Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,962
2	Barbara	1,391
3	Dorothy	1,023
4	Joan	800
5	Jean	694
6	Helen	674
7	Margaret	626
8	Patricia	623
9	Ruth	600
10	Elizabeth	556
11	Shirley	517
12	Lorraine	499
13	Theresa	479
14	Marie	468
15	Virginia	467
16	Doris	462
17	Rita	451
18	Nancy	439
19	Eleanor	434
20	Claire	416
21	Alice	410
22	Ann	409
23	Marilyn	396
24	Phyllis	367
25	Irene	360

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	327
27	Gloria	320
28	Pauline	314
29	Marjorie	304
30	Florence	285
31	Catherine	283
32	Evelyn	281
33	Rose	277
34	Louise	276
35	Janet	275
36	Anna	270
37	Anne	269
38	Betty	268
39	Marion	263
40	Dolores	247
41	Lillian	236
42	Jeanne	228
43	Jane	222
44	Beverly	215
45	June	214
46	Norma	213
47	Lois	205
48	Josephine	204
49	Mildred	203
50	Eileen	182
51	Elaine	172
52	Grace	166
53	Jacqueline	159
54	Geraldine	153
55	Joyce	150
56	Constance	143
57	Priscilla	138
58	Jeannette	135
59	Lucille	133
60	Carolyn	130
60	Kathleen	130
62	Carol	129
63	Gertrude	124
64	Beatrice	120
64	Edith	120
66	Joanne	118
67	Charlotte	115
68	Marguerite	112
69	Audrey	111
69	Muriel	111
71	Arlene	108
72	Esther	103
72	Sally	103
74	Agnes	100
75	Janice	98
76	Gladys	96
77	Edna	95
77	Ellen	95
77	Martha	95
80	Bernice	92
80	Katherine	92
82	Anita	85
83	Natalie	84
84	Rosemary	82
85	Ethel	80
86	Thelma	77
87	Judith	75
88	Loretta	74
88	Lucy	74
88	Therese	74
91	Christine	71
92	Jeanette	69
93	Teresa	68
94	Sylvia	66
95	Madeline	65
96	Dorothea	63
97	Harriet	62
97	Jennie	62
99	Cynthia	61
100	Hazel	60
100	Julia	60