Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	818
2	Mary	655
3	Carol	592
4	Patricia	551
5	Barbara	536
6	Sharon	512
7	Susan	495
8	Judy	455
9	Sandra	424
10	Karen	407
11	Nancy	385
12	Judith	332
13	Donna	325
14	Kathleen	310
15	Janet	294
16	Diane	284
17	Cheryl	245
18	Margaret	239
19	Marilyn	231
20	Janice	215
21	Shirley	193
22	Carolyn	186
23	Pamela	175
24	Betty	166
25	Bonnie	162
26	Joyce	158
27	Joan	156
28	Kathy	148
29	Diana	146
30	Ann	128
31	Gloria	123
31	Sally	123
33	Virginia	121
34	Jean	120
35	Beverly	112
36	Joanne	111
37	Darlene	108
38	Carole	106
39	Roberta	101
40	Gail	99
41	Dorothy	98
41	Peggy	98
41	Vicki	98
44	Ruth	96
45	Connie	95
46	Elizabeth	94
46	Kathryn	94
48	Dianne	92
49	Marcia	90
50	Jane	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,073
2	John	1,008
3	James	1,002
4	Richard	892
5	Michael	716
6	David	696
7	William	636
8	Gary	624
9	Larry	484
10	Thomas	396
11	Ronald	395
12	Donald	387
13	Dennis	382
14	Charles	352
15	Kenneth	301
16	Jerry	244
17	Paul	241
18	Douglas	231
19	George	227
20	Terry	215
21	Jim	210
22	Mike	208
23	Steven	198
24	Jack	190
25	Roger	182
26	Daniel	170
27	Stephen	166
28	Gerald	164
29	Bruce	161
30	Edward	157
31	Bill	148
32	Joseph	142
33	Wayne	139
34	Steve	135
35	Frank	133
36	Dale	129
37	Raymond	125
38	Tom	124
39	Patrick	120
40	Don	115
41	Bob	113
42	Lawrence	108
43	Fred	100
44	Alan	95
45	Mark	93
45	Ralph	93
47	Gordon	91
48	Brian	81
48	Harold	81
50	Stanley	80