Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	325
2	Barbara	258
3	Shirley	251
4	Patricia	158
5	Joan	125
6	Betty	104
7	Dorothy	103
8	Margaret	98
9	Nancy	90
10	Jean	87
11	Doris	83
12	Elizabeth	66
12	Helen	66
14	Delores	65
15	Ann	60
16	Janet	49
16	Joyce	49
18	Frances	47
18	Ruth	47
20	Gloria	46
21	Dolores	37
22	Evelyn	36
22	Sylvia	36
24	Virginia	35
25	Carolyn	33

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anne	31
26	Carol	31
28	Alice	30
28	Phyllis	30
30	Mildred	29
31	June	27
31	Marie	27
31	Martha	27
34	Jane	26
34	Juanita	26
36	Catherine	25
36	Constance	25
38	Geraldine	24
38	Jacqueline	24
38	Joanne	24
41	Audrey	23
41	Beverly	23
41	Eleanor	23
41	Rose	23
41	Yvonne	23
46	Lois	22
46	Louise	22
46	Norma	22
49	Judith	21
50	Marjorie	20
50	Sally	20
52	Elaine	19
52	Elsie	19
52	Florence	19
52	Grace	19
52	Sandra	19
57	Ellen	18
57	Lorraine	18
57	Marion	18
57	Peggy	18
57	Roberta	18
62	Anna	17
62	Ethel	17
62	Vivian	17
65	Charlotte	16
65	Edna	16
65	Rita	16
65	Susan	16
69	Lillian	15
69	Marlene	15
71	Beatrice	14
71	Kathleen	14
71	Marilyn	14
71	Thelma	14
75	Bernice	13
75	Diane	13
75	Gwendolyn	13
75	Julia	13
75	Katherine	13
80	Agnes	12
80	Carole	12
80	Josephine	12
80	Loretta	12
80	Lucille	12
80	Suzanne	12
80	Theresa	12
87	Ida	11
87	Irene	11
87	Naomi	11
87	Sarah	11
87	Sheila	11
92	Arlene	10
92	Christine	10
92	Edith	10
92	Eileen	10
92	Emma	10
92	Harriet	10
92	Jeanette	10
92	Marcia	10
92	Rosemary	10