Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	643
2	Dorothy	396
3	Barbara	349
4	Helen	308
5	Shirley	277
6	Jean	271
7	Margaret	248
8	Elizabeth	227
9	Ruth	207
10	Frances	202
11	Marie	201
12	Doris	191
13	Lorraine	181
14	Theresa	176
15	Eleanor	175
16	Irene	173
17	Rose	169
18	Anna	163
19	Patricia	155
20	Florence	152
21	Marion	151
22	Alice	143
23	Betty	141
24	Gloria	140
25	Josephine	137

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	136
26	Joan	136
28	Virginia	134
29	Ann	126
30	Nancy	125
31	Catherine	111
32	Jane	110
33	Lois	109
33	Rita	109
35	Dolores	106
36	Lillian	105
37	Mildred	102
38	Phyllis	101
39	Louise	95
40	Marjorie	93
41	Anne	86
42	Grace	75
43	June	73
44	Lucille	72
45	Edith	68
46	Beverly	66
46	Norma	66
48	Beatrice	64
49	Marilyn	63
50	Claire	60
51	Gertrude	59
51	Jeanne	59
51	Joyce	59
51	Pauline	59
55	Jennie	58
56	Janet	56
57	Antoinette	55
58	Carol	54
59	Elaine	53
60	Agnes	52
61	Audrey	51
61	Lucy	51
63	Bernice	50
64	Gladys	46
64	Katherine	46
66	Elsie	45
66	Julia	45
68	Ethel	42
68	Marian	42
68	Martha	42
71	Charlotte	41
72	Eileen	40
73	Clara	39
73	Jacqueline	39
75	Rosemary	37
76	Constance	36
76	Edna	36
76	Genevieve	36
76	Kathleen	36
80	Muriel	35
81	Angelina	33
81	Laura	33
83	Janice	31
83	Sally	31
83	Sophie	31
83	Teresa	31
83	Vivian	31
88	Carolyn	29
88	Geraldine	29
88	Madeline	29
88	Olga	29
92	Arlene	28
93	Carmela	27
93	Esther	27
95	Jeanette	26
95	Loretta	26
95	Rosemarie	26
95	Sylvia	26
95	Therese	26
100	Anita	25