Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,507
2	Barbara	1,354
3	Joan	1,123
4	Patricia	909
5	Shirley	675
6	Dorothy	639
7	Nancy	573
8	Jean	533
9	Margaret	530
10	Elizabeth	504
11	Ann	483
12	Carol	432
12	Helen	432
14	Janet	391
15	Marilyn	387
16	Lorraine	386
17	Ruth	370
18	Eleanor	330
19	Claire	320
20	Virginia	311
21	Phyllis	304
22	Marie	303
23	Beverly	296
24	Doris	286
25	Theresa	281

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	271
27	Anne	262
28	Alice	259
29	Pauline	251
30	Jane	249
31	Rita	232
32	Catherine	229
33	Joanne	224
34	Elaine	223
35	Marjorie	214
36	Betty	209
37	Judith	208
38	Constance	206
39	Anna	201
40	Irene	197
41	Gloria	195
42	Carolyn	192
43	Louise	191
44	June	188
45	Jeanne	181
46	Lois	180
46	Rose	180
48	Norma	178
49	Carole	171
50	Dolores	169
51	Jacqueline	168
52	Joyce	167
53	Marion	161
54	Florence	159
55	Lillian	151
56	Evelyn	149
56	Geraldine	149
58	Janice	148
59	Kathleen	141
60	Arlene	135
61	Eileen	133
61	Sylvia	133
63	Cynthia	127
64	Maureen	124
65	Priscilla	122
66	Ellen	116
67	Sally	114
68	Grace	111
69	Lucille	110
69	Sandra	110
71	Josephine	109
72	Mildred	108
73	Jeannette	106
74	Charlotte	96
75	Audrey	90
75	Loretta	90
77	Beatrice	89
77	Roberta	89
79	Martha	88
80	Edith	87
81	Gertrude	85
82	Natalie	84
83	Gail	80
83	Marcia	80
85	Katherine	78
86	Muriel	65
87	Rosemary	64
88	Agnes	63
88	Susan	63
90	Diane	62
90	Gladys	62
90	Lucy	62
90	Marguerite	62
94	Bernice	60
95	Jeanette	59
96	Marlene	58
97	Edna	57
98	Esther	54
99	Paula	52
100	Anita	51