Baby names in Washington in the 1910s

In Washington in the 1910s the most given names were Robert (3,541 boys) and Mary (3,004 girls), of 119,960 births recorded.

1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Babies SSA recorded in Washington each year, the 1910s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Washington, 1910-1919: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Washington, 1910s

Girls, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	3,004
2	Dorothy	2,634
3	Helen	2,615
4	Margaret	2,399
5	Ruth	1,778
6	Frances	1,183
7	Virginia	1,121
8	Evelyn	1,053
9	Alice	1,047
10	Mildred	995
11	Florence	926
12	Elizabeth	918
13	Betty	903
14	Marjorie	848
15	Doris	822
16	Marie	745
17	Jean	706
18	Lois	700
19	Esther	680
20	Hazel	669

Boys, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	Robert	3,541
2	John	3,093
3	William	2,765
4	James	2,024
5	George	1,880
6	Charles	1,460
7	Donald	1,294
8	Richard	1,243
9	Jack	1,156
10	Harold	1,132
11	Edward	1,004
12	Frank	988
13	Walter	848
14	Arthur	825
15	Harry	746
16	Joseph	722
17	Howard	690
18	Kenneth	689
19	Albert	689
20	Thomas	644

Births summed over 1910-1919, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Washington in the 1910s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Patricia · 3.6×June · 3.3×Peggy · 3.1×Donna · 2.9×Carol · 2.8×Maxine · 2.7×

Boys

Don · 2.6×Ronald · 2.4×Gordon · 2.3×Delbert · 2.3×Jack · 2.2×Bruce · 2.2×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1910-1919.

More about names in Washington

The 1910s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
Washington: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
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The top names of 1910The first year of the decade, nationally.
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