Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,298
2	Betty	655
3	Shirley	611
4	Barbara	541
5	Dorothy	527
6	Gloria	309
7	Joyce	286
8	Patricia	249
9	Ruby	230
10	Margaret	225
11	Helen	224
12	Marie	206
13	Rose	193
14	Carolyn	186
14	Doris	186
16	Audrey	185
17	Beverly	180
18	Annie	168
19	Elizabeth	167
20	Ethel	165
21	Geraldine	160
22	Martha	158
23	Willie	156
24	Frances	155
25	Evelyn	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	149
27	Mildred	142
28	Anna	140
29	Virginia	136
30	Ruth	131
31	Lillie	129
31	Yvonne	129
33	Carol	128
34	Joan	127
35	Lois	125
35	Sylvia	125
37	Patsy	124
38	Bobbie	117
39	Edna	116
40	Lucille	113
41	Dolores	112
41	Emma	112
43	Louise	109
43	Peggy	109
45	Norma	102
45	Thelma	102
47	Jean	100
47	Jo	100
47	Juanita	100
50	Theresa	99
51	Jessie	97
52	Clara	94
52	Laura	94
54	Catherine	93
54	Margie	93
54	Rita	93
57	Bertha	92
58	Ella	91
58	Hazel	91
60	Gladys	90
61	Janice	89
62	Velma	86
63	Rosie	84
64	Billie	83
64	Jane	83
66	Nancy	82
67	Sarah	81
68	Delores	80
68	Ida	80
68	Joann	80
68	Marilyn	80
72	Elaine	79
73	Ann	78
73	Jeanette	78
75	Beatrice	77
75	Georgia	77
77	Rosa	76
78	Loretta	75
79	Josephine	74
80	June	72
81	Florence	71
81	Marion	71
83	Eva	70
84	Janet	69
85	Lula	68
86	Carrie	67
86	Irma	67
88	Bernice	66
89	Mattie	64
90	Bessie	63
91	Jacqueline	62
91	Vera	62
93	Wanda	61
94	Alma	60
94	Bonnie	60
94	Lillian	60
97	Katherine	59
97	Marjorie	59
97	Verna	59
100	Glenda	58
100	Sandra	58
100	Vivian	58