Most popular girls’ names in New Hampshire, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Nancy	134
2	Patricia	129
3	Mary	104
4	Barbara	97
5	Judith	91
6	Carol	87
7	Sandra	86
8	Shirley	68
9	Joan	61
10	Beverly	52
11	Dorothy	51
12	Janet	47
13	Joyce	43
14	Claire	42
14	Elaine	42
14	Sally	42
17	Margaret	41
17	Pauline	41
19	Carolyn	39
19	Lorraine	39
21	Jacqueline	38
21	Jean	38
23	Doris	36
23	Irene	36
23	Marilyn	36

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Betty	35
27	Ann	34
27	Elizabeth	34
27	Lucille	34
27	Priscilla	34
31	Constance	32
31	Gloria	32
33	Joanne	29
34	Jane	28
35	Janice	27
35	Martha	27
37	Eleanor	26
37	Phyllis	26
39	Gail	25
39	Rita	25
39	Ruth	25
42	Helen	24
42	Virginia	24
44	Roberta	23
45	Cynthia	22
45	Linda	22
45	Sylvia	22
48	Alice	21
48	Frances	21
48	Jeanne	21
48	Louise	21
52	Anne	18
52	Brenda	18
52	Diane	18
52	June	18
56	Donna	17
56	Marjorie	17
56	Theresa	17
59	Annette	16
59	Carole	16
59	Florence	16
59	Norma	16
63	Claudette	15
63	Lois	15
63	Sheila	15
66	Ellen	14
67	Anita	13
67	Arlene	13
67	Cecile	13
67	Charlotte	13
67	Judy	13
67	Kathleen	13
67	Muriel	13
67	Susan	13
75	Audrey	12
75	Jeannette	12
75	Katherine	12
75	Marie	12
75	Rosalie	12
80	Edith	11
80	Evelyn	11
80	Geraldine	11
80	Marguerite	11
80	Rachel	11
85	Gertrude	10
85	Madeleine	10
85	Marcia	10
85	Marion	10
85	Marlene	10
85	Yvonne	10
91	Ethel	9
91	Jeannine	9
91	Kathryn	9
91	Mildred	9
91	Suzanne	9
91	Therese	9
97	Anna	8
97	Caroline	8
97	Catherine	8
97	Deborah	8
97	Dolores	8
97	Eileen	8
97	Joann	8
97	Kay	8
97	Vivian	8