Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joan	1,559
2	Mary	1,265
3	Barbara	851
4	Dorothy	703
5	Margaret	572
6	Dolores	542
7	Patricia	540
8	Helen	524
9	Jean	502
10	Elizabeth	477
11	Marie	467
12	Doris	460
13	Ruth	439
14	Betty	379
15	Rose	358
16	Anna	357
17	Marilyn	336
18	Gloria	309
19	Nancy	304
20	Ann	300
21	Catherine	298
22	Eleanor	293
23	Florence	286
24	Frances	281
25	Shirley	280

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	261
27	Joyce	256
28	Janet	249
29	Alice	247
30	Irene	239
31	Evelyn	237
32	Marion	228
33	Lorraine	223
34	Virginia	219
35	Josephine	212
36	Anne	205
37	Mildred	203
38	Theresa	198
39	Phyllis	191
40	Carol	183
41	Lillian	180
42	Jane	171
43	June	165
44	Rita	164
45	Elaine	162
46	Grace	155
47	Constance	151
48	Eileen	148
49	Audrey	146
50	Claire	142
51	Geraldine	140
51	Louise	140
53	Edith	133
54	Norma	125
55	Marjorie	124
56	Charlotte	115
57	Kathleen	112
58	Martha	101
59	Ethel	100
60	Beatrice	98
60	Edna	98
62	Bernice	97
63	Beverly	96
64	Carolyn	95
64	Marian	95
66	Jeanne	94
67	Gladys	89
68	Rosemary	85
69	Lucille	84
70	Gertrude	83
70	Jacqueline	83
72	Antoinette	82
72	Arlene	82
74	Loretta	81
74	Sally	81
76	Anita	80
77	Julia	77
78	Rosemarie	76
79	Elsie	74
80	Muriel	72
81	Thelma	71
82	Pauline	69
83	Caroline	68
83	Sylvia	68
85	Esther	67
85	Kathryn	67
87	Agnes	66
87	Jeanette	66
87	Madeline	66
87	Marlene	66
91	Ellen	65
91	Vivian	65
93	Lucy	64
94	Angelina	63
94	Harriet	63
96	Laura	61
97	Delores	59
98	Janice	58
98	Katherine	58
98	Sarah	58