Most popular girls’ names in California, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,875
2	Barbara	1,728
3	Patricia	1,425
4	Carol	1,050
5	Nancy	773
6	Betty	694
7	Shirley	674
8	Joan	651
9	Donna	610
10	Marilyn	600
11	Margaret	580
12	Sandra	560
13	Sharon	558
14	Beverly	553
15	Linda	517
16	Virginia	485
17	Diane	479
18	Judith	465
19	Joyce	452
20	Janet	449
21	Dorothy	443
22	Helen	433
23	Carolyn	404
24	Gloria	397
25	Frances	383

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	370
27	Judy	356
28	Alice	336
29	Carole	319
30	Norma	296
31	Dolores	294
32	Darlene	291
33	Elizabeth	290
34	Sally	286
35	Jean	285
36	Susan	271
37	Ann	264
38	Joanne	253
39	Marlene	252
40	Phyllis	245
41	Roberta	244
42	Ruth	241
43	Irene	232
44	Rosalie	230
45	Marie	229
46	Kathleen	228
46	Lois	228
48	Martha	224
49	Rose	216
50	Jacqueline	214
51	Arlene	210
52	Karen	206
53	Doris	205
54	Loretta	204
55	Eleanor	201
55	Evelyn	201
57	Elaine	198
58	Deanna	197
59	Pat	194
60	Geraldine	184
60	Maria	184
60	Sylvia	184
63	Marjorie	183
64	Esther	182
65	Gail	177
66	Anita	174
67	Bonnie	173
67	Joann	173
69	Peggy	172
70	Yvonne	167
71	Diana	165
72	Carmen	161
73	Wanda	150
74	Connie	146
75	Jane	145
76	Josephine	139
77	Charlene	136
78	Louise	134
79	Catherine	132
79	Jeanette	132
81	Lorraine	127
82	Lupe	126
83	Jo	125
83	Marcia	125
85	Patsy	124
86	June	123
87	Suzanne	122
88	Rachel	119
89	Anne	115
90	Charlotte	112
90	Kay	112
92	Laura	108
93	Anna	107
94	Katherine	104
94	Pauline	104
96	Margie	103
97	Rita	102
97	Sheila	102
97	Sue	102
100	Juanita	101
100	Marian	101