Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joan	1,083
2	Barbara	1,073
3	Mary	964
4	Patricia	810
5	Dorothy	507
6	Margaret	505
7	Carol	453
8	Nancy	410
9	Shirley	401
10	Elizabeth	389
11	Dolores	387
12	Marie	376
13	Jean	359
14	Helen	337
15	Marilyn	311
16	Janet	288
17	Joyce	285
18	Ann	270
18	Ruth	270
20	Doris	252
21	Catherine	249
22	Frances	248
23	Rose	243
24	Anna	235
24	Virginia	235

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Betty	228
27	Eleanor	225
28	Lois	219
29	Elaine	215
30	Alice	201
31	Gloria	191
32	Jane	189
33	Arlene	185
34	Lorraine	179
35	Phyllis	176
36	Josephine	164
36	Marion	164
38	Evelyn	162
38	Theresa	162
40	Judith	159
41	Florence	149
42	Carolyn	148
42	Irene	148
44	Eileen	146
44	Gail	146
46	Geraldine	139
47	Anne	136
47	Grace	136
47	Sandra	136
50	Kathleen	133
51	Rosemarie	130
52	Beverly	129
53	Carole	120
53	June	120
55	Jacqueline	118
56	Lillian	115
57	Loretta	114
58	Audrey	113
58	Janice	113
60	Louise	110
60	Mildred	110
62	Rita	101
63	Ellen	98
64	Charlotte	95
65	Roberta	94
66	Maryann	92
67	Diane	91
68	Lucille	89
69	Susan	87
70	Constance	86
71	Claire	85
72	Marjorie	83
72	Sally	83
74	Sylvia	82
75	Marlene	80
76	Anita	78
76	Bernice	78
76	Maureen	78
79	Joanne	76
80	Rosemary	74
81	Ethel	71
81	Kathryn	71
81	Norma	71
84	Edith	69
85	Katherine	65
86	Agnes	64
87	Beatrice	63
88	Gertrude	62
89	Angela	60
89	Marian	60
89	Pauline	60
92	Sheila	58
93	Jeanette	56
94	Peggy	55
95	Edna	54
95	Gladys	54
97	Elsie	53
98	Annette	52
98	Madeline	52
100	Martha	51