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Baby names in Washington, 1910s

1910–1919 · 119,960 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Washington across the 1910s, with 3,541 births in the decade. The state recorded 119,960 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Washington in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Patricia353
Kazuko7
Winnifred49
June645
Beth70
Bob90
Peggy135
Arne19

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert3,541
#2John3,093
#3Mary3,004
#4William2,765
#5Dorothy2,634
#6Helen2,615
#7Margaret2,399
#8James2,024
#9George1,880
#10Ruth1,778
#11Charles1,460
#12Donald1,294
#13Richard1,243
#14Frances1,183
#15Jack1,156
#16Harold1,132
#17Virginia1,121
#18Evelyn1,053
#19Alice1,047
#20Edward1,004
#21Mildred995
#22Frank988
#23Florence926
#24Elizabeth918
#25Betty903

Other decades in Washington

All Washington names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org