Most popular girls’ names in California, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,816
2	Barbara	1,410
3	Betty	1,333
4	Dorothy	919
5	Patricia	802
6	Helen	683
7	Margaret	613
8	Shirley	589
9	Virginia	576
10	Gloria	513
11	Ruth	500
12	Beverly	486
13	Frances	436
14	Alice	417
15	Jean	403
16	Dolores	379
17	Doris	375
18	Evelyn	349
19	Lois	347
20	Maria	342
21	Marjorie	319
22	Marilyn	302
23	Phyllis	285
24	Elizabeth	279
24	Josephine	279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lorraine	277
27	Joyce	274
28	Marie	270
29	June	268
30	Eleanor	265
30	Norma	265
32	Nancy	261
32	Rose	261
34	Esther	259
35	Mildred	251
36	Irene	231
37	Joan	215
38	Carmen	212
39	Florence	204
40	Jacqueline	181
41	Lucille	175
42	Anna	172
42	Marian	172
44	Lillian	169
45	Marion	166
46	Louise	161
47	Lupe	159
48	Audrey	158
48	Geraldine	158
50	Grace	154
51	Carol	148
51	Jeanne	148
53	Ann	142
54	Sally	141
55	Pauline	140
56	Martha	139
57	Jane	138
58	Donna	137
59	Juanita	136
60	Bernice	129
61	Katherine	127
61	Roberta	127
63	Elaine	126
63	Eva	126
65	Charlotte	125
66	Peggy	123
67	Edna	120
68	Thelma	118
69	Catherine	117
69	Vivian	117
71	Rosie	116
72	Edith	113
73	Beatrice	110
73	Lucy	110
75	Anita	108
75	Carolyn	108
75	Violet	108
78	Jennie	107
79	Elsie	104
80	Julia	102
80	Laura	102
82	Ethel	101
83	Bonnie	100
83	Rita	100
85	Clara	99
85	Janet	99
87	Ellen	98
88	Consuelo	97
89	Connie	96
89	Vera	96
91	Kathleen	95
92	Gertrude	92
92	Maxine	92
94	Patsy	91
95	Emma	89
96	Gladys	88
97	Isabel	87
97	Janice	87
99	Jessie	85
99	Kathryn	85
99	Wilma	85