Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,768
2	Joan	3,316
3	Barbara	3,177
4	Patricia	2,673
5	Shirley	2,025
6	Margaret	1,505
7	Dorothy	1,435
8	Carol	1,283
9	Marilyn	1,246
10	Helen	1,164
11	Marie	1,153
12	Ann	1,125
13	Nancy	1,085
14	Elizabeth	1,057
15	Jean	1,020
16	Dolores	925
17	Frances	858
18	Ruth	828
19	Rose	826
20	Gloria	820
21	Joyce	804
22	Catherine	789
23	Betty	788
24	Janet	782
25	Virginia	747

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	721
27	Anna	719
28	Beverly	677
29	Elaine	675
29	Theresa	675
31	Doris	661
32	Eleanor	653
33	Eileen	652
34	Alice	622
35	Arlene	589
36	Sandra	580
37	Josephine	576
38	Rita	560
39	Florence	555
40	Anne	551
41	Judith	546
41	Marion	546
43	Jane	531
44	Evelyn	520
45	Lois	508
45	Lorraine	508
47	Kathleen	485
48	Irene	476
49	Roberta	429
50	Lillian	426
51	Audrey	425
51	Geraldine	425
53	June	419
54	Louise	413
55	Sheila	406
56	Grace	401
56	Sylvia	401
58	Carolyn	387
58	Marjorie	387
58	Norma	387
61	Joanne	374
62	Carole	358
63	Sally	356
64	Diane	345
65	Ellen	340
66	Loretta	333
67	Mildred	331
68	Maureen	329
69	Marlene	326
70	Jacqueline	324
71	Rosemary	311
72	Janice	309
73	Lucille	292
74	Harriet	278
74	Susan	278
76	Constance	273
77	Beatrice	262
78	Anita	254
79	Gail	251
80	Katherine	249
81	Marcia	247
82	Bernice	246
83	Esther	236
83	Rosemarie	236
85	Charlotte	224
85	Martha	224
87	Antoinette	221
88	Pauline	219
89	Jeanne	217
90	Edith	212
91	Gladys	207
92	Annette	204
93	Suzanne	202
94	Marian	200
95	Donna	189
96	Jeanette	187
97	Claire	185
98	Julia	178
99	Gertrude	177
100	Angela	174
100	Cynthia	174