Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Washington, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,330
2	Mary	820
3	Susan	789
4	Patricia	727
5	Kathleen	561
6	Barbara	557
7	Nancy	512
8	Karen	476
9	Carol	456
10	Sandra	442
11	Sharon	388
12	Pamela	342
13	Deborah	309
14	Donna	301
15	Judith	300
16	Janet	296
17	Janice	287
18	Christine	281
19	Cheryl	262
19	Diane	262
21	Judy	241
22	Cynthia	220
23	Margaret	216
24	Marilyn	205
25	Kathy	201
26	Vicki	199
27	Kathryn	198
28	Catherine	189
29	Elizabeth	187
30	Katherine	176
31	Diana	173
32	Gail	169
33	Connie	160
34	Shirley	155
35	Bonnie	150
35	Joyce	150
37	Teresa	147
38	Peggy	145
39	Carolyn	142
39	Lynn	142
41	Rebecca	134
42	Sally	131
43	Beverly	125
44	Cathy	124
44	Jean	124
46	Marcia	123
47	Joan	121
48	Julie	117
49	Ann	115
49	Paula	115

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,394
2	Robert	1,256
3	James	1,158
4	John	1,112
5	David	1,056
6	Richard	987
7	William	852
8	Gary	729
9	Steven	720
10	Thomas	673
11	Ronald	507
12	Donald	492
13	Larry	435
14	Kenneth	421
15	Charles	418
16	Mark	409
17	Stephen	392
18	Dennis	377
19	Daniel	366
20	Douglas	355
21	Gregory	349
22	Bruce	309
23	Paul	279
24	Patrick	273
25	Terry	247
26	Joseph	224
27	Timothy	222
28	George	214
29	Jerry	205
30	Roger	202
31	Jack	193
32	Gerald	192
33	Edward	178
34	Wayne	168
35	Jeffrey	167
35	Scott	167
37	Dale	163
38	Brian	156
38	Lawrence	156
40	Alan	147
41	Frank	145
42	Raymond	142
43	Randy	141
44	Craig	136
45	Randall	121
45	Steve	121
47	Peter	120
48	Christopher	116
49	Harold	115
50	Rodney	99