Most popular girls’ names in Delaware, 1939

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	82
3	Patricia	68
4	Joyce	48
5	Dorothy	46
6	Margaret	45
7	Shirley	40
8	Nancy	39
9	Betty	37
10	Carol	34
10	Joan	34
12	Elizabeth	33
12	Janet	33
14	Doris	30
15	Ruth	29
16	Ann	28
16	Virginia	28
18	Phyllis	26
19	Joanne	25
20	Carolyn	24
20	Helen	24
22	Frances	22
22	Sandra	22
24	Judith	19
25	Catherine	18

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	17
26	Janice	17
28	Beverly	16
28	Geraldine	16
30	Elaine	15
31	Eleanor	14
31	Lois	14
31	Marie	14
31	Martha	14
35	Jane	13
36	Anna	12
36	Dolores	12
36	Jean	12
36	Julia	12
36	Louise	12
41	Edna	11
41	Gladys	11
41	Kathleen	11
41	Mildred	11
41	Norma	11
41	Susan	11
47	Charlotte	10
47	Elsie	10
47	Jacqueline	10
47	Loretta	10
47	Lorraine	10
47	Sarah	10
47	Yvonne	10
54	Constance	9
54	Ellen	9
54	Grace	9
54	Judy	9
54	Rose	9
59	Patsy	8
60	Annette	7
60	Delores	7
60	Edith	7
60	Evelyn	7
60	Irene	7
60	Joann	7
60	Josephine	7
60	Paula	7
60	Peggy	7
69	Bernice	6
69	Carole	6
69	Clara	6
69	Diane	6
69	Esther	6
69	Florence	6
69	Gail	6
69	Katherine	6
69	Kathryn	6
69	Kay	6
69	Lillian	6
69	Marion	6
69	Marjorie	6
69	Pauline	6
69	Rita	6
69	Rosalie	6
69	Sally	6
69	Sara	6
69	Sylvia	6
69	Thelma	6
89	Gloria	5
89	Ida	5
89	June	5
89	Marlene	5
89	Maryann	5
89	Sharon	5
89	Theresa	5