Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	388
2	Mary	378
3	Patricia	357
4	Carol	320
5	Donna	242
5	Shirley	242
7	Sharon	226
8	Nancy	211
9	Janet	194
10	Betty	189
11	Joan	188
12	Marilyn	186
13	Janice	170
14	Beverly	144
15	Darlene	135
15	Marlene	135
17	Margaret	133
18	Sandra	130
19	Dorothy	129
20	Joyce	120
21	Joanne	117
22	Jean	100
23	Sally	98
24	Arlene	96
25	Carolyn	95
25	Helen	95
27	Virginia	91
28	Judith	90
29	Karen	84
30	Carole	83
31	Diane	82
32	Ann	81
33	Lois	80
34	Frances	79
35	Marjorie	78
36	Alice	75
36	Roberta	75
38	Kay	74
39	Gloria	68
39	Phyllis	68
41	Dolores	65
42	Elizabeth	63
42	Evelyn	63
44	Judy	62
45	Ruth	61
46	Doris	59
47	Delores	58
48	Bonnie	56
49	Geraldine	55
49	Linda	55

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	659
2	James	507
3	Richard	470
4	John	464
5	Donald	379
5	William	379
7	David	315
8	Ronald	293
9	Gary	270
10	Charles	248
11	Larry	234
12	Jerry	179
13	Gerald	176
13	Kenneth	176
15	George	173
16	Thomas	161
17	Jack	159
18	Michael	151
19	Edward	142
20	Frank	119
21	Paul	107
22	Don	92
22	Raymond	92
24	Harold	89
25	Bob	88
26	Wayne	87
27	Jim	82
28	Roger	79
29	Carl	77
30	Dennis	74
31	Ralph	72
32	Dale	71
32	Joseph	71
32	Walter	71
35	Bill	69
36	Fred	67
37	Douglas	60
37	Leroy	60
39	Lawrence	59
40	Stanley	58
41	Dick	57
41	Gordon	57
41	Roy	57
44	Bruce	56
45	Albert	55
45	Arthur	55
47	Daniel	54
47	Terry	54
49	Norman	53
50	Duane	49