Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,150
2	Barbara	1,272
3	Dorothy	1,110
4	Helen	739
5	Ruth	711
6	Margaret	682
7	Shirley	638
8	Jean	621
9	Doris	614
10	Theresa	608
11	Elizabeth	557
12	Lorraine	552
13	Phyllis	520
14	Patricia	513
15	Virginia	506
16	Eleanor	486
17	Alice	470
18	Marie	467
19	Irene	466
20	Rita	450
21	Claire	411
22	Anna	370
23	Frances	369
24	Marjorie	365
25	Rose	363

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marion	344
27	Evelyn	336
28	Catherine	335
29	Ann	331
30	Lillian	330
31	Gloria	325
32	Florence	322
33	Joan	315
34	Pauline	304
35	Nancy	303
36	Marilyn	296
37	Louise	266
38	Anne	262
39	Betty	255
40	Mildred	244
41	Josephine	243
42	June	239
43	Jane	226
44	Grace	225
45	Jeanne	208
45	Norma	208
47	Elaine	187
48	Eileen	179
49	Lois	176
50	Priscilla	167
51	Beverly	165
52	Gertrude	163
53	Beatrice	159
54	Edith	158
55	Lucille	154
56	Janet	153
57	Muriel	144
58	Constance	139
59	Dolores	137
60	Jacqueline	136
61	Kathleen	135
62	Marguerite	134
63	Therese	132
64	Edna	131
65	Gladys	126
66	Esther	122
67	Charlotte	121
68	Martha	120
68	Thelma	120
70	Geraldine	119
70	Jeannette	119
72	Audrey	116
73	Katherine	115
74	Natalie	113
75	Bernice	111
76	Ethel	109
77	Agnes	107
78	Arlene	103
79	Carolyn	100
80	Carol	99
81	Joyce	96
82	Sylvia	94
83	Ellen	90
84	Lucy	85
85	Janice	82
86	Jennie	81
87	Laura	78
87	Madeline	78
87	Sally	78
90	Anita	76
91	Elsie	71
91	Julia	71
93	Rosemary	70
93	Winifred	70
95	Emily	69
95	Estelle	69
95	Harriet	69
98	Clara	68
98	Teresa	68
100	Angelina	67
100	Genevieve	67
100	Jeanette	67