Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	310
2	Barbara	246
3	Patricia	124
4	Jean	120
4	Joan	120
6	Margaret	108
7	Dorothy	106
8	Shirley	101
9	Betty	96
10	Doris	86
11	Elizabeth	81
12	Helen	78
13	Nancy	70
14	Delores	59
15	Gloria	58
16	Frances	51
16	Ruth	51
18	Evelyn	45
19	Joyce	44
20	Peggy	39
21	Dolores	38
21	Virginia	38
23	Ann	37
24	Alice	36
25	Jane	33

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janet	31
27	Audrey	30
27	Lois	30
27	Rose	30
30	Mildred	29
31	Anna	28
31	Phyllis	28
33	Beverly	26
33	Jeanne	26
33	Juanita	26
33	Lorraine	26
33	Marie	26
38	Eleanor	25
38	Jacqueline	25
38	Lillian	25
41	Catherine	24
42	Marjorie	23
42	Norma	23
42	Sarah	23
45	Anne	22
46	Charlotte	21
46	Florence	21
46	Grace	21
46	Josephine	21
46	June	21
46	Martha	21
52	Carolyn	20
52	Ethel	20
52	Joanne	20
52	Vivian	20
56	Bernice	19
56	Elaine	19
56	Geraldine	19
59	Marilyn	18
59	Pauline	18
59	Thelma	18
62	Constance	17
62	Gladys	17
62	Louise	17
65	Edith	15
65	Sylvia	15
67	Julia	14
67	Rita	14
67	Sally	14
67	Theresa	14
71	Annie	13
71	Ellen	13
71	Elsie	13
71	Irene	13
71	Katherine	13
71	Marian	13
71	Marion	13
78	Agnes	12
78	Beatrice	12
78	Emma	12
78	Lucille	12
78	Margie	12
78	Roberta	12
78	Ruby	12
85	Ida	11
85	Janice	11
87	Carol	10
87	Cora	10
87	Estelle	10
87	Esther	10
87	Gertrude	10
87	Kathleen	10
87	Laura	10
87	Naomi	10
87	Regina	10
96	Bertha	9
96	Edna	9
96	Joann	9
96	Judith	9
96	Loretta	9
96	Marguerite	9
96	Pat	9
96	Patsy	9
96	Rosa	9
96	Sandra	9
96	Yvonne	9