	72
48	Arthur	81	↓5	29
49	Stanley	76	new	56
50	Steve	74	new	>100

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