Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	366
2	Barbara	354
3	Patricia	259
4	Shirley	143
5	Joan	131
6	Margaret	129
7	Nancy	121
8	Carol	116
9	Dorothy	103
10	Elizabeth	101
11	Joyce	90
12	Betty	89
13	Judith	80
14	Helen	79
15	Frances	78
16	Ann	70
16	Jean	70
18	Sandra	69
19	Gloria	59
20	Ruth	58
21	Doris	57
22	Delores	54
23	Catherine	53
24	Carolyn	52
24	Janet	52

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Linda	49
27	Virginia	48
28	Alice	46
28	Carole	46
30	Anne	45
30	Geraldine	45
30	Phyllis	45
30	Susan	45
34	Diane	41
35	Jane	40
36	Elaine	39
36	Marie	39
38	Beverly	36
38	Joanne	36
38	Kathleen	36
38	Martha	36
38	Yvonne	36
43	Jacqueline	35
43	Norma	35
45	Constance	34
45	Mildred	34
47	Brenda	33
47	Evelyn	33
49	Sylvia	31
50	Donna	30
51	Anna	29
51	Ellen	29
51	Peggy	29
54	Janice	28
54	Katherine	28
56	Eleanor	27
56	Lois	27
56	Marilyn	27
59	Gail	26
59	Juanita	26
59	Marjorie	26
59	Rose	26
63	Judy	25
64	Charlotte	24
64	Jeanne	24
66	Anita	23
67	Edith	22
68	Louise	21
69	Audrey	20
69	Lillian	20
69	Sally	20
72	Dolores	19
72	Elsie	19
72	Marian	19
72	Sarah	19
76	Harriet	18
76	June	18
78	Bernice	17
78	Christine	17
78	Cynthia	17
78	Loretta	17
78	Marion	17
78	Roberta	17
78	Sharon	17
78	Suzanne	17
78	Theresa	17
87	Annette	16
87	Beatrice	16
87	Jeanette	16
87	Julia	16
87	Kathryn	16
92	Florence	15
92	Sheila	15
94	Lorraine	14
94	Ruby	14
94	Thelma	14
97	Arlene	13
97	Irene	13
97	Lynn	13
97	Marcia	13
97	Paula	13
97	Pauline	13
97	Rita	13
97	Sara	13