Most popular girls’ names in California, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,698
2	Barbara	1,619
3	Patricia	1,509
4	Carol	1,109
5	Linda	847
6	Nancy	831
7	Sharon	793
8	Joan	712
9	Judith	702
10	Betty	658
11	Shirley	611
12	Sandra	594
13	Donna	591
14	Marilyn	584
15	Margaret	583
16	Judy	536
17	Diane	505
18	Carolyn	480
18	Virginia	480
20	Beverly	478
21	Dorothy	471
22	Joyce	435
23	Susan	433
24	Janice	417
25	Helen	398

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janet	395
27	Gloria	357
28	Frances	356
29	Carole	334
30	Jean	326
31	Alice	318
32	Sally	288
33	Elizabeth	277
34	Darlene	272
35	Joanne	266
36	Irene	263
37	Kathleen	258
38	Dolores	257
39	Ruth	248
40	Ann	246
41	Norma	240
42	Karen	237
43	Roberta	232
44	Pat	229
45	Evelyn	225
46	Marie	220
47	Bonnie	214
47	Phyllis	214
49	Gail	213
49	Lois	213
51	Martha	197
52	Marlene	195
53	Arlene	194
54	Maria	189
55	Loretta	186
56	Rose	184
57	Elaine	182
58	Eleanor	180
59	Marjorie	179
60	Diana	178
61	Peggy	177
62	Jacqueline	174
62	Joann	174
64	Geraldine	171
64	Sylvia	171
66	Jo	169
67	Anita	168
68	Deanna	166
68	Yvonne	166
70	Esther	165
71	Louise	160
72	Suzanne	159
73	Jane	155
74	Rosalie	154
75	Brenda	151
75	Charlotte	151
77	Connie	150
78	Doris	149
79	Anne	142
80	Carmen	141
81	Juanita	133
82	Josephine	129
83	Anna	128
84	Rita	125
84	Wanda	125
86	Katherine	124
87	Kay	123
88	Charlene	122
88	Patsy	122
90	Marcia	121
90	Sue	121
92	Jeanette	117
92	June	117
94	Lorraine	116
94	Rachel	116
96	Sheila	112
97	Ellen	110
98	Rosemary	106
99	Margie	105
100	Lynn	103