Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,513
2	Barbara	1,439
3	Joan	1,142
4	Dorothy	743
5	Patricia	725
6	Jean	587
7	Nancy	527
8	Margaret	515
9	Ann	509
10	Elizabeth	473
11	Helen	465
12	Lorraine	417
13	Shirley	403
14	Ruth	402
15	Marilyn	393
16	Eleanor	367
17	Janet	353
18	Marie	343
19	Claire	331
19	Phyllis	331
21	Doris	319
22	Beverly	309
23	Anne	305
24	Carol	300
25	Virginia	270

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	269
27	Rita	266
28	Irene	262
29	Frances	261
30	Theresa	253
31	Marjorie	245
32	Pauline	233
33	June	228
34	Gloria	225
35	Betty	223
36	Jane	220
37	Catherine	217
38	Marion	215
39	Constance	210
40	Elaine	209
41	Lois	208
42	Joyce	195
42	Rose	195
44	Evelyn	190
45	Lillian	189
45	Louise	189
47	Joanne	182
48	Norma	179
49	Anna	176
50	Dolores	175
51	Florence	173
52	Jeanne	162
53	Geraldine	156
54	Judith	153
55	Kathleen	149
56	Jacqueline	143
57	Carole	141
58	Sylvia	138
59	Eileen	134
60	Janice	133
61	Priscilla	127
62	Maureen	125
63	Carolyn	122
63	Josephine	122
65	Sally	121
66	Grace	117
67	Jeannette	111
68	Martha	106
69	Audrey	105
69	Mildred	105
71	Arlene	94
72	Ellen	93
72	Lucille	93
74	Charlotte	90
74	Cynthia	90
76	Beatrice	89
77	Edith	86
78	Rosemary	84
79	Marguerite	83
80	Marlene	77
81	Katherine	76
82	Roberta	72
83	Ethel	71
84	Muriel	70
85	Marcia	65
86	Natalie	63
87	Jeanette	62
87	Laura	62
89	Gertrude	61
89	Loretta	61
89	Susan	61
92	Edna	60
93	Sandra	59
94	Esther	58
95	Diane	57
96	Julia	56
97	Gladys	55
98	Agnes	54
98	Anita	54
98	Annette	54