Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1920

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	544
2	Dorothy	440
3	Margaret	346
4	Betty	341
5	Helen	319
6	Ruth	251
7	Virginia	215
8	Frances	192
9	Doris	177
10	Evelyn	170
11	Jean	168
12	Alice	148
13	Mildred	143
14	June	138
15	Elizabeth	135
16	Marjorie	133
17	Barbara	131
18	Lois	128
19	Patricia	122
20	Marie	114
21	Florence	113
22	Maxine	96
23	Irene	91
24	Phyllis	87
25	Lillian	86
25	Shirley	86
27	Anna	85
28	Eleanor	82
29	Elsie	81
30	Edith	80
30	Edna	80
32	Esther	78
33	Lucille	77
34	Hazel	76
35	Lorraine	73
35	Martha	73
37	Grace	72
37	Norma	72
39	Bernice	70
40	Pauline	68
41	Gladys	67
42	Violet	64
43	Marian	63
44	Marguerite	62
45	Geraldine	60
45	Louise	60
45	Vivian	60
48	Kathleen	59
49	Ethel	58
50	Charlotte	57

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	802
2	William	505
3	John	461
4	James	374
5	George	288
6	Donald	273
7	Charles	264
8	Jack	262
9	Richard	247
10	Harold	198
11	Edward	158
12	Frank	153
13	Arthur	141
14	Walter	126
15	Howard	123
16	Kenneth	121
17	Roy	115
18	Thomas	111
19	Paul	110
20	Albert	108
21	Joseph	103
21	Ralph	103
23	Harry	101
24	David	92
25	Eugene	90
25	Raymond	90
27	Ernest	89
28	Carl	71
28	Lawrence	71
30	Earl	70
30	Warren	70
32	Clarence	69
33	Norman	67
34	Fred	64
34	Stanley	64
36	Alfred	59
37	Edwin	58
37	Henry	58
37	Leonard	58
40	Lloyd	57
40	Ray	57
42	Gordon	55
43	Elmer	54
44	Clifford	53
44	Melvin	53
46	Don	51
47	Floyd	48
47	Theodore	48
47	Wayne	48
50	Gerald	47