Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	552
2	Barbara	421
3	Joan	375
4	Dorothy	327
5	Jean	234
6	Elizabeth	214
7	Helen	203
8	Patricia	201
9	Nancy	185
10	Margaret	176
11	Shirley	172
12	Ann	165
13	Lorraine	154
14	Betty	152
15	Marie	148
16	Dolores	140
17	Ruth	136
18	Frances	130
19	Rose	129
20	Anna	126
20	Irene	126
22	Joyce	124
23	Theresa	122
24	Eleanor	121
25	Virginia	119

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Doris	111
27	Gloria	107
28	Janet	106
29	Evelyn	105
30	Rita	103
31	Marilyn	102
32	Marion	101
33	Alice	97
34	Lois	96
35	Josephine	95
36	Jane	94
37	Catherine	93
38	Lillian	86
39	Phyllis	85
40	Carol	84
41	Beverly	81
41	Louise	81
43	Claire	80
44	Anne	78
45	June	77
46	Grace	75
47	Florence	74
48	Elaine	72
48	Lucille	72
48	Marjorie	72
51	Mildred	63
52	Norma	58
53	Pauline	56
54	Jeanne	51
55	Edith	47
55	Jacqueline	47
57	Geraldine	46
58	Audrey	44
59	Antoinette	43
60	Beatrice	42
60	Carolyn	42
60	Constance	42
63	Arlene	41
64	Charlotte	39
64	Gertrude	39
64	Sally	39
67	Jeanette	38
68	Lucy	36
69	Ethel	35
69	Kathleen	35
71	Anita	34
71	Katherine	34
73	Gladys	33
73	Loretta	33
73	Maureen	33
73	Rosemary	33
77	Judith	32
77	Laura	32
77	Sylvia	32
80	Bernice	31
80	Harriet	31
80	Janice	31
83	Ellen	30
83	Jeannette	30
83	Marguerite	30
86	Julia	29
87	Elsie	28
87	Muriel	28
87	Rosemarie	28
90	Agnes	27
90	Marian	27
90	Vivian	27
93	Eileen	26
93	Genevieve	26
93	Natalie	26
93	Roberta	26
97	Angela	25
97	Clara	25
99	Esther	23
99	Jennie	23
99	Martha	23