Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,424
2	Barbara	1,274
3	Joan	1,094
4	Patricia	1,044
5	Shirley	939
6	Dorothy	609
7	Nancy	562
8	Ann	515
9	Jean	490
10	Margaret	483
11	Carol	458
12	Elizabeth	445
13	Helen	390
14	Janet	371
15	Lorraine	365
16	Marie	354
17	Marilyn	352
18	Judith	346
19	Beverly	333
20	Ruth	325
21	Anne	298
22	Elaine	293
23	Eleanor	292
24	Phyllis	290
25	Alice	289

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jane	286
27	Virginia	283
28	Frances	278
29	Claire	264
30	Catherine	223
31	Marjorie	221
32	Joanne	220
33	Pauline	212
34	Doris	206
35	Rita	199
36	Dolores	198
37	Carolyn	197
38	Betty	196
39	Theresa	194
40	Irene	188
41	Janice	187
42	Lois	186
42	Sandra	186
44	Jacqueline	179
45	Jeanne	174
46	Gloria	173
47	Louise	172
47	Marion	172
49	Constance	170
50	Joyce	169
51	Evelyn	162
52	June	161
53	Kathleen	157
54	Roberta	152
55	Rose	151
56	Carole	149
57	Geraldine	147
58	Sylvia	144
59	Maureen	141
60	Florence	136
61	Eileen	131
62	Anna	123
62	Charlotte	123
64	Arlene	122
65	Lillian	120
66	Grace	118
67	Sally	117
68	Priscilla	115
69	Ellen	113
69	Gail	113
71	Sheila	111
72	Cynthia	108
72	Lucille	108
74	Josephine	105
75	Norma	102
76	Martha	98
77	Katherine	93
78	Marcia	91
78	Mildred	91
80	Diane	90
81	Audrey	89
82	Loretta	86
83	Marlene	84
84	Gertrude	83
85	Jeannette	79
86	Annette	75
87	Edith	73
88	Rosemary	67
89	Beatrice	64
89	Harriet	64
91	Esther	63
91	Marguerite	63
93	Susan	61
94	Rosemarie	60
95	Anita	59
96	Muriel	58
96	Natalie	58
98	Edna	56
99	Bernice	53
99	Laura	53