Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1927

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	483
2	Mary	462
3	Dorothy	334
4	Barbara	299
5	Shirley	282
6	Patricia	253
7	Helen	205
8	Lois	173
9	Margaret	172
10	Virginia	163
11	Ruth	160
12	Jean	154
13	Doris	149
14	Beverly	126
15	Phyllis	119
16	Evelyn	118
17	Donna	114
18	Gloria	109
19	Marjorie	107
20	Frances	105
21	Alice	101
22	Dolores	98
23	Lorraine	91
24	Marilyn	88
25	Joyce	84
26	Norma	74
27	Irene	72
28	Marie	70
28	Maxine	70
30	June	68
30	Mildred	68
32	Geraldine	65
33	Joan	63
34	Carol	62
35	Bonnie	59
36	Elizabeth	58
36	Marian	58
38	Rose	56
39	Florence	55
39	Louise	55
41	Anna	52
41	Lillian	52
43	Jeanne	50
43	Kathleen	50
43	Lucille	50
46	Charlotte	48
47	Nancy	47
48	Violet	46
49	Eleanor	45
49	Pauline	45

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	690
2	Donald	442
3	John	413
4	William	383
5	James	348
5	Richard	348
7	Jack	245
8	George	235
9	Charles	226
10	Kenneth	153
11	Thomas	135
12	Frank	125
13	David	124
14	Harold	120
15	Edward	108
16	Walter	105
17	Ralph	98
18	Bill	96
19	Arthur	95
19	Gordon	95
21	Don	94
22	Paul	93
23	Raymond	90
24	Bob	88
25	Eugene	86
26	Joseph	85
27	Gerald	80
28	Harry	79
29	Norman	76
30	Howard	75
31	Albert	74
32	Roy	73
33	Ronald	70
34	Fred	68
35	Carl	64
36	Lloyd	63
37	Lawrence	62
37	Wayne	62
39	Gene	61
40	Stanley	59
41	Dale	57
42	Earl	55
43	Melvin	54
44	Henry	53
45	Dick	52
45	Douglas	52
47	Ernest	48
48	Ray	47
49	Jim	45
50	Daniel	44