Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,326
2	Barbara	698
3	Betty	693
4	Shirley	565
5	Dorothy	499
6	Gloria	298
7	Joyce	282
8	Patricia	275
9	Carolyn	220
10	Helen	219
11	Margaret	214
12	Annie	207
13	Marie	196
14	Rose	195
15	Geraldine	192
16	Martha	184
17	Elizabeth	182
18	Alice	177
19	Beverly	173
19	Doris	173
21	Audrey	163
21	Evelyn	163
23	Anna	162
23	Frances	162
25	Ruby	159

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carol	157
27	Patsy	148
28	Virginia	147
29	Sylvia	145
30	Mildred	142
31	Ethel	139
32	Ruth	133
33	Lillie	130
34	Peggy	127
35	Catherine	125
36	Lois	124
36	Willie	124
38	Yvonne	121
39	Bobbie	118
40	Janice	117
41	Louise	116
42	Ann	115
42	Dolores	115
42	Joan	115
45	Clara	113
46	Jean	112
47	Norma	110
48	Ella	106
48	Rita	106
50	Jo	105
50	Theresa	105
52	Emma	102
53	Edna	100
54	Juanita	99
55	Gladys	98
56	Hazel	96
57	Thelma	95
58	Jessie	94
59	Bertha	92
59	Nancy	92
61	Linda	91
61	Lucille	91
63	Wanda	90
64	Laura	89
64	Rosa	89
66	Elaine	85
67	Jeanette	83
68	Jane	81
69	Margie	79
69	Sarah	79
71	Delores	78
71	Josephine	78
73	Rosie	77
74	Eva	75
75	Bernice	73
75	Ida	73
75	Marilyn	73
75	Marjorie	73
79	Bessie	72
79	Bonnie	72
79	Irene	72
82	Billie	71
83	Jacqueline	70
83	Mattie	70
85	Katherine	69
85	Sandra	69
87	Loretta	68
88	Florence	67
88	Melba	67
88	Velma	67
91	Lillian	66
92	Gail	65
93	Carrie	64
93	Vera	64
95	Janet	63
95	Judith	63
97	Joann	61
98	Irma	59
99	Joy	58
99	June	58