Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1928

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Betty	447
2	Mary	400
3	Shirley	306
4	Barbara	301
5	Dorothy	293
6	Patricia	247
7	Margaret	178
8	Beverly	172
9	Virginia	162
10	Helen	157
11	Lois	155
12	Doris	144
13	Dolores	140
14	Ruth	134
15	Donna	128
16	Phyllis	125
17	Jean	120
18	Evelyn	108
19	Marilyn	103
20	Gloria	102
20	Joan	102
22	Alice	95
23	Frances	94
24	Marjorie	91
25	Lorraine	88
26	Joyce	84
27	June	74
28	Florence	72
29	Geraldine	70
29	Norma	70
31	Carol	69
32	Elizabeth	66
32	Irene	66
34	Maxine	59
35	Eleanor	58
35	Marie	58
37	Mildred	56
37	Peggy	56
39	Bonnie	55
39	Charlotte	55
41	Joanne	50
41	Lillian	50
43	Louise	48
43	Marian	48
45	Edith	47
45	Martha	47
45	Nancy	47
48	Anna	46
48	Elaine	46
48	Marion	46

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	682
2	Donald	462
3	John	446
4	Richard	426
5	James	373
6	William	372
7	Jack	243
8	George	236
9	Charles	223
10	Kenneth	177
11	Harold	148
12	David	116
12	Edward	116
14	Frank	111
15	Ronald	108
16	Thomas	107
17	Eugene	94
18	Don	93
19	Raymond	90
20	Gerald	86
21	Walter	84
22	Bob	82
23	Arthur	81
24	Albert	80
24	Bill	80
26	Gordon	78
26	Paul	78
28	Fred	77
28	Ralph	77
30	Roy	76
31	Howard	75
32	Carl	74
33	Harry	73
34	Norman	72
35	Joseph	65
36	Clarence	64
37	Stanley	63
38	Lawrence	60
39	Gene	58
40	Melvin	56
41	Henry	55
41	Herbert	55
43	Dale	53
43	Glenn	53
45	Jerry	50
45	Wayne	50
47	Earl	48
48	Dick	47
48	Ernest	47
48	Warren	47