Most popular girls’ names in Florida, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	803
2	Barbara	533
3	Betty	526
4	Shirley	329
5	Patricia	301
6	Dorothy	293
7	Martha	208
8	Carolyn	195
9	Margaret	178
10	Frances	165
11	Annie	161
12	Helen	155
13	Nancy	154
14	Joyce	152
15	Elizabeth	149
16	Sandra	146
17	Gloria	130
18	Evelyn	129
19	Virginia	124
20	Carol	122
21	Sylvia	116
22	Alice	111
22	Doris	111
24	Louise	106
25	Joan	101

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	97
27	Mildred	93
28	Juanita	92
29	Ann	91
30	Ruth	88
31	Ruby	83
32	Peggy	82
33	Beverly	81
33	Norma	81
33	Willie	81
36	Edna	78
37	Catherine	73
37	Geraldine	73
37	Rosa	73
37	Thelma	73
41	Jean	72
42	Delores	68
42	Rose	68
44	Gladys	64
45	Hazel	62
45	Janice	62
47	Judith	61
47	Julia	61
49	Lillian	59
49	Lillie	59
49	Linda	59
52	Annette	58
52	Patsy	58
54	Vivian	57
55	Marjorie	54
56	Laura	53
57	Ethel	52
57	Jane	52
57	Marie	52
57	Vera	52
61	Emma	51
61	Jeanette	51
61	Lois	51
61	Marilyn	51
65	Minnie	50
66	Donna	48
66	Yvonne	48
68	Alma	47
68	Gwendolyn	47
68	Sara	47
71	Charlotte	46
72	Clara	45
73	Jo	44
73	Joann	44
75	Bettye	43
76	Judy	42
76	Margie	42
78	Bertha	41
78	Phyllis	41
78	Susan	41
81	Bobbie	40
81	Eleanor	40
81	Ella	40
81	Ida	40
81	Johnnie	40
81	Sally	40
87	Anna	39
87	Bernice	39
87	Bonnie	39
87	Irene	39
91	Christine	38
91	Edith	38
91	Jacqueline	38
91	June	38
91	Wanda	38
96	Carrie	37
97	Audrey	36
97	Josephine	36
97	Loretta	36
97	Mae	36
97	Nellie	36