Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,690
2	Barbara	3,324
3	Joan	3,098
4	Patricia	2,820
5	Carol	1,630
6	Margaret	1,563
7	Shirley	1,550
8	Dorothy	1,370
9	Marilyn	1,268
10	Nancy	1,197
11	Helen	1,100
12	Ann	1,095
13	Marie	1,092
14	Elizabeth	1,068
15	Jean	966
16	Joyce	915
17	Dolores	914
18	Frances	896
19	Rose	846
20	Betty	759
21	Beverly	729
22	Janet	727
23	Eleanor	726
24	Phyllis	724
25	Ruth	723

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	716
27	Sandra	702
28	Gloria	694
29	Virginia	689
30	Elaine	684
31	Anna	637
32	Judith	606
33	Theresa	604
34	Alice	583
35	Arlene	568
35	Eileen	568
37	Anne	553
38	Josephine	547
39	Jane	529
40	Doris	525
41	Kathleen	516
42	Florence	489
43	Evelyn	483
44	Lorraine	474
45	Rita	473
46	Irene	445
47	Roberta	435
48	Marion	428
49	Geraldine	427
50	Louise	426
51	Carole	425
52	Lois	420
53	Sheila	411
54	Carolyn	401
54	June	401
56	Loretta	379
56	Marlene	379
58	Rosemarie	374
59	Grace	373
60	Sylvia	369
61	Audrey	354
62	Jacqueline	351
63	Maureen	350
64	Lillian	347
65	Janice	341
66	Ellen	337
67	Norma	333
68	Gail	324
68	Joanne	324
70	Sally	316
71	Susan	312
72	Mildred	307
73	Marjorie	292
74	Martha	291
75	Diane	288
76	Lucille	287
77	Anita	279
78	Rosemary	275
79	Marcia	266
80	Annette	255
81	Edith	248
82	Harriet	246
83	Jeanette	242
84	Katherine	233
85	Antoinette	230
86	Donna	229
87	Charlotte	225
88	Constance	224
89	Suzanne	216
90	Beatrice	214
90	Maryann	214
92	Bernice	201
92	Esther	201
94	Gladys	199
95	Pauline	198
96	Claire	197
97	Agnes	192
98	Arline	189
99	Julia	184
100	Jeanne	179