Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1938

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	382
2	Barbara	369
3	Patricia	364
4	Sharon	344
5	Carol	332
6	Shirley	253
7	Donna	250
8	Nancy	222
9	Marilyn	191
10	Betty	178
11	Judith	171
11	Sandra	171
13	Janet	167
14	Joan	165
15	Janice	148
16	Beverly	146
17	Darlene	145
17	Karen	145
19	Margaret	137
20	Dorothy	128
21	Judy	123
22	Virginia	114
23	Diane	113
24	Linda	111
25	Carolyn	107
26	Joanne	105
27	Sally	103
28	Jean	102
29	Joyce	101
30	Arlene	90
31	Helen	88
31	Marlene	88
33	Phyllis	83
34	Lois	81
35	Ann	72
35	Gloria	72
35	Roberta	72
38	Kay	71
39	Frances	69
40	Susan	63
41	Kathleen	62
42	Deanna	61
42	Doris	61
42	Marjorie	61
45	Bonnie	59
45	Dolores	59
45	Elizabeth	59
45	Geraldine	59
49	Joann	57
50	Carole	56

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	676
2	James	526
3	John	502
4	Richard	483
5	William	395
6	Gary	376
7	Donald	373
8	David	357
9	Ronald	330
10	Larry	278
11	Charles	243
12	Michael	209
13	Kenneth	200
14	Jerry	186
15	George	185
16	Gerald	172
16	Thomas	172
18	Jack	165
19	Dennis	125
20	Raymond	116
21	Frank	111
22	Paul	110
23	Edward	109
24	Roger	95
25	Dale	94
26	Douglas	91
27	Bob	89
28	Joseph	87
29	Jim	85
29	Wayne	85
31	Fred	84
31	Terry	84
33	Bill	83
34	Don	81
35	Norman	79
36	Harold	77
37	Daniel	70
37	Walter	70
39	Arthur	69
40	Lawrence	63
41	Howard	62
42	Gordon	59
43	Ralph	55
44	Clifford	54
44	Eugene	54
44	Leroy	54
47	Patrick	53
48	Gene	52
48	Roy	52
50	Duane	51