Popular baby names in Washington, 1946

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1946 were Linda for girls (916 babies) and Robert for boys (1,247). Linda ranked #2 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 46,715 babies born in Washington in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1946

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

Girls

Chris: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cheryle: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Robin: 50 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Pam: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristine: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cherie: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Colleen: 62 babies, 4× the national rate
Tanya: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Terri: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Judi: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Rod: 21 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Dick: 83 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Ron: 75 babies, 6× the national rate
Rick: 72 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ken: 58 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Doug: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Greg: 55 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ed: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bob: 158 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Linda	916	–	2
2	Mary	753	–	1
3	Susan	665	↑4	8
4	Patricia	650	–	3
5	Carol	627	↓2	5
6	Sharon	614	–	9
7	Barbara	613	↓2	4
8	Sandra	548	↑1	6
9	Nancy	483	↑2	7
10	Judy	482	↓2	11
11	Karen	438	↓1	15
12	Kathleen	410	↑2	16
13	Donna	339	–	13
14	Judith	331	↓2	10
15	Diane	313	↑1	19
16	Janet	290	↓1	21
17	Cheryl	285	–	27
18	Pamela	276	↑5	34
19	Janice	268	↑1	22
20	Marilyn	241	↓1	29
21	Shirley	230	–	18
22	Margaret	229	↓4	17
23	Carolyn	226	↓1	12
24	Bonnie	169	↑1	33
25	Kathy	167	↑3	79
26	Betty	162	↓2	14
27	Diana	157	↑2	42
28	Joan	157	↓1	28
29	Virginia	146	↑4	31
30	Joyce	145	↓4	20
31	Christine	139	new	50
32	Connie	137	↑13	45
33	Kathryn	134	↑14	63
34	Vicki	133	↑9	>100
35	Beverly	127	–	30
36	Jean	125	↓2	37
37	Sally	121	↓5	67
38	Gloria	116	↓7	26
39	Elizabeth	114	↑7	25
40	Gail	114	–	49
41	Ann	111	↓11	40
42	Lynn	111	new	94
43	Darlene	107	↓6	71
44	Peggy	104	↓2	43
45	Helen	101	new	36
46	Marcia	100	↑3	89
47	Suzanne	100	new	52
48	Catherine	97	new	48
49	Sue	97	new	61
50	Jane	96	–	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	1,247	–	2
2	James	1,198	↑1	1
3	John	1,167	↓1	3
4	Richard	987	–	5
5	Michael	959	–	7
6	David	825	–	6
7	William	776	–	4
8	Gary	715	–	12
9	Ronald	560	↑2	10
10	Larry	553	↓1	11
11	Dennis	500	↑2	17
12	Donald	453	–	13
13	Thomas	416	↓3	8
14	Charles	384	–	9
15	Kenneth	367	–	15
16	Terry	310	↑4	26
17	Jerry	298	↓1	20
18	Steven	283	↑5	28
19	Mike	270	↑3	64
20	Paul	269	↓3	18
21	Douglas	266	↓3	34
22	Jim	249	↓1	73
23	Daniel	235	↑3	21
24	George	229	↓5	16
25	Bruce	216	↑4	32
26	Roger	210	↓1	23
27	Bill	200	↑4	72
28	Steve	196	↑6	69
29	Jack	195	↓5	35
30	Stephen	189	↓3	24
31	Dale	173	↑5	62
32	Patrick	173	↑7	59
33	Gerald	172	↓5	27
34	Edward	169	↓4	19
35	Frank	162	–	22
36	Bob	158	↑5	>100
37	Joseph	157	↓5	14
38	Tom	146	–	87
39	Wayne	146	↓6	29
40	Gregory	140	new	56
41	Don	132	↓1	79
42	Raymond	129	↓5	25
43	Mark	126	↑2	58
44	Fred	120	↓1	51
45	Dan	116	new	>100
46	Danny	107	new	46
47	Alan	106	↓3	49
48	Harold	105	↑1	33
49	Timothy	103	new	60
50	Craig	93	new	>100

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