Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1942

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Sharon	721
2	Linda	608
3	Mary	572
4	Patricia	516
5	Karen	471
6	Carol	465
7	Judith	456
8	Barbara	451
9	Judy	405
10	Sandra	399
11	Nancy	346
12	Donna	270
13	Janet	254
13	Susan	254
15	Marilyn	222
16	Janice	217
17	Kathleen	213
18	Diane	204
19	Shirley	197
20	Carolyn	184
21	Margaret	178
22	Joan	164
23	Betty	160
24	Bonnie	154
25	Beverly	144
26	Virginia	128
27	Joyce	123
28	Darlene	118
29	Carole	113
30	Joanne	112
31	Dorothy	104
31	Sally	104
33	Helen	93
34	Gloria	92
35	Jean	91
36	Elizabeth	88
37	Ann	86
38	Kay	85
39	Gail	82
39	Ruth	82
41	Alice	79
42	Frances	78
43	Charlotte	76
44	Pamela	75
44	Peggy	75
46	Marjorie	73
47	Julie	72
47	Marlene	72
47	Roberta	72
50	Diana	71

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	883
2	James	856
3	John	786
4	Richard	680
5	David	657
6	William	620
7	Michael	553
8	Gary	503
9	Larry	463
10	Ronald	418
11	Donald	388
12	Dennis	365
13	Charles	319
14	Jerry	308
15	Kenneth	300
16	Thomas	275
17	Douglas	234
18	George	227
19	Gerald	181
20	Jim	175
21	Paul	169
22	Terry	166
23	Roger	158
24	Jack	154
25	Edward	152
26	Frank	126
27	Bill	125
28	Daniel	120
29	Bruce	116
30	Dale	112
30	Raymond	112
32	Stephen	111
33	Lawrence	110
34	Mike	107
34	Patrick	107
36	Steven	101
37	Fred	100
38	Joseph	98
39	Bob	94
39	Tom	94
41	Harold	92
41	Norman	92
43	Wayne	87
44	Walter	86
45	Gordon	85
46	Ralph	84
47	Don	82
48	Arthur	81
49	Stanley	76
50	Steve	74