Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	330
2	Barbara	329
3	Patricia	194
4	Shirley	153
5	Joan	138
6	Nancy	115
7	Jean	114
7	Margaret	114
9	Betty	99
10	Elizabeth	86
11	Helen	85
12	Dorothy	84
13	Carol	69
13	Doris	69
15	Joyce	67
16	Ann	60
16	Frances	60
18	Virginia	56
19	Delores	52
19	Gloria	52
21	Marie	45
21	Ruth	45
23	Yvonne	42
24	Sandra	41
25	Janet	39

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jacqueline	38
26	Judith	38
28	Carolyn	37
28	Evelyn	37
30	Mildred	36
30	Sylvia	36
32	Eleanor	35
32	June	35
32	Martha	35
32	Peggy	35
36	Anne	33
36	Catherine	33
38	Beverly	32
39	Jane	31
40	Florence	30
40	Juanita	30
42	Elaine	29
43	Alice	28
43	Lois	28
45	Anna	27
45	Dolores	27
45	Marjorie	27
48	Constance	26
48	Louise	26
48	Phyllis	26
51	Grace	25
52	Diane	24
52	Joanne	24
52	Linda	24
52	Rose	24
56	Edith	22
56	Thelma	22
58	Carole	21
58	Charlotte	21
58	Ellen	21
58	Geraldine	21
58	Gladys	21
58	Katherine	21
58	Roberta	21
65	Audrey	20
65	Theresa	20
67	Anita	19
67	Donna	19
67	Ethel	19
67	Janice	19
67	Marion	19
67	Norma	19
73	Kay	18
73	Lorraine	18
73	Marilyn	18
73	Sally	18
73	Vivian	18
78	Gail	17
78	Kathleen	17
80	Irene	16
80	Jeanette	16
80	Jeanne	16
83	Marlene	15
83	Sheila	15
85	Arlene	14
85	Joann	14
85	Marcia	14
85	Sarah	14
89	Margie	13
89	Paula	13
89	Susan	13
92	Annie	12
92	Christine	12
92	Eileen	12
95	Agnes	11
95	Elsie	11
95	Emily	11
95	Hazel	11
95	Lillian	11
95	Loretta	11
95	Lucy	11
95	Marian	11
95	Sue	11