Most popular girls’ names in Delaware, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	109
2	Mary	96
3	Patricia	58
4	Shirley	49
5	Doris	43
5	Margaret	43
7	Betty	37
8	Nancy	34
9	Joan	33
10	Dorothy	30
10	Janet	30
10	Marie	30
13	Sandra	27
14	Joyce	26
15	Elizabeth	25
16	Frances	24
16	Ruth	24
18	Joanne	23
18	Virginia	23
20	Jean	21
21	Alice	19
21	Carol	19
21	Catherine	19
21	Phyllis	19
25	Carolyn	18

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Helen	18
27	Anna	17
28	Charlotte	16
28	Lois	16
30	Jacqueline	15
30	Kathleen	15
32	Eleanor	14
32	Judith	14
32	Loretta	14
35	Elaine	13
35	June	13
35	Marion	13
38	Irene	12
38	Louise	12
38	Pauline	12
38	Rosalie	12
42	Ann	11
42	Constance	11
42	Grace	11
45	Bernice	10
45	Marlene	10
47	Agnes	9
47	Anne	9
47	Beverly	9
47	Jane	9
47	Janice	9
47	Josephine	9
47	Martha	9
47	Peggy	9
47	Sylvia	9
47	Thelma	9
57	Anita	8
57	Arlene	8
57	Carole	8
57	Delores	8
57	Diane	8
57	Gail	8
57	Rose	8
57	Sarah	8
65	Cynthia	7
65	Edith	7
65	Eileen	7
65	Ellen	7
65	Florence	7
65	Geraldine	7
65	Gloria	7
65	Katherine	7
65	Marjorie	7
65	Maryann	7
65	Mildred	7
65	Yvonne	7
77	Bertha	6
77	Clara	6
77	Emma	6
77	Evelyn	6
77	Jeanette	6
77	Lillian	6
77	Marcia	6
77	Norma	6
77	Roberta	6
77	Sally	6
87	Audrey	5
87	Dolores	5
87	Ethel	5
87	Jeannette	5
87	Joann	5
87	Leona	5
87	Lorraine	5
87	Lucille	5
87	Mabel	5
87	Marian	5
87	Marilyn	5
87	Sara	5