Most popular girls’ names in California, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,712
2	Barbara	1,601
3	Patricia	1,252
4	Carol	1,015
5	Shirley	733
6	Nancy	677
7	Betty	661
8	Joan	627
9	Donna	601
10	Beverly	577
11	Margaret	567
12	Marilyn	558
13	Virginia	454
14	Dorothy	450
15	Diane	437
16	Helen	433
17	Joyce	428
18	Carolyn	418
19	Sharon	416
20	Gloria	380
21	Janet	376
22	Frances	374
23	Sandra	370
24	Janice	344
25	Dolores	313

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	310
26	Linda	310
28	Darlene	277
29	Carole	269
30	Elizabeth	268
30	Joanne	268
32	Jean	265
33	Ruth	264
34	Ann	257
35	Marlene	255
36	Norma	253
37	Sally	249
38	Judith	247
39	Roberta	233
40	Marie	221
41	Arlene	219
42	Rose	217
43	Evelyn	211
44	Eleanor	207
45	Irene	204
46	Doris	199
47	Phyllis	197
48	Pat	196
49	Lois	192
50	Judy	190
51	Jacqueline	189
52	Gail	188
53	Martha	186
54	Joann	184
55	Susan	183
55	Sylvia	183
57	Kathleen	181
57	Peggy	181
59	Anita	180
60	Geraldine	179
61	Elaine	178
62	Yvonne	170
63	Deanna	168
64	Loretta	165
65	Bonnie	163
66	Diana	156
67	Karen	155
67	Maria	155
69	Esther	146
70	Connie	145
71	Marjorie	144
72	June	141
73	Jane	140
74	Charlotte	138
74	Jeanette	138
74	Josephine	138
77	Anna	135
77	Carmen	135
79	Louise	129
80	Katherine	127
81	Suzanne	122
82	Catherine	119
82	Charlene	119
84	Jo	116
85	Rachel	114
85	Rita	114
87	Juanita	112
88	Patsy	111
89	Anne	109
90	Marcia	108
91	Wanda	106
92	Lorraine	103
92	Lupe	103
94	Kay	102
95	Lillian	101
96	Sue	100
97	Marian	98
98	Kathryn	97
99	Jeanne	96
100	Laura	95
100	Paula	95