Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,430
2	Barbara	1,240
3	Joan	1,087
4	Patricia	1,034
5	Carol	682
6	Nancy	667
7	Dorothy	542
8	Shirley	536
9	Margaret	489
10	Ann	467
11	Jean	449
12	Marilyn	422
13	Elizabeth	413
14	Beverly	381
15	Marie	356
16	Helen	348
17	Janet	339
18	Judith	338
19	Elaine	306
20	Eleanor	300
21	Lorraine	296
22	Ruth	280
23	Anne	269
24	Virginia	266
25	Jane	264

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	255
27	Janice	246
28	Claire	241
29	Joanne	236
30	Pauline	232
31	Doris	228
32	Frances	221
33	Sandra	219
34	Alice	217
35	Theresa	216
36	Catherine	214
37	Joyce	209
38	Carole	207
39	Rita	203
40	Irene	197
41	Marjorie	196
42	Carolyn	187
43	Betty	184
43	Louise	184
45	Dolores	172
46	Evelyn	168
47	Jacqueline	167
48	Constance	166
48	Rose	166
50	Maureen	163
51	Gloria	162
51	Lois	162
53	Jeanne	158
54	Roberta	156
55	Eileen	150
55	June	150
57	Sylvia	147
58	Marion	146
59	Gail	145
60	Kathleen	142
61	Sally	140
62	Arlene	135
63	Anna	133
64	Florence	131
65	Lillian	128
66	Geraldine	127
67	Norma	124
68	Audrey	122
69	Priscilla	117
70	Sheila	112
71	Ellen	105
72	Grace	104
72	Lucille	104
72	Martha	104
75	Charlotte	100
76	Marcia	98
77	Cynthia	95
78	Diane	93
79	Mildred	92
80	Rosemarie	91
81	Katherine	90
82	Josephine	87
82	Loretta	87
84	Annette	81
85	Jeannette	80
85	Susan	80
87	Marlene	78
88	Muriel	74
89	Marguerite	69
90	Anita	67
91	Rosemary	65
92	Yvonne	62
93	Edith	60
94	Christine	56
94	Harriet	56
94	Paula	56
97	Beatrice	52
98	Cecile	51
98	Laura	51
100	Jeanette	49
100	Natalie	49