Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	293
2	Betty	143
3	Barbara	116
4	Dorothy	111
5	Margaret	98
6	Patricia	93
7	Doris	87
8	Helen	86
9	Elizabeth	78
10	Jean	77
11	Joan	73
12	Dolores	64
13	Nancy	59
14	Shirley	58
15	Catherine	54
15	Frances	54
17	Gloria	52
18	Ruth	45
19	Virginia	44
20	Louise	42
21	Evelyn	40
22	Anne	39
23	Alice	38
23	Lois	38
25	Mildred	36

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	34
27	Delores	33
27	Marie	33
29	June	32
30	Audrey	31
31	Ann	29
31	Jacqueline	29
31	Lillian	29
34	Bernice	28
35	Juanita	27
36	Anna	26
36	Florence	26
36	Joyce	26
39	Marion	25
39	Thelma	25
41	Jeanne	24
41	Norma	24
41	Peggy	24
41	Phyllis	24
45	Sarah	23
46	Grace	22
46	Jane	22
46	Marilyn	22
49	Carolyn	21
49	Eleanor	21
49	Marjorie	21
49	Vivian	21
53	Edna	19
53	Ethel	19
53	Julia	19
56	Joanne	18
56	Martha	18
58	Charlotte	17
58	Lorraine	17
58	Theresa	17
61	Annie	16
61	Gertrude	16
61	Josephine	16
64	Edith	15
64	Ellen	15
64	Esther	15
64	Sylvia	15
68	Constance	14
68	Elaine	14
68	Emma	14
68	Gladys	14
68	Irene	14
68	Katherine	14
68	Yvonne	14
75	Beverly	13
76	Anita	12
76	Carol	12
76	Elsie	12
76	Geraldine	12
76	Kathryn	12
76	Marian	12
76	Rita	12
83	Gwendolyn	11
83	Hazel	11
83	Pauline	11
83	Sally	11
87	Agnes	10
88	Kathleen	9
88	Rosa	9
88	Rosemary	9
88	Sue	9
92	Alma	8
92	Beatrice	8
92	Carrie	8
92	Christine	8
92	Genevieve	8
92	Mabel	8
92	Marguerite	8
92	Regina	8
100	Ella	7
100	Harriet	7
100	Janet	7
100	Jeanette	7
100	Lucille	7
100	Myrtle	7
100	Winifred	7