Baby names in Washington in the 1930s
In Washington in the 1930s the most given names were Robert (6,334 boys) and Mary (3,760 girls), of 195,323 births recorded.
Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.
Washington, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.
The top names in Washington, 1930s
Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.
The names most over-represented in Washington in the 1930s
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
Boys
Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1930-1939.
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