Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1941

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Sharon	520
2	Patricia	425
3	Mary	423
4	Linda	420
5	Judith	414
6	Barbara	355
7	Carol	352
8	Karen	351
9	Judy	340
10	Sandra	321
11	Nancy	250
12	Donna	213
13	Susan	202
14	Janet	189
15	Joan	185
16	Janice	181
17	Carolyn	165
18	Marilyn	160
19	Shirley	157
20	Diane	151
21	Margaret	150
22	Betty	145
23	Joyce	141
24	Bonnie	130
25	Kathleen	125
26	Beverly	123
27	Darlene	106
28	Virginia	105
29	Dorothy	102
30	Joanne	90
30	Sally	90
32	Jean	89
33	Gloria	80
34	Roberta	77
35	Ann	76
35	Helen	76
37	Carole	74
38	Kay	72
39	Elizabeth	71
39	Marlene	71
39	Phyllis	71
42	Ruth	67
43	Alice	65
44	Frances	61
45	Lois	60
45	Marjorie	60
47	Charlotte	59
47	Gail	59
47	Peggy	59
50	Arlene	55

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	696
2	Robert	689
3	John	638
4	Richard	509
5	Gary	490
6	William	481
7	David	468
8	Michael	395
9	Larry	373
10	Ronald	345
11	Donald	300
12	Dennis	286
13	Thomas	248
14	Charles	232
15	Jerry	222
16	Kenneth	213
17	George	190
18	Gerald	169
19	Paul	163
20	Roger	134
21	Jack	129
22	Edward	119
23	Terry	113
24	Frank	108
24	Jim	108
26	Douglas	106
27	Dale	100
28	Wayne	97
29	Joseph	93
29	Raymond	93
31	Bill	89
31	Bruce	89
31	Daniel	89
34	Mike	86
35	Norman	84
36	Fred	83
37	Stephen	80
38	Patrick	79
39	Don	75
39	Walter	75
41	Lawrence	72
42	Carl	71
43	Arthur	65
43	Ralph	65
45	Roy	62
46	Tom	61
47	Gordon	60
48	Eugene	59
48	Harold	59
50	Bob	58