Most popular girls’ names in Maryland, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	847
2	Barbara	498
3	Patricia	422
4	Shirley	339
5	Nancy	326
6	Joan	298
7	Margaret	289
8	Betty	287
9	Dorothy	228
10	Catherine	181
10	Elizabeth	181
12	Helen	163
13	Joyce	156
14	Carol	155
15	Frances	144
16	Carolyn	143
17	Ruth	142
18	Doris	133
19	Beverly	126
20	Janet	122
21	Jean	119
21	Phyllis	119
23	Virginia	113
24	Judith	111
25	Sandra	107

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	100
27	Marie	96
28	Anna	94
29	Ann	91
30	Alice	89
31	Delores	84
32	Linda	78
33	Elaine	76
33	Evelyn	76
33	Lois	76
36	Charlotte	75
36	Geraldine	75
38	Eleanor	72
38	Mildred	72
40	Martha	68
41	Rose	67
42	Janice	64
43	Donna	63
44	Marlene	62
45	Constance	61
46	Norma	60
46	Peggy	60
48	Carole	59
49	Rosalie	58
50	June	57
50	Loretta	57
52	Dolores	56
52	Jane	56
52	Katherine	56
52	Susan	56
52	Sylvia	56
57	Thelma	53
58	Audrey	51
58	Ethel	51
58	Jacqueline	51
61	Brenda	49
61	Louise	49
63	Anne	48
63	Kathleen	48
65	Sarah	46
66	Theresa	45
67	Esther	43
68	Agnes	42
68	Edna	42
70	Ellen	41
70	Gladys	41
70	Irene	41
70	Joann	41
70	Roberta	41
75	Edith	39
75	Florence	39
75	Joanne	39
75	Lillian	39
79	Diane	38
79	Laura	38
79	Patsy	38
82	Lorraine	37
83	Anita	36
83	Elsie	36
83	Yvonne	36
86	Grace	35
86	Marian	35
88	Josephine	34
88	Julia	34
88	Rita	34
88	Sally	34
92	Marion	33
92	Marjorie	33
94	Beatrice	32
94	Bertha	32
94	Vivian	32
97	Bonnie	31
97	Clara	31
97	Ella	31
97	Pauline	31