Popular baby names in Washington, 1948

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,750 babies) and Robert for boys (1,277). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,193 babies born in Washington in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1948

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

Girls

Kristi: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Christie: 32 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Sandi: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Shannon: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Shari: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marla: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gretchen: 40 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kristine: 63 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nikki: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Terri: 50 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 73 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dick: 50 babies, 6× the national rate
Doug: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ken: 44 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Greg: 79 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gale: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Pat: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rick: 76 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dan: 144 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dave: 83 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,750	–	1
2	Susan	863	↑1	5
3	Mary	805	↓1	2
4	Patricia	722	–	4
5	Barbara	629	–	3
6	Sandra	533	↑2	6
7	Karen	525	↑4	12
8	Kathleen	524	↑2	10
9	Carol	522	–	8
10	Nancy	516	↓4	7
11	Sharon	471	↓4	9
12	Pamela	376	↑4	22
13	Donna	359	↑1	11
14	Cheryl	339	↑4	25
15	Judy	331	↓3	16
16	Diane	302	↓3	19
17	Judith	296	↓2	15
18	Margaret	284	↑3	13
19	Janice	269	–	23
20	Janet	252	↓3	24
21	Christine	242	↑5	35
22	Marilyn	211	↓2	33
23	Shirley	194	–	20
24	Carolyn	187	↓2	14
25	Kathy	181	↓1	55
26	Cynthia	180	↑13	27
27	Diana	180	↑3	48
28	Bonnie	175	↓3	34
29	Kathryn	158	↑7	54
30	Betty	154	↑2	18
31	Vicki	150	↓4	81
32	Catherine	146	↑17	41
33	Joyce	145	–	21
34	Connie	144	↓3	43
35	Joan	143	↓6	37
36	Virginia	142	↑7	36
37	Beverly	139	↓9	31
38	Elizabeth	139	↓3	26
39	Gail	139	↓1	51
40	Peggy	134	↓6	38
41	Sally	132	↑1	72
42	Julie	128	↑8	>100
43	Katherine	128	new	68
44	Sherry	121	↑4	61
45	Ann	117	↓5	44
46	Marcia	113	–	79
47	Cathy	112	new	>100
48	Lynn	112	↓11	80
49	Darlene	111	↓4	77
50	Joanne	111	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	1,277	–	2
2	John	1,242	–	3
3	James	1,230	–	1
4	Michael	1,073	–	6
5	David	972	–	5
6	Richard	936	–	7
7	William	758	–	4
8	Gary	683	–	12
9	Thomas	587	↑2	8
10	Ronald	533	–	10
11	Larry	526	↓2	11
12	Steven	511	↑3	23
13	Donald	479	–	14
14	Dennis	464	↓2	17
15	Charles	410	↓1	9
16	Kenneth	398	–	15
17	Stephen	337	↑4	20
18	Daniel	325	↑5	22
19	Paul	319	–	18
20	Terry	319	↓3	26
21	Douglas	278	↑4	33
22	Jerry	271	↓4	21
23	Gregory	266	↑4	32
24	Bruce	265	↑2	28
25	Mark	255	↑9	29
26	Steve	240	↑2	60
27	George	235	↓3	16
28	Mike	217	↓8	68
29	Patrick	213	↑6	48
30	Joseph	196	↑6	13
31	Dale	193	↑6	56
32	Gerald	186	↓1	30
33	Jim	184	↓11	86
34	Roger	182	↓5	24
35	Bill	181	↓3	84
36	Jack	177	↓6	43
37	Timothy	177	↑8	38
38	Edward	176	↓5	19
39	Wayne	168	–	34
40	Alan	147	–	46
41	Dan	144	↑6	>100
42	Frank	144	–	25
43	Raymond	138	↓2	27
44	Lawrence	132	↑4	31
45	Tom	132	↓7	94
46	Danny	127	–	39
47	Craig	123	↑2	82
48	Gordon	115	new	>100
49	Randy	108	new	99
50	Fred	107	new	66

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