Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,364
2	Barbara	1,187
3	Patricia	1,136
4	Joan	932
5	Carol	787
6	Nancy	717
7	Margaret	510
8	Dorothy	493
9	Beverly	483
10	Ann	465
11	Elizabeth	442
12	Judith	438
13	Jean	430
14	Shirley	396
15	Marilyn	379
16	Marie	371
17	Helen	341
18	Janet	327
19	Sandra	301
20	Eleanor	298
21	Virginia	292
22	Elaine	289
23	Frances	284
24	Lorraine	282
25	Ruth	280

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anne	279
27	Janice	274
28	Rita	233
29	Joanne	230
30	Carole	228
30	Joyce	228
32	Claire	226
33	Alice	225
34	Jane	215
35	Phyllis	214
36	Theresa	213
37	Pauline	205
38	Catherine	202
39	Carolyn	197
40	Marjorie	180
41	Roberta	175
42	Geraldine	174
42	Maureen	174
44	Jacqueline	172
44	Louise	172
46	Irene	169
47	Gail	161
48	Doris	157
49	Eileen	155
50	Constance	154
50	Dolores	154
52	Betty	153
52	Rose	153
54	Gloria	149
55	Sheila	144
56	Kathleen	140
56	Sally	140
58	Lois	139
59	Lucille	138
60	Jeanne	136
61	Marcia	133
62	Cynthia	131
63	Sylvia	130
64	Evelyn	127
64	June	127
66	Marion	125
66	Martha	125
68	Diane	123
69	Arlene	120
70	Florence	118
71	Anna	115
72	Susan	110
73	Norma	103
74	Priscilla	102
75	Ellen	97
76	Josephine	96
77	Lillian	93
78	Annette	90
78	Katherine	90
80	Charlotte	88
80	Loretta	88
82	Grace	86
83	Anita	84
84	Mildred	83
85	Linda	82
86	Rosemary	81
87	Jeannette	79
88	Marlene	73
89	Audrey	71
90	Beatrice	69
91	Rosemarie	68
92	Donna	61
93	Paula	59
94	Edith	58
94	Gertrude	58
96	Marguerite	56
97	Bernice	55
98	Agnes	53
98	Esther	53
98	Harriet	53
98	Jeanette	53