Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1921

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	531
2	Dorothy	455
3	Betty	368
4	Margaret	334
5	Helen	324
6	Virginia	245
7	Ruth	200
8	Marjorie	185
9	Patricia	166
10	Frances	159
11	Doris	156
12	Evelyn	153
12	Jean	153
14	Lois	148
15	Alice	140
16	Barbara	138
17	Elizabeth	132
18	June	130
18	Mildred	130
20	Shirley	124
21	Florence	111
22	Phyllis	99
23	Esther	96
24	Marie	93
25	Gladys	90
25	Maxine	90
25	Norma	90
28	Irene	89
29	Lillian	87
30	Eleanor	86
31	Bernice	83
32	Elsie	82
32	Geraldine	82
34	Hazel	78
35	Edith	77
36	Louise	76
37	Lorraine	75
37	Lucille	75
39	Anna	67
40	Catherine	66
40	Grace	66
42	Vivian	65
43	Ethel	64
44	Marian	59
44	Marion	59
46	Ellen	58
47	Martha	57
47	Thelma	57
49	Agnes	54
50	Charlotte	53

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	858
2	William	507
3	John	504
4	James	398
5	Donald	311
6	George	269
7	Richard	259
8	Charles	244
9	Jack	229
10	Harold	205
11	Frank	179
12	Edward	150
13	Kenneth	138
14	Thomas	127
15	Walter	123
16	Harry	116
17	Arthur	115
18	David	109
19	Howard	103
20	Ralph	102
20	Raymond	102
22	Albert	101
23	Eugene	99
24	Paul	96
25	Joseph	95
25	Roy	95
27	Warren	92
28	Fred	88
29	Lawrence	83
30	Gordon	75
31	Stanley	71
32	Henry	70
33	Francis	69
34	Carl	68
34	Leonard	68
34	Lloyd	68
37	Earl	66
38	Gerald	64
39	Alfred	62
40	Melvin	60
41	Clarence	59
42	Ernest	54
43	Elmer	52
44	Joe	51
45	Glenn	49
46	Marvin	48
46	Norman	48
46	Ray	48
49	Louis	47
50	Dale	46