Popular baby names in Washington, 1949

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1949 were Linda for girls (1,538 babies) and Robert for boys (1,301). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,896 babies born in Washington in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1949

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: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Heather: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shannon: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Teri: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kristine: 76 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Candy: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Christy: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jeri: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Robin: 66 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Laurie: 57 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 48 babies, 6× the national rate
Lon: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Doug: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Greg: 52 babies, 4× the national rate
Donn: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Loren: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dick: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rocky: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dan: 124 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ken: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	1,538	–	1
2	Susan	827	–	5
3	Mary	796	–	2
4	Patricia	684	–	3
5	Kathleen	637	↑3	9
6	Barbara	594	↓1	4
7	Carol	553	↑2	8
8	Sandra	520	↓2	6
9	Nancy	517	↑1	7
10	Karen	475	↓3	11
11	Sharon	462	–	10
12	Pamela	365	–	21
13	Donna	337	–	12
14	Janet	306	↑6	23
15	Judith	286	↑2	16
16	Diane	282	–	19
17	Judy	282	↓2	20
18	Cheryl	277	↓4	28
19	Janice	271	–	24
20	Margaret	268	↓2	14
21	Christine	267	–	30
22	Kathy	223	↑3	42
23	Shirley	198	–	18
24	Marilyn	197	↓2	33
25	Deborah	194	new	15
26	Cynthia	192	–	27
27	Kathryn	188	↑2	52
28	Vicki	182	↑3	70
29	Carolyn	177	↓5	17
30	Connie	164	↑4	43
31	Catherine	162	↑1	37
32	Diana	161	↓5	48
33	Elizabeth	154	↑5	25
34	Bonnie	152	↓6	35
35	Gail	152	↑4	51
36	Peggy	152	↑4	38
37	Katherine	151	↑6	59
38	Joan	145	↓3	36
39	Virginia	145	↓3	39
40	Gloria	139	new	29
41	Teresa	139	new	82
42	Ann	134	↑3	44
43	Lynn	133	↑5	74
44	Joyce	132	↓11	26
45	Julie	128	↓3	>100
46	Marcia	125	–	78
47	Laura	120	new	65
48	Jean	119	new	45
49	Beverly	118	↓12	31
50	Paula	118	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	1,301	–	2
2	John	1,264	–	3
3	Michael	1,228	↑1	5
4	James	1,146	↓1	1
5	David	1,070	–	6
6	Richard	945	–	7
7	William	763	–	4
8	Steven	704	↑4	20
9	Gary	616	↓1	12
10	Ronald	576	–	11
11	Thomas	568	↓2	8
12	Donald	535	↑1	13
13	Larry	470	↓2	10
14	Dennis	462	–	16
15	Charles	452	–	9
16	Stephen	416	↑1	19
17	Kenneth	386	↓1	15
18	Daniel	383	–	22
19	Mark	360	↑6	24
20	Douglas	358	↑1	29
21	Paul	306	↓2	17
22	Gregory	295	↑1	31
23	Patrick	267	↑6	39
24	Bruce	264	–	26
25	Terry	263	↓5	28
26	George	243	↑1	18
27	Jerry	222	↓5	23
28	Roger	206	↑6	25
29	Edward	205	↑9	21
30	Joseph	201	–	14
31	Timothy	198	↑6	34
32	Steve	177	↓6	68
33	Gerald	174	↓1	33
34	Wayne	151	↑5	35
35	Jack	148	↑1	47
36	Dale	144	↓5	54
37	Lawrence	142	↑7	32
38	Mike	141	↓10	88
39	Jeffrey	140	new	48
40	Raymond	138	↑3	30
41	Frank	134	↑1	27
42	Scott	133	new	99
43	Randy	130	↑6	92
44	Alan	128	↓4	45
45	Craig	127	↑2	77
46	Jim	125	↓13	>100
47	Dan	124	↓6	>100
48	Gordon	110	–	>100
49	Brian	107	new	86
50	Danny	107	↓4	40

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