Most popular girls’ names in California, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,522
2	Mary	1,484
3	Shirley	1,167
4	Patricia	1,116
5	Joan	702
6	Carol	669
7	Betty	661
8	Nancy	549
9	Marilyn	518
10	Beverly	476
11	Margaret	472
12	Dorothy	439
13	Donna	427
14	Virginia	426
15	Helen	425
16	Dolores	380
17	Gloria	375
18	Frances	364
19	Janet	329
20	Diane	303
21	Joyce	298
22	Jean	279
23	Ruth	266
24	Joanne	265
25	Alice	264

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marlene	259
27	Sally	240
28	Carolyn	238
29	Darlene	232
30	Sandra	227
31	Lois	224
32	Norma	210
33	Ann	208
34	Phyllis	207
35	Elizabeth	205
36	Doris	204
36	Sharon	204
38	Janice	201
39	Roberta	199
40	Marjorie	192
41	Rose	187
42	Evelyn	185
43	Arlene	184
44	Eleanor	182
45	Irene	181
46	Marie	180
47	Martha	175
48	Carmen	170
49	Esther	163
50	Geraldine	162
51	Jacqueline	158
52	Carole	156
53	Pat	155
54	Josephine	154
55	Joann	152
56	Kathleen	150
57	Maria	149
58	Sylvia	145
59	Jane	142
60	Yvonne	139
61	Elaine	138
62	Lorraine	136
63	June	133
64	Louise	132
65	Bonnie	131
65	Juanita	131
67	Judith	127
68	Anita	124
69	Susan	118
70	Anna	114
70	Marian	114
72	Loretta	110
73	Lupe	109
74	Charlotte	107
75	Connie	106
76	Judy	105
77	Sheila	104
78	Lillian	102
79	Grace	101
80	Patsy	99
81	Anne	98
81	Jo	98
81	Lucille	98
84	Claudia	97
85	Peggy	95
86	Audrey	94
87	Katherine	92
88	Florence	91
88	Rachel	91
90	Gail	90
90	Pauline	90
92	Jeanette	88
93	Diana	87
94	Rita	85
95	Catherine	83
96	Beatrice	82
96	Linda	82
98	Karen	80
98	Rosie	80
98	Wanda	80