Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1916

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	364
2	Dorothy	337
2	Margaret	337
4	Helen	332
5	Ruth	219
6	Virginia	144
7	Frances	142
8	Elizabeth	129
9	Alice	125
10	Evelyn	123
11	Florence	122
12	Mildred	116
13	Lois	100
14	Betty	97
14	June	97
14	Marjorie	97
17	Doris	95
18	Edith	89
19	Jean	85
20	Marie	84
21	Esther	81
21	Lillian	81
23	Eleanor	79
23	Hazel	79
25	Elsie	78
26	Grace	77
27	Louise	76
28	Edna	75
28	Gladys	75
30	Ethel	71
30	Irene	71
32	Lucille	70
33	Maxine	69
34	Barbara	66
34	Thelma	66
36	Rose	63
37	Gertrude	58
38	Marian	57
38	Marion	57
38	Phyllis	57
41	Marguerite	56
42	Bernice	55
42	Katherine	55
42	Martha	55
45	Eva	54
45	Josephine	54
47	Anna	53
47	Ellen	53
49	Agnes	51
49	Catherine	51

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	461
2	John	429
3	William	385
4	George	280
5	James	260
6	Charles	219
7	Donald	173
8	Richard	163
9	Harold	152
10	Jack	151
11	Frank	141
12	Edward	130
13	Arthur	121
14	Walter	114
15	Harry	110
16	Howard	98
17	Ralph	93
18	Joseph	91
19	Kenneth	89
20	Fred	84
20	Paul	84
20	Raymond	84
20	Thomas	84
24	Roy	79
25	Carl	78
26	Henry	74
27	Albert	71
28	Eugene	62
29	Clarence	61
30	Ernest	60
31	Norman	58
32	Earl	57
33	David	56
33	Lawrence	56
35	Francis	55
36	Herbert	53
36	Leonard	53
38	Stanley	52
39	Elmer	47
40	Gordon	46
41	Ray	45
42	Alfred	41
42	Clifford	41
42	Edwin	41
42	Floyd	41
46	Lloyd	40
46	Louis	40
48	Melvin	39
48	Vernon	39
50	Chester	38