Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,728
2	Barbara	1,656
3	Joan	1,168
4	Dorothy	803
5	Patricia	747
6	Jean	606
7	Margaret	554
8	Elizabeth	539
9	Ann	528
10	Helen	516
11	Nancy	506
12	Shirley	455
13	Lorraine	444
14	Ruth	430
15	Marilyn	406
16	Claire	403
17	Doris	355
18	Eleanor	346
18	Virginia	346
20	Marie	344
21	Phyllis	332
22	Frances	323
23	Rita	318
24	Alice	315
25	Theresa	306

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janet	297
27	Beverly	291
28	Irene	288
29	Pauline	283
30	Gloria	275
31	Anne	264
32	Marjorie	260
33	Constance	251
34	Catherine	247
35	Louise	244
36	Jane	242
37	Marion	236
38	Anna	232
38	Dolores	232
40	Rose	230
41	Evelyn	225
42	Carol	213
43	Betty	211
43	Norma	211
45	Jeanne	210
46	Joyce	209
46	Lois	209
48	Florence	198
49	Lillian	194
50	June	193
51	Elaine	188
52	Joanne	186
53	Jacqueline	180
54	Geraldine	168
55	Mildred	159
56	Carolyn	153
57	Grace	148
58	Josephine	144
59	Kathleen	141
59	Priscilla	141
61	Lucille	139
62	Jeannette	133
63	Janice	130
64	Audrey	124
65	Gertrude	117
66	Muriel	115
67	Eileen	114
68	Arlene	113
68	Charlotte	113
70	Judith	110
71	Beatrice	109
72	Sylvia	107
73	Ellen	97
73	Sally	97
75	Bernice	92
75	Katherine	92
77	Carole	91
77	Edith	91
79	Natalie	86
80	Roberta	85
81	Maureen	82
82	Marcia	79
83	Marguerite	77
84	Ethel	75
85	Anita	73
85	Jeanette	73
85	Martha	73
88	Christine	72
88	Esther	72
88	Loretta	72
88	Marlene	72
88	Thelma	72
93	Diane	71
94	Gladys	70
95	Edna	69
96	Rosemary	68
97	Cynthia	66
98	Agnes	62
99	Harriet	60
100	Laura	56