Most popular girls’ names in Florida, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	816
2	Betty	544
3	Barbara	484
4	Shirley	351
5	Dorothy	299
6	Patricia	284
7	Martha	180
8	Margaret	178
9	Carolyn	170
10	Frances	157
10	Joyce	157
12	Nancy	149
13	Annie	148
14	Helen	143
15	Elizabeth	141
16	Joan	123
17	Doris	117
18	Sylvia	116
19	Evelyn	115
19	Gloria	115
21	Virginia	114
22	Jean	110
23	Juanita	105
24	Sandra	103
25	Carol	100

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	99
27	Ruth	93
28	Peggy	88
28	Willie	88
30	Sarah	87
31	Ruby	85
32	Ann	81
33	Thelma	78
34	Lillie	75
35	Edna	73
36	Lois	72
36	Louise	72
38	Jeanette	70
39	Ethel	69
39	Rosa	69
41	Mildred	68
41	Norma	68
43	Yvonne	66
44	Beverly	65
45	Emma	59
46	Catherine	57
47	Bertha	56
48	Delores	55
49	Jo	54
49	Minnie	54
51	Annette	53
51	Hazel	53
51	Marilyn	53
51	Rose	53
51	Vivian	53
56	Marjorie	51
57	Bernice	49
57	Gladys	49
57	Marie	49
60	Geraldine	48
60	Janice	48
60	June	48
63	Johnnie	47
63	Julia	47
65	Florence	46
65	Jane	46
65	Lillian	46
65	Nellie	46
65	Patsy	46
70	Charlotte	45
70	Mattie	45
72	Ida	44
73	Laura	43
74	Josephine	42
74	Katherine	42
74	Sara	42
74	Wanda	42
78	Daisy	41
78	Vera	41
80	Bobbie	40
80	Gwendolyn	40
80	Janet	40
80	Sue	40
84	Bonnie	39
84	Edith	39
86	Anna	38
86	Dolores	38
86	Jacqueline	38
86	Mae	38
86	Phyllis	38
91	Bessie	37
91	Ella	37
91	Eva	37
91	Irene	37
91	Jessie	37
96	Margie	36
97	Bettye	35
97	Joann	35
99	Christine	34
99	Eleanor	34
99	Grace	34
99	Joanne	34
99	Kay	34