Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joan	1,327
2	Mary	1,062
3	Barbara	955
4	Patricia	597
5	Dorothy	567
6	Margaret	556
7	Jean	436
8	Shirley	429
9	Dolores	425
10	Helen	419
11	Marie	404
12	Elizabeth	399
13	Doris	338
14	Betty	325
15	Carol	306
15	Nancy	306
17	Rose	297
18	Anna	288
19	Janet	275
20	Ruth	274
21	Ann	271
22	Eleanor	259
23	Gloria	248
23	Lois	248
25	Marilyn	241

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	240
27	Lorraine	231
28	Catherine	226
29	Joyce	221
30	Virginia	219
31	Elaine	217
32	Florence	200
33	Alice	198
33	Marion	198
35	Evelyn	189
35	Josephine	189
37	Jane	177
37	Phyllis	177
39	Lillian	173
40	Irene	167
41	Theresa	163
42	Anne	158
43	Geraldine	153
44	June	149
45	Arlene	144
46	Louise	140
47	Eileen	135
48	Audrey	134
49	Grace	132
50	Carolyn	126
50	Claire	126
50	Mildred	126
53	Constance	115
54	Marjorie	114
55	Kathleen	111
56	Rita	106
57	Beverly	102
58	Bernice	99
58	Loretta	99
60	Judith	95
61	Carole	91
61	Charlotte	91
63	Sandra	90
64	Edith	86
65	Martha	81
65	Norma	81
67	Edna	77
67	Lucille	77
69	Beatrice	76
69	Ellen	76
69	Marlene	76
72	Elsie	75
72	Ethel	75
72	Jacqueline	75
75	Antoinette	73
75	Joanne	73
77	Janice	70
78	Marian	69
79	Harriet	67
79	Rosemarie	67
81	Gertrude	66
81	Gladys	66
81	Katherine	66
81	Roberta	66
85	Agnes	65
85	Sylvia	65
87	Diane	63
87	Gail	63
89	Sally	62
90	Jeanne	61
91	Susan	60
92	Kathryn	59
92	Rosemary	59
94	Maureen	58
95	Angela	56
96	Anita	54
96	Julia	54
96	Maryann	54
96	Sarah	54
100	Clara	52
100	Madeline	52