Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,795
2	Barbara	1,454
3	Joan	1,081
4	Dorothy	865
5	Patricia	626
6	Margaret	620
7	Jean	606
8	Helen	596
9	Elizabeth	545
10	Ruth	536
11	Nancy	490
12	Lorraine	478
13	Shirley	464
14	Marilyn	427
15	Ann	424
16	Claire	422
17	Virginia	415
18	Doris	411
19	Eleanor	400
20	Phyllis	382
21	Marie	373
22	Theresa	370
23	Rita	331
24	Gloria	329
25	Alice	324

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	315
27	Janet	294
28	Frances	288
29	Marjorie	286
30	Pauline	271
31	Catherine	264
32	Jeanne	262
32	Marion	262
34	Anna	258
35	Anne	254
36	Betty	247
37	Norma	243
38	Lillian	242
39	Evelyn	237
40	Louise	230
41	June	229
42	Rose	228
43	Florence	227
44	Constance	226
45	Dolores	206
46	Beverly	201
47	Jane	192
48	Elaine	188
49	Lois	186
50	Joyce	180
51	Grace	173
51	Josephine	173
53	Mildred	165
54	Geraldine	162
55	Eileen	153
56	Joanne	145
57	Carol	139
57	Jacqueline	139
59	Lucille	132
59	Priscilla	132
61	Carolyn	120
61	Kathleen	120
63	Janice	117
64	Beatrice	112
65	Edith	109
65	Jeannette	109
67	Audrey	103
67	Gertrude	103
69	Ethel	101
70	Ellen	100
71	Charlotte	97
71	Sylvia	97
73	Loretta	96
74	Arlene	95
75	Katherine	94
75	Sally	94
77	Marguerite	91
78	Esther	87
78	Gladys	87
78	Muriel	87
81	Edna	86
82	Cynthia	82
82	Natalie	82
84	Bernice	77
85	Elsie	74
86	Agnes	73
87	Martha	70
88	Thelma	69
89	Maureen	68
90	Judith	67
91	Anita	66
92	Laura	65
93	Jeanette	64
94	Teresa	63
95	Estelle	60
95	Roberta	60
97	Marlene	58
97	Therese	58
99	Madeline	55
99	Winifred	55