Most popular girls’ names in Delaware, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	102
2	Barbara	76
3	Joan	57
4	Shirley	55
5	Patricia	51
6	Betty	49
7	Dorothy	39
7	Margaret	39
9	Phyllis	32
10	Nancy	30
11	Helen	26
12	Carolyn	22
12	Janet	22
14	Alice	21
15	Doris	20
15	Jean	20
15	Marie	20
18	Dolores	19
18	Elizabeth	19
18	Virginia	19
21	Ann	17
22	Ruth	16
23	Catherine	15
23	Grace	15
23	Lois	15

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlotte	14
26	Eleanor	14
28	Carol	13
28	Frances	13
28	Janice	13
28	Joyce	13
28	Norma	13
33	Elaine	11
33	Jeanette	11
33	Loretta	11
33	Martha	11
37	Geraldine	10
37	Jacqueline	10
37	Jane	10
37	Joanne	10
37	Theresa	10
42	Anna	9
42	Edna	9
42	Ellen	9
42	Esther	9
42	Gladys	9
42	Kathryn	9
42	Louise	9
42	Patsy	9
42	Sandra	9
51	Anne	8
51	Ethel	8
51	Evelyn	8
51	Florence	8
51	Josephine	8
51	June	8
51	Marjorie	8
51	Mildred	8
51	Rose	8
51	Sylvia	8
61	Beverly	7
61	Delores	7
61	Edith	7
61	Roberta	7
65	Bernice	6
65	Bertha	6
65	Clara	6
65	Gloria	6
65	Marian	6
65	Pearl	6
65	Sarah	6
72	Annie	5
72	Beatrice	5
72	Blanche	5
72	Christine	5
72	Irene	5
72	Judith	5
72	Kay	5
72	Lillian	5
72	Lorraine	5
72	Marguerite	5
72	Marion	5
72	Marlene	5
72	Peggy	5
72	Rita	5
72	Rosemarie	5
72	Suzanne	5
72	Yvonne	5