Most popular girls’ names in New Hampshire, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	112
2	Barbara	109
3	Mary	107
4	Nancy	96
5	Joan	75
6	Shirley	74
7	Beverly	68
7	Sandra	68
9	Carol	63
9	Pauline	63
11	Dorothy	55
12	Constance	53
13	Judith	48
14	Elizabeth	47
14	Lorraine	47
16	Helen	46
16	Janet	46
18	Jean	43
19	Joyce	42
19	Margaret	42
21	Betty	41
22	Ann	39
23	Jacqueline	38
23	Ruth	38
25	Doris	37

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sylvia	34
27	Elaine	32
27	Gail	32
27	Lucille	32
27	Priscilla	32
27	Virginia	32
32	Claire	31
33	Gloria	29
34	Phyllis	28
35	Rita	27
36	Jane	26
36	Janice	26
36	Joanne	26
36	Sally	26
40	Carole	25
40	Marjorie	25
42	Eleanor	24
42	Louise	24
44	Cynthia	23
44	Marie	23
44	Norma	23
47	Alice	22
47	Arlene	22
47	Carolyn	22
47	Cecile	22
47	Marilyn	22
52	Martha	21
52	Theresa	21
54	Irene	20
55	Charlotte	19
55	Jeanne	19
55	Roberta	19
58	Anne	18
58	Jeannette	18
58	June	18
58	Kathleen	18
62	Muriel	17
63	Frances	16
63	Marlene	16
65	Anita	15
65	Claudette	15
65	Dolores	15
65	Lillian	15
65	Lois	15
65	Maureen	15
71	Linda	14
71	Marion	14
73	Jeannine	13
74	Annette	12
74	Diane	12
74	Donna	12
74	Florence	12
74	Geraldine	12
74	Rose	12
74	Susan	12
81	Catherine	11
81	Ellen	11
81	Esther	11
81	Evelyn	11
81	Madeleine	11
81	Sarah	11
87	Diana	10
87	Eileen	10
87	Marcia	10
87	Rachel	10
87	Rosemary	10
92	Caroline	9
92	Loretta	9
92	Maxine	9
92	Rosalie	9
92	Sheila	9
97	Deanna	8
97	Harriet	8
97	Katherine	8
97	Leona	8
97	Madeline	8
97	Therese	8
97	Yvette	8
97	Yvonne	8