Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,215
2	Mary	3,623
3	Patricia	3,219
4	Joan	2,505
5	Carol	2,218
6	Margaret	1,628
7	Nancy	1,377
8	Dorothy	1,192
9	Elizabeth	1,158
10	Judith	1,142
11	Ann	1,107
12	Marilyn	1,026
13	Marie	1,024
14	Sandra	993
15	Shirley	955
16	Helen	936
17	Joyce	922
18	Frances	892
19	Jean	855
20	Phyllis	780
21	Janet	747
22	Elaine	732
23	Catherine	721
24	Beverly	715
25	Betty	714

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dolores	700
27	Ruth	691
28	Virginia	682
29	Rose	654
30	Arlene	641
31	Theresa	634
32	Kathleen	633
33	Carole	629
34	Susan	619
35	Gloria	609
36	Eleanor	594
37	Anne	592
38	Alice	586
39	Linda	579
40	Gail	556
41	Eileen	538
42	Rosalie	519
43	Carolyn	512
44	Anna	503
44	Josephine	503
46	Sheila	495
47	Lorraine	493
48	Jane	487
49	Diane	481
50	Doris	475
51	Geraldine	454
52	Maureen	451
53	Irene	449
54	Roberta	445
55	Ellen	443
56	Florence	442
57	Sally	422
58	Evelyn	408
59	Janice	399
60	Donna	397
61	Rita	387
62	Joanne	386
63	Rosemary	380
64	Marjorie	379
65	Loretta	372
66	Louise	362
66	Marion	362
68	Jacqueline	359
69	Rosemarie	340
70	Lois	339
71	Marlene	335
72	Grace	331
73	Marcia	324
74	Lillian	323
75	Audrey	319
76	Sylvia	313
77	Constance	306
78	June	304
79	Lucille	300
80	Katherine	296
81	Norma	288
82	Martha	286
83	Anita	283
84	Sharon	267
85	Judy	266
86	Annette	260
86	Suzanne	260
88	Maryann	257
89	Diana	248
89	Harriet	248
89	Mildred	248
92	Jeanette	246
93	Edith	225
94	Angela	220
95	Antoinette	219
96	Cynthia	211
96	Madeline	211
98	Charlotte	210
99	Myrna	195
100	Karen	191