Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,411
2	Patricia	1,084
3	Mary	1,010
4	Joan	873
5	Carol	715
6	Judith	538
7	Margaret	537
8	Dorothy	443
9	Nancy	436
10	Elizabeth	405
11	Joyce	377
12	Marie	340
13	Helen	303
14	Janet	287
15	Betty	285
16	Jean	275
17	Ann	261
18	Elaine	258
19	Frances	257
20	Ruth	254
21	Marilyn	252
22	Dolores	242
23	Arlene	236
24	Virginia	234
25	Catherine	224

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	220
27	Beverly	212
28	Gail	211
29	Doris	208
30	Sandra	202
31	Shirley	200
32	Lois	199
33	Rose	196
34	Carolyn	192
35	Kathleen	188
36	Carole	176
36	Susan	176
38	Geraldine	168
39	Eleanor	167
40	Lorraine	162
41	Alice	160
42	Theresa	157
43	Jane	154
44	Diane	153
45	Anna	147
45	Eileen	147
47	Linda	139
48	Josephine	137
49	Gloria	131
50	Anne	124
51	Judy	123
52	Florence	122
53	Evelyn	120
53	Irene	120
53	Maryann	120
53	Roberta	120
57	Joanne	119
58	Marion	118
59	Loretta	116
60	Louise	115
61	Janice	112
62	Ellen	109
63	Brenda	105
64	Audrey	104
65	Maureen	102
66	Jacqueline	100
67	Grace	96
68	Rosemary	91
69	June	90
70	Rosemarie	89
71	Lucille	88
72	Martha	87
73	Marjorie	86
74	Sally	84
75	Katherine	83
76	Lillian	82
77	Marlene	80
77	Mildred	80
79	Charlotte	79
80	Constance	77
81	Rosalie	72
82	Bernice	71
82	Rita	71
84	Christine	69
85	Angela	67
85	Anita	67
85	Claire	67
85	Edith	67
89	Madeline	66
90	Joann	65
90	Kathryn	65
92	Sheila	63
93	Harriet	62
94	Gladys	60
94	Marcia	60
94	Sarah	60
97	Antoinette	59
97	Karen	59
97	Suzanne	59
100	Edna	57