Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,223
2	Mary	2,051
3	Margaret	1,038
4	Barbara	979
5	Shirley	875
6	Patricia	813
7	Joan	690
8	Helen	594
9	Marilyn	533
10	Elizabeth	513
11	Carol	472
12	Donna	450
13	Dorothy	415
14	Betty	388
15	Ruth	360
16	Baby	324
17	Marlene	310
18	Beverley	305
19	Joyce	294
20	Jean	292
21	Sandra	272
22	Marion	262
23	Nancy	255
24	Lois	247
25	Frances	219

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beverly	214
27	Norma	211
28	June	210
29	Marjorie	208
30	Eleanor	204
31	Doreen	197
32	Judith	193
33	Catherine	192
34	Audrey	190
35	Gloria	182
36	Sheila	178
37	Alice	171
38	Doris	170
39	Janet	168
40	Carole	167
41	Sylvia	166
42	Kathleen	162
43	Irene	160
44	Florence	158
45	Jacqueline	155
46	Evelyn	149
47	Lillian	146
48	Gail	142
49	Edith	140
50	Rose	139
51	Anne	137
52	Phyllis	133
53	Ann	124
54	Muriel	122
55	Anna	121
56	Carolyn	120
57	Elaine	119
58	Diane	106
59	Elsie	105
60	Pauline	104
61	Lorraine	103
62	Grace	101
63	Ethel	99
63	Yvonne	99
65	Constance	94
65	Eileen	94
65	Gladys	94
68	Jane	92
69	Joanne	88
69	Myrna	88
71	Annie	87
71	Beatrice	87
71	Geraldine	87
74	Laura	86
74	Mildred	86
76	Arlene	85
77	Lorna	84
78	Maureen	82
79	Bernice	76
80	Ellen	75
80	Rita	75
82	Edna	73
82	Eva	73
82	Jeanette	73
85	Vera	72
86	Theresa	70
87	Wilma	69
88	Deanna	68
88	Verna	68
90	Katherine	67
91	Infant	64
91	Ruby	64
91	Violet	64
94	Gwendolyn	63
94	Sharon	63
96	Agnes	62
96	Leona	62
98	Francis	61
98	Virginia	61
100	Roberta	60
100	Rosalie	60