Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1923

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	516
2	Mary	475
3	Dorothy	400
4	Helen	296
5	Margaret	280
6	Virginia	233
7	Ruth	202
8	Shirley	177
9	Patricia	164
10	Doris	160
11	Barbara	145
12	Evelyn	144
12	Marjorie	144
14	Phyllis	140
15	Frances	137
16	Elizabeth	126
16	Jean	126
18	June	124
19	Lois	123
20	Alice	118
21	Mildred	108
22	Florence	93
23	Maxine	91
24	Marie	82
25	Norma	79
26	Eleanor	74
26	Irene	74
28	Lorraine	72
29	Gloria	71
30	Marian	69
31	Geraldine	67
32	Anna	65
32	Lillian	65
32	Louise	65
35	Edith	63
35	Elsie	63
37	Peggy	61
38	Gladys	59
38	Rose	59
40	Donna	58
40	Thelma	58
42	Bernice	57
43	Lucille	55
44	Bette	54
44	Esther	54
46	Elaine	51
46	Grace	51
46	Joyce	51
49	Beatrice	50
50	Carol	49

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	784
2	William	493
3	John	477
4	Donald	345
5	James	341
6	Richard	310
7	Jack	284
8	George	257
9	Charles	224
10	Harold	176
11	Kenneth	169
12	Frank	144
13	Edward	113
14	Thomas	111
15	Joseph	109
16	Walter	104
17	Roy	103
18	David	101
19	Howard	100
20	Eugene	98
21	Ralph	95
22	Harry	90
23	Arthur	87
24	Fred	85
25	Albert	84
26	Paul	81
27	Gordon	79
28	Carl	77
29	Earl	75
29	Raymond	75
31	Lawrence	74
32	Stanley	70
33	Norman	65
34	Warren	64
35	Wallace	62
36	Gerald	61
36	Lloyd	61
38	Clarence	59
38	Henry	59
38	Melvin	59
38	Vernon	59
42	Wayne	58
43	Leonard	53
44	Ray	52
45	Dale	49
45	Ernest	49
45	Herbert	49
48	Glenn	47
49	Alfred	46
49	Floyd	46