Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Joan	4,260
1	Mary	4,260
3	Barbara	2,591
4	Patricia	2,044
5	Dorothy	1,961
6	Margaret	1,753
7	Helen	1,556
8	Marilyn	1,517
9	Jean	1,342
10	Dolores	1,245
11	Marie	1,227
12	Rose	1,161
13	Gloria	1,135
14	Betty	1,133
15	Elizabeth	1,115
16	Ann	1,095
17	Shirley	1,070
18	Ruth	1,044
19	Frances	992
20	Anna	958
21	Doris	910
22	Joyce	908
23	Nancy	907
24	Theresa	861
25	Catherine	844

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eleanor	842
27	Josephine	807
28	Florence	793
29	Alice	781
30	Phyllis	740
31	Carol	723
31	Virginia	723
33	Rita	655
34	Janet	650
35	Anne	644
36	Evelyn	640
37	Irene	631
38	Beverly	626
39	June	600
40	Marion	599
41	Eileen	593
42	Jane	582
43	Lorraine	574
44	Elaine	572
45	Norma	524
46	Grace	519
47	Lois	500
48	Lillian	470
48	Louise	470
50	Arlene	460
51	Mildred	459
52	Audrey	439
53	Marjorie	438
54	Geraldine	434
55	Kathleen	425
56	Sylvia	420
57	Constance	372
58	Sally	350
59	Carolyn	338
60	Lucille	318
61	Edith	315
62	Jeanne	314
63	Bernice	312
64	Ellen	309
65	Judith	308
66	Jacqueline	307
67	Antoinette	304
68	Rosemary	303
69	Beatrice	300
70	Loretta	297
71	Gladys	289
72	Anita	288
73	Charlotte	280
73	Roberta	280
75	Harriet	278
76	Julia	270
77	Esther	268
78	Claire	265
78	Gertrude	265
78	Jeanette	265
81	Katherine	262
82	Marlene	253
83	Marian	250
84	Rosemarie	249
85	Pauline	248
86	Martha	244
87	Maureen	233
88	Ethel	231
89	Sandra	230
90	Muriel	229
90	Sheila	229
92	Thelma	228
93	Edna	227
94	Carmela	223
95	Angelina	221
96	Laura	219
97	Diane	213
98	Agnes	211
99	Madeline	209
100	Joanne	208