Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1935

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,246
2	Mary	2,053
3	Shirley	1,503
4	Margaret	1,024
5	Barbara	893
6	Joan	793
7	Helen	619
8	Patricia	576
9	Dorothy	496
10	Elizabeth	449
11	Betty	425
12	Marilyn	398
13	Jean	369
14	Marion	351
15	Joyce	342
16	Ruth	324
17	Donna	285
18	Lois	262
19	June	240
20	Norma	239
21	Marjorie	232
22	Audrey	231
23	Frances	224
24	Doris	218
25	Doreen	203

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beverley	199
27	Eleanor	193
27	Nancy	193
29	Catherine	192
30	Alice	188
31	Florence	183
32	Evelyn	178
33	Irene	170
34	Lillian	169
34	Sheila	169
36	Carol	167
37	Rose	163
38	Baby	162
39	Edith	159
40	Marlene	150
41	Kathleen	148
42	Janet	146
43	Phyllis	142
44	Grace	139
45	Beverly	137
45	Gloria	137
47	Anna	134
48	Sylvia	131
49	Anne	130
50	Edna	127
51	Muriel	118
52	Rita	112
53	Annie	110
54	Eileen	108
54	Yvonne	108
56	Agnes	106
57	Mildred	105
58	Ann	103
58	Jacqueline	103
60	Elsie	101
61	Bernice	99
62	Lorraine	93
63	Beatrice	91
64	Constance	89
64	Geraldine	89
64	Violet	89
67	Gladys	86
68	Judith	85
68	Verna	85
70	Ethel	82
70	Pauline	82
72	Gertrude	79
72	Theresa	79
74	Ruby	78
75	Thelma	77
76	Eva	74
76	Sandra	74
78	Jane	73
78	Laura	73
78	Lorna	73
81	Marian	69
82	Arlene	68
82	Elaine	68
84	Vera	67
84	Wilma	67
86	Gwendolyn	64
86	Joanne	64
86	Josephine	64
89	Marina	63
90	Katherine	62
91	Marguerite	61
92	Ellen	59
92	Sarah	59
94	Louise	58
95	Hazel	57
96	Maureen	56
97	Ida	52
98	Carole	51
98	Dolores	51
98	Olga	51
98	Reta	51