Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1919

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	419
2	Dorothy	372
3	Helen	344
4	Margaret	325
5	Ruth	252
6	Betty	210
7	Virginia	191
8	Marjorie	162
9	Evelyn	155
10	Frances	147
11	Mildred	141
12	Alice	139
13	Doris	137
14	Jean	128
15	Lois	127
16	Florence	120
17	Elizabeth	111
18	June	108
19	Marie	105
20	Irene	99
21	Maxine	97
22	Bernice	93
23	Barbara	91
24	Hazel	90
25	Edith	89
26	Patricia	86
27	Louise	83
28	Elsie	82
29	Gladys	81
30	Edna	79
30	Lillian	79
32	Phyllis	77
33	Vivian	76
34	Eleanor	74
35	Lucille	73
36	Thelma	71
37	Esther	70
37	Ethel	70
37	Shirley	70
40	Grace	65
41	Violet	64
42	Lorraine	63
43	Ellen	61
44	Gertrude	59
44	Pauline	59
46	Geraldine	57
46	Martha	57
48	Anna	54
48	Norma	54
50	Charlotte	53

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	702
2	William	437
3	John	427
4	George	299
5	James	290
6	Richard	255
7	Charles	239
8	Donald	223
9	Jack	219
10	Harold	164
11	Frank	161
12	Walter	136
13	Edward	131
14	Harry	110
15	Raymond	105
16	Kenneth	103
16	Thomas	103
18	Albert	101
19	Howard	99
20	Arthur	96
20	Paul	96
22	Ralph	94
23	Henry	88
24	Joseph	87
24	Roy	87
26	Carl	81
27	Earl	80
28	Eugene	79
29	Lawrence	73
30	David	72
31	Elmer	71
32	Clarence	70
33	Fred	69
33	Leonard	69
35	Ernest	67
36	Stanley	65
37	Norman	57
38	Ray	56
39	Gerald	52
39	Vernon	52
41	Joe	50
42	Lloyd	49
43	Clifford	48
43	Herbert	48
45	Edwin	46
46	Alfred	45
46	Francis	45
46	Glenn	45
49	Gordon	43
50	Louis	42