Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,804
2	Barbara	3,685
3	Patricia	3,166
4	Joan	2,778
5	Carol	2,084
6	Margaret	1,584
7	Dorothy	1,236
8	Nancy	1,231
9	Shirley	1,118
10	Ann	1,115
11	Elizabeth	1,097
12	Marilyn	1,090
13	Helen	1,047
14	Marie	1,032
15	Jean	920
16	Frances	880
17	Sandra	823
18	Joyce	816
19	Janet	808
20	Phyllis	781
21	Judith	777
22	Beverly	756
23	Dolores	749
24	Rose	737
25	Betty	714

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	711
27	Ruth	698
28	Elaine	682
29	Virginia	667
30	Eleanor	663
31	Anna	634
32	Theresa	606
33	Gloria	605
34	Carole	583
35	Arlene	579
36	Eileen	577
37	Alice	571
38	Jane	537
39	Doris	533
40	Anne	529
41	Kathleen	528
42	Lorraine	524
43	Josephine	512
44	Roberta	495
45	Sheila	463
46	Irene	462
47	Florence	458
48	Rita	436
49	Carolyn	432
50	Diane	431
51	Susan	428
52	Louise	425
53	Marion	412
54	Maureen	411
55	Lois	409
56	Evelyn	407
57	Grace	399
58	Gail	389
59	Geraldine	388
60	Joanne	382
61	Janice	375
62	Rosemarie	365
62	Sylvia	365
64	Loretta	360
65	Ellen	357
65	June	357
67	Anita	356
68	Marlene	355
69	Audrey	346
70	Jacqueline	344
70	Linda	344
72	Marjorie	342
72	Rosemary	342
74	Lillian	338
74	Sally	338
76	Donna	330
77	Harriet	307
78	Lucille	304
78	Norma	304
80	Marcia	300
81	Mildred	296
82	Constance	282
83	Martha	276
84	Maryann	274
85	Annette	269
86	Katherine	264
87	Yvonne	244
88	Suzanne	234
89	Charlotte	232
90	Jeanette	231
91	Myrna	229
92	Angela	221
93	Diana	217
94	Edith	203
95	Pauline	202
96	Antoinette	198
97	Judy	196
98	Rosalie	192
99	Esther	188
100	Beatrice	185