Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,261
2	Mary	1,057
3	Joan	1,016
4	Patricia	897
5	Carol	607
6	Margaret	543
7	Dorothy	466
8	Elizabeth	401
9	Nancy	379
10	Jean	342
10	Marie	342
12	Dolores	330
13	Helen	316
14	Shirley	310
15	Janet	289
16	Joyce	284
17	Ruth	268
18	Frances	266
19	Lois	263
20	Betty	252
21	Ann	249
22	Marilyn	248
23	Doris	242
24	Elaine	229
25	Virginia	223

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eleanor	218
27	Rose	206
28	Phyllis	203
29	Judith	201
30	Anna	198
30	Catherine	198
32	Arlene	193
33	Alice	184
34	Lorraine	178
35	Beverly	174
35	Sandra	174
37	Gloria	160
38	Jane	159
39	Gail	153
40	Carolyn	152
40	Florence	152
42	Carole	146
43	Eileen	142
44	Theresa	139
45	Irene	138
45	Josephine	138
47	Kathleen	137
48	Evelyn	133
49	Marion	132
50	Lillian	129
51	Janice	128
52	Diane	127
53	Jacqueline	126
54	Geraldine	124
55	Anne	123
56	June	122
57	Grace	116
58	Rosemarie	109
59	Loretta	108
60	Louise	104
60	Maryann	104
60	Roberta	104
63	Constance	100
63	Susan	100
65	Rita	99
66	Charlotte	96
67	Marjorie	95
67	Mildred	95
69	Audrey	94
69	Marlene	94
71	Ellen	91
72	Claire	85
73	Harriet	83
74	Joanne	82
74	Lucille	82
76	Rosemary	80
77	Angela	79
78	Maureen	77
79	Sylvia	76
80	Edith	75
81	Edna	73
81	Katherine	73
81	Norma	73
84	Martha	70
85	Bernice	69
85	Yvonne	69
87	Linda	67
88	Anita	66
88	Ethel	66
90	Jeanne	65
91	Kathryn	62
91	Pauline	62
91	Sheila	62
94	Jeanette	61
95	Julia	59
95	Sally	59
97	Gertrude	58
97	Judy	58
99	Beatrice	55
100	Gladys	54
100	Madeline	54