Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,934
2	Joan	3,864
3	Barbara	2,711
4	Patricia	2,217
5	Dorothy	1,655
6	Margaret	1,653
7	Helen	1,421
8	Marilyn	1,230
9	Jean	1,163
10	Marie	1,157
11	Dolores	1,063
12	Elizabeth	1,050
13	Ann	1,042
14	Betty	1,019
15	Rose	1,003
16	Frances	990
17	Shirley	989
18	Gloria	951
19	Ruth	927
20	Nancy	913
21	Anna	856
22	Carol	853
22	Joyce	853
24	Catherine	844
25	Eleanor	810

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janet	801
27	Doris	791
28	Phyllis	737
29	Theresa	736
30	Josephine	718
31	Florence	704
32	Alice	669
33	Beverly	643
34	Rita	618
35	Virginia	610
36	Marion	595
37	Anne	575
38	Evelyn	571
39	Elaine	569
40	Lorraine	567
41	Eileen	565
42	June	555
43	Jane	524
44	Irene	521
45	Lois	502
46	Lillian	476
47	Audrey	466
48	Louise	460
49	Kathleen	455
50	Grace	454
51	Norma	451
52	Arlene	440
53	Mildred	430
54	Geraldine	429
55	Sylvia	375
56	Marjorie	361
57	Constance	356
58	Sally	353
59	Marlene	333
60	Judith	324
61	Sandra	312
62	Lucille	308
63	Carolyn	306
64	Edith	298
65	Rosemary	295
66	Carole	287
67	Maureen	285
68	Anita	274
69	Jacqueline	270
70	Harriet	269
71	Pauline	261
72	Loretta	260
73	Rosemarie	255
74	Beatrice	253
74	Claire	253
76	Sheila	251
77	Bernice	249
78	Charlotte	247
79	Diane	244
80	Marian	243
81	Ellen	242
81	Martha	242
83	Jeanne	237
84	Janice	236
85	Roberta	234
86	Marcia	232
87	Joanne	231
88	Esther	229
89	Gladys	226
89	Katherine	226
91	Gertrude	225
92	Antoinette	221
93	Susan	217
94	Madeline	215
95	Julia	214
96	Jeanette	213
97	Edna	206
98	Agnes	205
99	Ethel	204
100	Elsie	198