Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,937
2	Barbara	1,285
3	Dorothy	972
4	Helen	705
5	Jean	658
6	Margaret	657
7	Ruth	656
8	Theresa	565
9	Joan	544
9	Shirley	544
11	Patricia	540
12	Lorraine	528
13	Doris	525
14	Elizabeth	508
15	Phyllis	495
16	Marie	477
17	Eleanor	457
18	Claire	436
19	Rita	432
20	Alice	425
21	Virginia	409
22	Irene	393
23	Ann	387
24	Frances	352
25	Nancy	335

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marjorie	325
27	Gloria	316
28	Rose	311
29	Florence	304
30	Pauline	303
31	Catherine	299
32	Evelyn	298
33	Marilyn	295
34	Anna	284
35	Louise	281
36	Lillian	276
36	Marion	276
38	Betty	253
39	Anne	236
40	Jeanne	234
41	June	228
42	Mildred	226
43	Norma	209
44	Josephine	204
45	Jane	201
46	Beverly	197
47	Dolores	186
48	Eileen	183
49	Grace	182
50	Elaine	179
51	Lois	173
52	Edith	166
53	Priscilla	159
54	Lucille	155
55	Constance	154
56	Beatrice	151
57	Janet	150
58	Geraldine	145
59	Charlotte	142
60	Gertrude	140
61	Jacqueline	135
62	Kathleen	125
63	Jeannette	121
64	Joyce	119
65	Therese	113
66	Carol	112
67	Marguerite	111
68	Audrey	108
68	Joanne	108
68	Muriel	108
71	Sally	103
72	Katherine	102
73	Bernice	100
74	Carolyn	99
74	Ethel	99
74	Natalie	99
77	Sylvia	98
78	Agnes	96
79	Esther	95
80	Thelma	92
81	Gladys	91
81	Martha	91
83	Ellen	89
84	Rosemary	87
85	Edna	86
86	Arlene	81
87	Anita	79
88	Teresa	76
89	Madeline	74
90	Julia	73
91	Lucy	72
92	Harriet	71
92	Laura	71
94	Janice	70
95	Elsie	68
96	Jennie	66
97	Jeanette	62
97	Winifred	62
99	Roberta	61
100	Pearl	60