Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	995
2	Betty	501
3	Dorothy	378
4	Margaret	348
5	Joan	292
6	Shirley	282
7	Doris	278
8	Helen	269
9	Barbara	230
10	Patricia	212
11	Ruth	210
12	Dolores	189
13	Jean	178
14	Nancy	173
15	Elizabeth	171
16	Anna	164
17	Frances	159
18	Virginia	149
19	Evelyn	147
20	Gloria	146
21	Catherine	143
22	Alice	126
23	Mildred	125
24	Delores	103
25	June	101

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joyce	100
27	Charlotte	96
28	Geraldine	93
28	Janet	93
30	Lois	92
31	Phyllis	86
32	Marie	83
33	Peggy	82
34	Audrey	81
35	Ann	80
35	Rose	80
35	Thelma	80
38	Martha	79
39	Lillian	78
40	Norma	76
41	Louise	75
42	Gladys	74
42	Lorraine	74
44	Jane	73
45	Carolyn	72
46	Eleanor	70
47	Florence	69
48	Ethel	64
49	Edna	62
50	Edith	61
51	Theresa	60
52	Grace	59
52	Sarah	59
54	Josephine	58
55	Elaine	56
56	Rita	55
57	Irene	54
58	Agnes	52
58	Marlene	52
60	Beverly	50
60	Katherine	50
60	Rosalie	50
63	Bernice	49
64	Constance	48
64	Emma	48
64	Jacqueline	48
64	Marjorie	48
68	Clara	45
68	Ella	45
70	Anne	43
70	Hazel	43
70	Marian	43
70	Sylvia	43
74	Hilda	42
74	Ida	42
74	Marilyn	42
77	Juanita	40
78	Elsie	38
78	Gertrude	38
78	Pauline	38
81	Beatrice	37
81	Marion	37
83	Kathleen	36
84	Esther	35
85	Annie	34
85	Vivian	34
87	Anita	33
87	Bertha	33
87	Eileen	33
87	Lucille	33
91	Carol	32
91	Laura	32
93	Julia	31
93	Naomi	31
95	Ellen	30
95	Janice	30
95	Joanne	30
95	Loretta	30
99	Mabel	29
99	Nellie	29