Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1912

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	207
2	Helen	184
3	Dorothy	165
4	Margaret	154
5	Ruth	125
6	Mildred	95
7	Frances	82
8	Elizabeth	70
9	Alice	66
9	Evelyn	66
11	Florence	64
12	Grace	59
13	Marie	56
14	Gladys	54
15	Lillian	52
16	Esther	51
17	Edith	50
18	Louise	47
19	Virginia	46
20	Elsie	45
20	Hazel	45
22	Irene	44
23	Eleanor	43
24	Doris	42
25	Marjorie	41
26	Edna	39
27	Agnes	38
27	Ethel	38
29	Lucille	36
29	Thelma	36
31	Ruby	34
32	Bertha	33
33	Bernice	32
33	Katherine	32
35	Catherine	31
35	Clara	31
35	Jean	31
38	Gertrude	30
38	Lois	30
38	Martha	30
41	Josephine	29
42	Mabel	28
43	Ellen	27
43	Maxine	27
43	Pauline	27
43	Violet	27
47	Emma	26
47	Marian	26
47	Marion	26
47	Vera	26

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	229
2	Robert	166
3	William	156
4	James	123
5	George	109
6	Charles	81
7	Frank	72
8	Edward	71
8	Harold	71
10	Donald	65
11	Richard	60
12	Arthur	57
12	Walter	57
14	Jack	56
15	Howard	50
15	Joseph	50
17	Albert	49
18	Thomas	47
19	Harry	42
19	Kenneth	42
21	Carl	40
22	Henry	39
23	Fred	38
23	Paul	38
23	Raymond	38
26	Ralph	36
27	Lawrence	34
28	Ernest	31
29	Clarence	30
30	David	29
30	Louis	29
30	Roy	29
33	Elmer	27
34	Alfred	26
34	Eugene	26
36	Earl	23
36	Edwin	23
38	Lester	21
38	Theodore	21
40	Floyd	20
40	Philip	20
42	Clifford	19
42	Gordon	19
42	Lloyd	19
42	Stanley	19
46	Joe	18
46	Melvin	18
46	Ray	18
49	Bernard	17
49	Glenn	17