Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	347
2	Barbara	340
3	Patricia	197
4	Margaret	155
5	Joan	138
6	Shirley	115
7	Nancy	110
8	Jean	98
9	Dorothy	96
10	Carol	95
11	Betty	94
12	Elizabeth	93
13	Joyce	86
14	Helen	71
15	Sandra	56
16	Janet	55
17	Doris	54
18	Delores	52
19	Frances	51
20	Judith	50
21	Ann	48
21	Beverly	48
23	Gloria	46
24	Carolyn	45
25	Catherine	44

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anne	43
26	Marie	43
28	Ruth	41
29	Yvonne	40
30	Phyllis	38
30	Sylvia	38
32	Alice	36
33	Susan	35
33	Virginia	35
35	Carole	34
35	Joanne	34
37	Geraldine	33
37	Jane	33
37	Janice	33
40	Jacqueline	32
41	Martha	31
42	Charlotte	30
42	Mildred	30
44	Linda	28
45	Eleanor	26
45	Evelyn	26
45	Sarah	26
48	Bernice	25
48	June	25
48	Roberta	25
51	Peggy	24
51	Rita	24
53	Diane	23
53	Dolores	23
53	Donna	23
53	Marjorie	23
57	Constance	22
57	Kathleen	22
57	Marlene	22
57	Rose	22
61	Elaine	21
61	Ellen	21
61	Jeanette	21
61	Pauline	21
65	Florence	20
65	Irene	20
65	Katherine	20
68	Gail	19
68	Juanita	19
68	Judy	19
68	Norma	19
68	Sally	19
73	Anita	18
73	Arlene	18
73	Audrey	18
73	Christine	18
73	Louise	18
73	Vivian	18
79	Elsie	17
79	Gladys	17
79	Grace	17
79	Harriet	17
79	Julia	17
79	Kathryn	17
79	Marcia	17
79	Marian	17
79	Marion	17
79	Suzanne	17
89	Josephine	16
89	Lillian	16
89	Rosalie	16
89	Theresa	16
93	Esther	14
93	Laura	14
93	Marguerite	14
93	Marilyn	14
93	Maxine	14
93	Thelma	14
99	Eileen	13
99	Ethel	13
99	Karen	13
99	Lois	13