Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,275
2	Barbara	1,206
3	Patricia	1,098
4	Carol	1,005
5	Joan	848
6	Nancy	717
7	Judith	607
8	Margaret	533
9	Dorothy	499
10	Ann	486
11	Elizabeth	480
12	Sandra	428
13	Beverly	423
14	Jean	404
15	Marilyn	369
16	Janet	351
17	Elaine	342
18	Shirley	341
19	Helen	338
20	Joyce	335
21	Marie	330
22	Janice	327
23	Eleanor	292
24	Anne	268
25	Joanne	265

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruth	264
27	Frances	262
28	Virginia	261
29	Jane	259
30	Lorraine	249
31	Carole	245
32	Claire	229
32	Phyllis	229
34	Theresa	224
35	Pauline	221
36	Gail	219
37	Carolyn	215
38	Rita	196
39	Alice	194
40	Doris	184
41	Kathleen	182
41	Marjorie	182
43	Jacqueline	179
44	Maureen	178
44	Sally	178
46	Sheila	176
47	Catherine	175
48	Louise	170
49	Betty	169
50	Evelyn	158
51	Constance	157
51	Roberta	157
53	June	154
54	Jeanne	153
55	Lois	150
56	Ellen	147
57	Irene	146
57	Priscilla	146
59	Diane	144
60	Dolores	143
61	Eileen	142
62	Martha	138
63	Arlene	135
64	Geraldine	132
65	Cynthia	131
65	Marcia	131
67	Rose	130
67	Susan	130
69	Marion	120
70	Gloria	119
71	Rosalie	115
72	Linda	114
73	Rosemary	109
74	Anna	105
75	Katherine	103
76	Josephine	98
77	Lillian	96
78	Sylvia	95
79	Grace	94
80	Charlotte	93
81	Loretta	91
81	Norma	91
83	Florence	90
84	Annette	85
85	Donna	83
86	Jeannette	74
87	Marguerite	73
88	Marlene	70
89	Audrey	69
89	Lucille	69
89	Mildred	69
92	Paula	68
93	Anita	67
94	Edith	66
95	Brenda	65
96	Suzanne	62
97	Rosemarie	58
98	Muriel	57
99	Joann	53
100	Beatrice	52