Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	335
2	Betty	154
3	Margaret	134
4	Dorothy	118
5	Doris	111
6	Helen	95
7	Jean	86
8	Barbara	77
9	Patricia	76
10	Elizabeth	75
11	Shirley	72
12	Frances	68
13	Ruth	59
14	Gloria	55
15	Evelyn	54
16	Catherine	46
17	Nancy	41
18	Alice	40
18	Joan	40
18	Virginia	40
21	Thelma	37
22	Marie	36
23	June	35
23	Louise	35
25	Dolores	34

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	30
26	Mildred	30
28	Audrey	28
28	Rose	28
30	Anne	27
30	Lillian	27
30	Phyllis	27
33	Bernice	26
33	Elaine	26
33	Eleanor	26
33	Marjorie	26
37	Ann	25
37	Grace	25
39	Jeanne	24
40	Anna	23
40	Lois	23
40	Vivian	23
43	Edna	22
43	Katherine	22
45	Marian	21
45	Martha	21
47	Beverly	20
47	Delores	20
47	Lorraine	20
50	Ethel	19
50	Florence	19
50	Gladys	19
53	Jane	18
53	Joyce	18
53	Juanita	18
56	Edith	17
56	Norma	17
56	Peggy	17
56	Theresa	17
60	Agnes	16
60	Annie	16
60	Ellen	16
60	Jacqueline	16
60	Rita	16
65	Geraldine	15
65	Josephine	15
67	Gertrude	14
67	Irene	14
67	Kathleen	14
67	Lucille	14
71	Charlotte	13
71	Constance	13
71	Rosa	13
74	Alberta	12
74	Alma	12
74	Esther	12
74	Hazel	12
74	Kathryn	12
74	Laura	12
74	Sarah	12
81	Carolyn	11
81	Christine	11
81	Elsie	11
81	Janet	11
81	Sylvia	11
86	Blanche	10
86	Pauline	10
86	Ramona	10
86	Viola	10
90	Emma	9
90	Gwendolyn	9
90	Marguerite	9
90	Yvonne	9
94	Beatrice	8
94	Georgia	8
94	Regina	8
94	Rosemary	8
94	Sally	8
94	Vera	8
100	Ada	7
100	Carol	7
100	Clara	7
100	Estelle	7
100	Hattie	7
100	Hilda	7
100	Janice	7
100	Jeanette	7
100	Joanne	7
100	Naomi	7
100	Nellie	7
100	Pearl	7
100	Roberta	7