Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,197
2	Mary	2,006
3	Shirley	1,274
4	Margaret	1,004
5	Barbara	958
6	Joan	784
7	Patricia	606
8	Helen	532
9	Marilyn	486
10	Dorothy	483
11	Elizabeth	429
12	Jean	369
13	Betty	355
14	Joyce	331
15	Ruth	317
16	Carol	304
17	Marion	287
18	Lois	276
19	Donna	263
20	Norma	252
21	Nancy	238
22	Beverley	222
23	Eleanor	221
24	Marlene	214
25	Doreen	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marjorie	207
27	June	201
28	Doris	200
29	Audrey	199
30	Evelyn	195
30	Frances	195
32	Baby	182
33	Florence	177
34	Kathleen	172
35	Alice	170
36	Irene	167
37	Catherine	165
38	Beverly	157
38	Gloria	157
40	Rose	154
41	Sylvia	148
42	Phyllis	144
43	Edith	141
44	Janet	132
44	Lillian	132
46	Anne	131
47	Muriel	128
48	Jacqueline	127
49	Sheila	125
50	Ann	121
51	Anna	116
52	Elsie	115
53	Lorraine	114
54	Eileen	111
55	Grace	110
56	Mildred	108
57	Annie	107
58	Sandra	106
59	Edna	105
60	Carole	103
61	Gladys	102
62	Bernice	97
62	Yvonne	97
64	Beatrice	96
65	Ethel	94
66	Arlene	88
67	Jane	87
68	Ellen	86
69	Pauline	85
70	Geraldine	84
70	Verna	84
72	Dolores	83
73	Vera	77
74	Marian	76
75	Agnes	75
76	Elaine	72
76	Violet	72
78	Gail	71
78	Judith	71
78	Rita	71
78	Theresa	71
82	Laura	70
83	Carolyn	69
83	Joanne	69
83	Thelma	69
86	Diane	68
86	Wilma	68
88	Gertrude	67
88	Maureen	67
90	Marguerite	66
91	Ruby	65
92	Constance	64
92	Lorna	64
94	Eva	63
95	Gwendolyn	61
96	Leona	56
97	Jeanette	55
97	Rosemary	55
99	Josephine	54
99	Katherine	54