Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joan	1,242
2	Mary	1,038
3	Barbara	1,030
4	Patricia	726
5	Shirley	631
6	Dorothy	523
7	Margaret	511
8	Dolores	437
9	Marie	391
10	Jean	382
11	Carol	372
12	Elizabeth	357
13	Helen	350
14	Nancy	317
15	Ruth	310
16	Doris	304
17	Betty	289
18	Marilyn	280
19	Ann	271
20	Joyce	268
21	Frances	253
22	Lois	252
23	Rose	250
24	Janet	229
25	Anna	223

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Virginia	223
27	Catherine	219
28	Alice	207
29	Eleanor	203
30	Elaine	200
31	Florence	194
32	Lorraine	190
33	Gloria	189
34	Theresa	187
35	June	183
36	Jane	182
37	Marion	170
38	Phyllis	169
39	Audrey	163
39	Evelyn	163
41	Judith	162
42	Eileen	156
43	Irene	150
44	Anne	148
44	Josephine	148
46	Arlene	140
46	Carolyn	140
46	Grace	140
49	Lillian	137
50	Beverly	128
51	Geraldine	122
52	Mildred	118
53	Loretta	116
54	Jacqueline	113
55	Marjorie	111
56	Gail	107
57	Sandra	103
58	Louise	102
58	Rosemarie	102
60	Roberta	100
61	Carole	99
62	Kathleen	98
63	Rita	97
64	Constance	96
65	Diane	92
66	Edith	90
67	Charlotte	85
67	Claire	85
69	Marlene	84
70	Edna	80
70	Katherine	80
70	Norma	80
73	Bernice	77
73	Martha	77
73	Rosemary	77
76	Sally	76
77	Ellen	75
78	Janice	74
79	Ethel	73
80	Sylvia	71
81	Harriet	70
82	Agnes	68
83	Maureen	67
84	Lucille	66
85	Beatrice	64
85	Joanne	64
85	Susan	64
88	Gladys	63
88	Maryann	63
90	Pauline	62
91	Antoinette	56
92	Delores	55
92	Esther	55
94	Anita	54
94	Gertrude	54
94	Jeanette	54
94	Sheila	54
98	Elsie	52
98	Jeanne	52
100	Cynthia	51
100	Marian	51