Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,703
2	Joan	3,584
3	Barbara	2,924
4	Patricia	2,292
5	Dorothy	1,612
6	Margaret	1,523
7	Shirley	1,312
8	Helen	1,308
9	Carol	1,209
10	Marie	1,193
11	Jean	1,158
12	Marilyn	1,144
13	Ann	1,110
14	Elizabeth	1,078
15	Nancy	1,060
16	Dolores	1,026
17	Rose	962
18	Frances	919
19	Gloria	877
20	Ruth	867
21	Betty	863
22	Janet	826
23	Catherine	814
24	Joyce	801
25	Anna	774

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eleanor	748
27	Doris	728
27	Theresa	728
29	Phyllis	726
30	Beverly	716
31	Alice	698
32	Virginia	686
33	Josephine	657
34	Eileen	621
35	Arlene	617
36	Elaine	614
37	Lorraine	611
38	Anne	598
39	Florence	580
40	Marion	570
41	Jane	565
42	Evelyn	529
43	Irene	525
44	Rita	518
45	June	500
46	Audrey	489
47	Sandra	482
48	Kathleen	481
49	Lois	472
50	Norma	470
51	Lillian	457
52	Louise	435
53	Geraldine	431
54	Marjorie	419
55	Judith	415
56	Grace	395
57	Sally	386
58	Sylvia	379
59	Roberta	360
60	Carolyn	354
61	Mildred	349
62	Loretta	338
63	Ellen	336
64	Carole	329
65	Joanne	322
66	Jacqueline	310
67	Maureen	290
68	Rosemary	288
69	Marlene	280
70	Anita	271
71	Lucille	270
72	Constance	268
73	Sheila	265
74	Harriet	263
75	Beatrice	261
76	Edith	260
77	Rosemarie	259
78	Martha	257
79	Bernice	254
80	Charlotte	247
81	Diane	242
82	Agnes	241
83	Gladys	234
84	Antoinette	232
85	Marcia	231
86	Jeanne	228
87	Esther	227
87	Janice	227
89	Jeanette	226
89	Pauline	226
91	Gertrude	223
92	Suzanne	221
93	Katherine	214
94	Claire	213
95	Marian	210
96	Susan	208
97	Donna	205
98	Ethel	200
99	Julia	194
100	Madeline	191