Popular baby names in Washington, 1944

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1944 were Linda for girls (812 babies) and Robert for boys (1,021). Linda ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,873 babies born in Washington in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1944

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

Girls

Cherie: 21 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Wendy: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Pam: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Robin: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Judi: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kathie: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Colleen: 43 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Patti: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gwen: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kathy: 122 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 59 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Rick: 40 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Vern: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Doug: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Ed: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dick: 63 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dave: 82 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mike: 198 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ken: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Loren: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Linda	812	–	3
2	Mary	684	↑1	1
3	Sharon	654	↓1	8
4	Carol	601	–	5
5	Barbara	543	↑3	2
6	Sandra	466	↑3	6
7	Karen	465	↓1	16
8	Patricia	464	↓3	4
9	Susan	433	↑3	13
10	Judy	430	↓3	12
11	Nancy	420	–	7
12	Judith	408	↓2	9
13	Donna	311	–	17
14	Kathleen	290	↑2	20
15	Janet	289	↓1	21
16	Diane	247	↓1	24
17	Cheryl	238	↑16	36
18	Marilyn	232	–	27
19	Janice	227	↑1	28
20	Carolyn	206	↓3	11
21	Margaret	198	–	14
22	Shirley	195	↓3	15
23	Pamela	180	↑3	44
24	Betty	171	–	10
25	Joan	169	↓3	22
26	Joyce	151	↓1	18
27	Bonnie	141	↓4	34
28	Virginia	140	↑1	26
29	Kathy	122	↑17	>100
30	Beverly	121	↓3	35
31	Dorothy	117	–	19
32	Darlene	109	↓2	76
33	Joanne	109	↓1	55
34	Ann	108	↑6	39
35	Diana	108	–	60
36	Carole	102	↑6	43
37	Connie	102	↑8	51
38	Gloria	98	↑3	25
39	Roberta	98	↓3	70
40	Elizabeth	97	↓3	23
41	Sally	93	↓13	59
42	Jean	90	↓8	37
43	Claudia	87	new	>100
44	Gail	87	–	56
45	Ruth	86	↓2	32
46	Peggy	85	new	45
47	Helen	82	↓8	31
48	Katherine	82	new	77
49	Kathryn	82	new	68
50	Phyllis	82	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	1,021	–	2
2	John	1,018	↑1	3
3	James	969	↓1	1
4	Richard	849	–	5
5	David	756	–	6
6	Gary	708	↑2	15
7	Michael	643	↓1	9
8	William	616	↓1	4
9	Larry	478	–	12
10	Ronald	411	–	10
11	Donald	387	–	11
12	Dennis	366	–	20
13	Thomas	359	↑1	8
14	Charles	344	↓1	7
15	Kenneth	306	–	16
16	Jerry	277	–	19
17	George	239	–	14
18	Gerald	209	↑2	24
19	Paul	199	↑2	17
20	Mike	198	↑10	80
21	Jim	197	↑1	68
22	Terry	190	↓3	43
23	Douglas	185	↓5	34
24	Bill	178	–	66
25	Roger	167	↓2	23
26	Jack	164	–	30
27	Daniel	159	–	25
28	Steven	159	↑3	52
29	Bruce	149	↑4	51
30	Edward	149	↓5	18
31	Dale	141	↑4	61
32	Patrick	139	↑4	64
33	Frank	137	↓1	21
34	Raymond	128	–	22
35	Stephen	127	↓7	28
36	Don	119	↑2	72
37	Fred	116	–	47
38	Wayne	116	↑1	37
39	Tom	110	↑2	87
40	Steve	104	↑4	89
41	Carl	102	↑9	36
42	Joseph	102	↓13	13
43	Bob	95	↓1	>100
44	Alan	89	new	55
45	Harold	89	↑1	27
46	Howard	88	new	53
47	Lawrence	88	↓7	32
48	Arthur	86	new	29
49	Walter	84	new	26
50	Dave	82	↓2	>100

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