Popular baby names in Washington, 1943

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1943 were Linda for girls (776 babies) and Robert for boys (1,010). Linda ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,677 babies born in Washington in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1943

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

Girls

Marilee: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Nikki: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Colleen: 60 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Penny: 78 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Judi: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Robin: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Laurel: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Pam: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Vicki: 65 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Vicky: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 69 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Dave: 87 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dick: 62 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Ken: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rick: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chris: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loren: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mike: 142 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Pat: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jim: 182 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Linda	776	↑1	4
2	Sharon	758	↓1	8
3	Mary	601	–	1
4	Carol	574	↑2	5
5	Patricia	543	↓1	3
6	Karen	524	↓1	15
7	Judy	516	↑2	13
8	Barbara	496	–	2
9	Sandra	449	↑1	6
10	Judith	421	↓3	7
11	Nancy	376	–	9
12	Susan	321	↑2	18
13	Donna	301	↓1	17
14	Janet	279	↓1	20
15	Diane	258	↑3	24
16	Kathleen	244	↑1	22
17	Carolyn	241	↑3	11
18	Marilyn	237	↓3	27
19	Shirley	234	–	12
20	Janice	224	↓4	26
21	Margaret	217	–	14
22	Joan	190	–	21
23	Bonnie	179	↑1	34
24	Betty	175	↓1	10
25	Joyce	153	↑2	16
26	Pamela	136	↑18	54
27	Beverly	127	↓2	32
28	Sally	127	↑4	57
29	Virginia	126	↓3	25
30	Darlene	125	↓2	73
31	Dorothy	121	–	19
32	Joanne	118	↓2	49
33	Cheryl	117	new	>100
34	Jean	114	↑1	36
35	Diana	111	↑15	62
36	Roberta	103	↑13	66
37	Elizabeth	96	↓1	23
38	Frances	95	↑4	31
39	Helen	93	↓6	28
40	Ann	92	↓3	37
41	Gloria	90	↓7	30
42	Carole	89	↓13	42
43	Ruth	88	↓3	33
44	Gail	87	↓5	55
45	Connie	81	new	59
46	Kathy	81	new	>100
47	Elaine	79	new	46
48	Penny	78	new	>100
49	Kay	77	↓11	81
50	Dianne	74	new	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	1,010	–	2
2	James	957	–	1
3	John	915	–	3
4	Richard	778	–	5
5	David	741	–	6
6	Michael	655	↑1	10
7	William	641	↓1	4
8	Gary	588	–	16
9	Larry	530	–	12
10	Ronald	497	–	9
11	Donald	429	–	11
12	Dennis	399	–	20
13	Charles	370	–	7
14	Thomas	338	↑2	8
15	Kenneth	313	–	15
16	Jerry	306	↓2	17
17	George	240	↑1	14
18	Douglas	216	↓1	28
19	Terry	208	↑3	49
20	Gerald	202	↓1	23
21	Paul	186	–	19
22	Jim	182	↓2	75
23	Roger	168	–	24
24	Bill	167	↑3	65
25	Edward	167	–	18
26	Jack	165	↓2	34
27	Daniel	153	↑1	25
28	Stephen	147	↑4	29
29	Joseph	146	↑9	13
30	Mike	142	↑4	90
31	Steven	142	↑5	58
32	Frank	140	↓6	21
33	Bruce	138	↓4	51
34	Raymond	134	↓3	22
35	Dale	132	↓5	59
36	Patrick	122	↓1	69
37	Fred	120	–	45
38	Don	118	↑9	72
39	Wayne	118	↑4	41
40	Lawrence	116	↓7	32
41	Tom	116	↓1	87
42	Bob	109	↓3	>100
43	Gordon	108	↑2	98
44	Steve	101	↑6	93
45	Norman	100	↓3	56
46	Harold	97	↓5	27
47	Ralph	89	↓1	40
48	Dave	87	new	>100
49	Stanley	85	–	54
50	Carl	81	new	33

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