Most popular girls’ names in Delaware, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	98
2	Barbara	79
3	Patricia	56
4	Joan	50
5	Betty	49
6	Doris	37
6	Dorothy	37
6	Nancy	37
9	Janet	34
9	Margaret	34
11	Shirley	33
12	Phyllis	32
13	Ruth	29
14	Helen	25
15	Ann	24
15	Elizabeth	24
15	Frances	24
18	Virginia	21
19	Carol	18
19	Carolyn	18
19	Joanne	18
22	Catherine	17
23	Eleanor	16
23	Joyce	16
25	Alice	15

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Janice	15
25	Jean	15
28	Irene	14
28	Norma	14
30	Ellen	13
30	Jane	13
30	Marie	13
33	Charlotte	12
33	Dolores	12
33	Evelyn	12
33	Loretta	12
37	Elaine	11
37	Ethel	11
37	Geraldine	11
37	Sandra	11
41	Anna	10
41	Beverly	10
41	Lorraine	10
41	Marlene	10
45	Arlene	9
45	Bernice	9
45	Edna	9
45	Kay	9
45	Louise	9
45	Peggy	9
45	Thelma	9
45	Yvonne	9
53	Carole	8
53	Gloria	8
53	Grace	8
53	Josephine	8
53	Lois	8
53	Sally	8
53	Sarah	8
60	Audrey	7
60	Clara	7
60	Constance	7
60	Edith	7
60	Esther	7
60	Florence	7
60	Jeanette	7
60	Marjorie	7
60	Martha	7
60	Pauline	7
60	Pearl	7
60	Sara	7
60	Sylvia	7
73	Angela	6
73	Anne	6
73	Caroline	6
73	Connie	6
73	Delores	6
73	Eileen	6
73	Gladys	6
73	Joann	6
73	Kathleen	6
73	Marion	6
73	Mildred	6
73	Patsy	6
73	Rebecca	6
73	Suzanne	6
87	Agnes	5
87	Anita	5
87	Beatrice	5
87	Christine	5
87	Harriet	5
87	Jacqueline	5
87	June	5
87	Katherine	5
87	Leona	5
87	Rachel	5
87	Rose	5
87	Susan	5
87	Theresa	5