Popular baby names in Washington, 1945

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1945 were Linda for girls (818 babies) and Robert for boys (1,073). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 39,549 babies born in Washington in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1945

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: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Cheri: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Colleen: 61 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Pam: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Robin: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Judi: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kathie: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Patti: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kathy: 148 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Penny: 58 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Rod: 22 babies, 15.2× the national rate
Doug: 29 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Ron: 47 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dick: 62 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rick: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Greg: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ken: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dave: 69 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chuck: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Jim: 210 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Linda	818	–	2
2	Mary	655	–	1
3	Carol	592	↑1	5
4	Patricia	551	↑4	4
5	Barbara	536	–	3
6	Sharon	512	↓3	8
7	Susan	495	↑2	10
8	Judy	455	↑2	13
9	Sandra	424	↓3	6
10	Karen	407	↓3	16
11	Nancy	385	–	7
12	Judith	332	–	9
13	Donna	325	–	17
14	Kathleen	310	–	19
15	Janet	294	–	20
16	Diane	284	–	22
17	Cheryl	245	–	32
18	Margaret	239	↑3	15
19	Marilyn	231	↓1	27
20	Janice	215	↓1	24
21	Shirley	193	↑1	14
22	Carolyn	186	↓2	12
23	Pamela	175	–	42
24	Betty	166	–	11
25	Bonnie	162	↑2	35
26	Joyce	158	–	18
27	Joan	156	↓2	25
28	Kathy	148	↑1	>100
29	Diana	146	↑6	43
30	Ann	128	↑4	39
31	Gloria	123	↑7	23
32	Sally	123	↑9	64
33	Virginia	121	↓5	28
34	Jean	120	↑8	38
35	Beverly	112	↓5	37
36	Joanne	111	↓3	53
37	Darlene	108	↓5	71
38	Carole	106	↓2	51
39	Roberta	101	–	75
40	Gail	99	↑4	52
41	Dorothy	98	↓10	21
42	Peggy	98	↑4	45
43	Vicki	98	new	>100
44	Ruth	96	↑1	33
45	Connie	95	↓8	47
46	Elizabeth	94	↓6	26
47	Kathryn	94	↑2	65
48	Dianne	92	new	72
49	Marcia	90	new	88
50	Jane	87	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	1,073	–	2
2	John	1,008	–	3
3	James	1,002	–	1
4	Richard	892	–	5
5	Michael	716	↑2	9
6	David	696	↓1	6
7	William	636	↑1	4
8	Gary	624	↓2	13
9	Larry	484	–	11
10	Thomas	396	↑3	8
11	Ronald	395	↓1	10
12	Donald	387	↓1	12
13	Dennis	382	↓1	19
14	Charles	352	–	7
15	Kenneth	301	–	16
16	Jerry	244	–	20
17	Paul	241	↑2	17
18	Douglas	231	↑5	29
19	George	227	↓2	15
20	Terry	215	↑2	33
21	Jim	210	–	68
22	Mike	208	↓2	69
23	Steven	198	↑5	43
24	Jack	190	↑2	32
25	Roger	182	–	22
26	Daniel	170	↑1	24
27	Stephen	166	↑8	26
28	Gerald	164	↓10	25
29	Bruce	161	–	48
30	Edward	157	–	18
31	Bill	148	↓7	66
32	Joseph	142	↑10	14
33	Wayne	139	↑5	35
34	Steve	135	↑6	79
35	Frank	133	↓2	21
36	Dale	129	↓5	61
37	Raymond	125	↓3	23
38	Tom	124	↑1	89
39	Patrick	120	↓7	63
40	Don	115	↓4	73
41	Bob	113	↑2	>100
42	Lawrence	108	↑5	30
43	Fred	100	↓6	51
44	Alan	95	–	52
45	Mark	93	new	72
46	Ralph	93	new	44
47	Gordon	91	new	>100
48	Brian	81	new	>100
49	Harold	81	↓4	28
50	Stanley	80	new	59

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