Popular baby names in Washington, 1954

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1954 were Susan for girls (909 babies) and Michael for boys (1,628). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 59,438 babies born in Washington in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1954

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

Girls

Cheri: 89 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Leanne: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Shannon: 36 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kristy: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kristi: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Molly: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lorie: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jodi: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Sheri: 53 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cherie: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Tracy: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Kelly: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rory: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dan: 103 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dave: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Rick: 150 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gordon: 115 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Monte: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Shawn: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Washington, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Susan	909	↑1	5
2	Debra	891	↑2	6
3	Linda	831	↓2	2
4	Mary	789	↓1	1
5	Patricia	684	↑1	4
6	Deborah	674	↓1	3
7	Karen	588	–	8
8	Pamela	559	↑2	12
9	Barbara	507	↓1	7
10	Nancy	461	↓1	9
11	Cynthia	456	↑3	10
12	Sandra	403	–	13
13	Kathleen	400	↓2	14
14	Cheryl	389	↑5	22
15	Carol	381	↓2	15
16	Janet	359	–	19
17	Diane	356	↓2	17
18	Teresa	324	↑7	34
19	Sharon	291	↓2	16
20	Donna	290	↓2	11
21	Rebecca	270	↑1	26
22	Julie	224	↑6	70
23	Elizabeth	219	–	20
24	Janice	213	↓3	25
25	Kathy	201	↑9	23
26	Margaret	198	↑1	21
27	Vicki	195	↑8	50
28	Connie	194	↑8	39
29	Robin	193	↑11	41
30	Kathryn	186	–	51
31	Denise	183	↑6	24
32	Gail	182	↓1	37
33	Laurie	175	↑5	98
34	Marilyn	172	↓5	35
35	Judy	169	↓11	29
36	Catherine	164	↓4	32
37	Leslie	163	↑11	99
38	Joan	162	↑1	40
39	Paula	159	↑3	38
40	Judith	157	↓14	30
41	Theresa	156	↑2	47
42	Diana	154	↑8	57
43	Laura	150	↓10	45
44	Peggy	149	↓3	48
45	Christine	147	↓25	43
46	Lori	146	new	>100
47	Katherine	141	–	64
48	Colleen	139	new	>100
49	Bonnie	138	new	52
50	Lynn	138	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	1,628	–	1
2	David	1,432	–	5
3	Robert	1,324	–	2
4	James	1,194	–	3
5	John	1,156	–	4
6	Richard	1,007	–	7
7	Steven	941	–	11
8	Mark	789	↑3	12
9	William	765	↓1	6
10	Gary	680	↓1	9
11	Thomas	598	↓1	8
12	Daniel	579	↑1	18
13	Donald	547	↑1	14
14	Ronald	515	↓2	15
15	Charles	436	↑2	10
16	Kenneth	428	–	17
17	Gregory	400	↑1	25
18	Paul	389	↑3	16
19	Douglas	384	↓4	29
20	Timothy	384	↑3	26
21	Jeffrey	368	↑3	23
22	Randy	342	↑4	33
23	Stephen	321	↓1	20
24	Larry	306	↓4	19
25	Dennis	299	↓6	21
26	Bruce	297	↓1	30
27	Scott	294	↑3	40
28	Patrick	292	↓1	38
29	Terry	280	–	27
30	Kevin	273	↑7	28
31	Brian	268	↑4	48
32	Joseph	257	↓4	13
33	Dale	222	↓1	50
34	Craig	210	↑2	51
35	Edward	203	↓4	22
36	George	191	↓2	24
37	Jerry	184	↑2	31
38	Roger	177	↓5	34
39	Alan	172	↑1	43
40	Frank	158	↑8	36
41	Lawrence	156	–	39
42	Rick	150	↑3	>100
43	Wayne	150	↓1	41
44	Gerald	147	↓6	44
45	Raymond	146	↑2	35
46	Peter	141	↓2	37
47	Keith	129	↓1	45
48	Jack	127	↑1	57
49	Randall	125	new	55
50	Rodney	121	↓7	66

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