Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,443
2	Mary	1,002
3	Patricia	960
4	Joan	881
5	Carol	653
6	Margaret	530
7	Elizabeth	432
8	Dorothy	427
9	Nancy	424
10	Joyce	342
11	Judith	329
12	Marie	322
13	Helen	313
14	Janet	292
15	Jean	291
16	Shirley	280
17	Dolores	275
18	Ruth	270
19	Betty	267
20	Frances	262
21	Ann	255
22	Elaine	254
23	Marilyn	243
24	Doris	231
25	Sandra	229

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Arlene	227
27	Rose	222
28	Virginia	218
29	Lois	215
30	Catherine	208
30	Phyllis	208
32	Gail	200
33	Eleanor	199
34	Carole	189
35	Carolyn	188
36	Beverly	185
37	Lorraine	178
38	Alice	176
39	Anna	173
40	Kathleen	171
41	Jane	166
42	Gloria	158
43	Theresa	156
44	Eileen	150
45	Diane	147
46	Florence	143
47	Evelyn	134
48	Marion	126
48	Rita	126
50	Anne	125
51	Susan	123
52	Audrey	121
52	Lillian	121
54	Geraldine	120
55	Grace	119
56	Josephine	117
57	Janice	116
58	Roberta	114
59	Louise	113
59	Maryann	113
61	Loretta	112
62	Jacqueline	111
62	Joanne	111
64	Linda	110
65	Marjorie	109
65	Rosalie	109
67	June	108
67	Maureen	108
69	Irene	107
70	Rosemary	106
71	Charlotte	104
72	Lucille	103
73	Rosemarie	101
74	Ellen	99
75	Constance	96
76	Mildred	95
77	Judy	89
78	Martha	88
79	Claire	82
79	Katherine	82
79	Marlene	82
82	Sheila	75
83	Harriet	72
84	Anita	71
85	Kathryn	69
86	Sally	68
87	Norma	66
88	Edith	65
89	Sylvia	64
90	Antoinette	63
91	Bernice	62
92	Agnes	60
93	Ethel	58
93	Jeanette	58
95	Beatrice	56
96	Angela	55
97	Pauline	52
98	Edna	51
98	Gladys	51
100	Madeline	50
100	Marcia	50