Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1944

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	812
2	Mary	684
3	Sharon	654
4	Carol	601
5	Barbara	543
6	Sandra	466
7	Karen	465
8	Patricia	464
9	Susan	433
10	Judy	430
11	Nancy	420
12	Judith	408
13	Donna	311
14	Kathleen	290
15	Janet	289
16	Diane	247
17	Cheryl	238
18	Marilyn	232
19	Janice	227
20	Carolyn	206
21	Margaret	198
22	Shirley	195
23	Pamela	180
24	Betty	171
25	Joan	169
26	Joyce	151
27	Bonnie	141
28	Virginia	140
29	Kathy	122
30	Beverly	121
31	Dorothy	117
32	Darlene	109
32	Joanne	109
34	Ann	108
34	Diana	108
36	Carole	102
36	Connie	102
38	Gloria	98
38	Roberta	98
40	Elizabeth	97
41	Sally	93
42	Jean	90
43	Claudia	87
43	Gail	87
45	Ruth	86
46	Peggy	85
47	Helen	82
47	Katherine	82
47	Kathryn	82
47	Phyllis	82

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,021
2	John	1,018
3	James	969
4	Richard	849
5	David	756
6	Gary	708
7	Michael	643
8	William	616
9	Larry	478
10	Ronald	411
11	Donald	387
12	Dennis	366
13	Thomas	359
14	Charles	344
15	Kenneth	306
16	Jerry	277
17	George	239
18	Gerald	209
19	Paul	199
20	Mike	198
21	Jim	197
22	Terry	190
23	Douglas	185
24	Bill	178
25	Roger	167
26	Jack	164
27	Daniel	159
27	Steven	159
29	Bruce	149
29	Edward	149
31	Dale	141
32	Patrick	139
33	Frank	137
34	Raymond	128
35	Stephen	127
36	Don	119
37	Fred	116
37	Wayne	116
39	Tom	110
40	Steve	104
41	Carl	102
41	Joseph	102
43	Bob	95
44	Alan	89
44	Harold	89
46	Howard	88
46	Lawrence	88
48	Arthur	86
49	Walter	84
50	Dave	82