Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,303
2	Patricia	1,179
3	Barbara	1,105
4	Carol	1,035
5	Judith	874
6	Joan	847
7	Nancy	744
8	Margaret	495
9	Elizabeth	489
10	Dorothy	477
11	Ann	466
12	Sandra	426
13	Beverly	400
14	Janet	384
15	Jean	348
16	Marilyn	334
17	Marie	321
18	Joyce	311
19	Elaine	305
20	Helen	288
21	Joanne	274
22	Janice	263
23	Ruth	259
24	Shirley	257
25	Carolyn	252

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anne	251
27	Virginia	250
28	Eleanor	248
29	Carole	247
30	Frances	244
31	Jane	236
32	Gail	235
33	Catherine	233
34	Claire	232
35	Maureen	231
36	Brenda	222
36	Lorraine	222
38	Kathleen	212
39	Phyllis	205
40	Pauline	202
41	Linda	200
41	Susan	200
43	Sheila	197
44	Rita	194
45	Alice	193
46	Diane	181
47	Theresa	173
48	Louise	170
49	Roberta	167
50	Irene	165
51	Betty	162
52	Jacqueline	160
53	Geraldine	157
54	Marjorie	153
54	Priscilla	153
56	Doris	152
57	Ellen	150
58	Sally	149
59	Eileen	148
60	Cynthia	147
61	Lois	144
62	Jeanne	138
62	Rose	138
64	Marcia	133
65	Martha	131
66	Evelyn	125
67	June	124
68	Marion	121
69	Donna	115
70	Constance	113
71	Arlene	106
72	Gloria	105
73	Dolores	104
74	Rosemary	103
75	Norma	98
76	Lillian	97
77	Anna	95
78	Lucille	93
78	Sylvia	93
80	Florence	92
81	Loretta	89
82	Josephine	83
82	Katherine	83
84	Charlotte	79
85	Suzanne	78
86	Christine	76
87	Annette	72
88	Judy	71
88	Mildred	71
88	Paula	71
91	Marlene	70
92	Rosalie	69
93	Edith	68
94	Anita	67
95	Jeannette	66
96	Diana	65
97	Audrey	63
97	Joann	63
99	Grace	62
100	Karen	60