Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Sharon	438
2	Judith	380
3	Mary	368
4	Patricia	350
5	Linda	349
6	Barbara	340
7	Carol	325
8	Judy	297
9	Sandra	281
10	Nancy	244
11	Donna	212
12	Karen	207
13	Marilyn	171
14	Janice	159
15	Janet	157
16	Betty	154
17	Joan	149
18	Susan	143
19	Margaret	140
20	Shirley	139
21	Carolyn	136
22	Darlene	116
23	Beverly	111
24	Diane	110
25	Bonnie	109
26	Joyce	101
27	Virginia	99
28	Joanne	95
29	Dorothy	94
30	Kathleen	87
30	Sally	87
32	Jean	86
33	Helen	74
34	Ann	73
34	Lois	73
36	Elizabeth	70
37	Gloria	68
38	Alice	66
39	Marlene	65
40	Ruth	63
41	Arlene	62
41	Gail	62
43	Phyllis	61
44	Carole	60
45	Roberta	59
46	Marjorie	57
47	Frances	53
48	Jacqueline	52
49	Elaine	51
50	Ellen	50

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	681
2	James	595
3	John	575
4	Richard	519
5	William	441
6	David	436
7	Gary	433
8	Larry	323
9	Michael	303
10	Ronald	285
11	Donald	281
12	Charles	241
13	Dennis	236
14	Jerry	195
15	Thomas	186
16	Gerald	185
17	Kenneth	177
18	George	164
19	Jack	162
20	Roger	123
21	Paul	122
22	Edward	113
23	Frank	111
24	Dale	100
25	Douglas	99
26	Bill	91
26	Jim	91
28	Don	90
29	Wayne	89
30	Bob	85
31	Raymond	83
32	Lawrence	82
33	Terry	81
34	Stephen	80
34	Walter	80
36	Fred	78
36	Harold	78
38	Joseph	75
39	Mike	74
40	Bruce	72
41	Patrick	70
42	Daniel	67
43	Ralph	64
44	Melvin	63
44	Roy	63
46	Norman	62
47	Marvin	58
48	Tom	57
49	Carl	56
50	Gordon	54