Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	3,937
2	Mary	3,571
3	Patricia	3,491
4	Joan	2,389
5	Carol	2,366
6	Judith	1,592
7	Margaret	1,515
8	Nancy	1,375
9	Elizabeth	1,214
10	Dorothy	1,116
11	Sandra	1,032
12	Marie	1,020
13	Ann	1,012
14	Joyce	985
15	Marilyn	973
16	Linda	922
17	Frances	886
18	Helen	860
19	Susan	799
20	Shirley	786
21	Catherine	782
22	Jean	760
23	Elaine	750
24	Phyllis	739
25	Janet	709

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kathleen	705
27	Virginia	698
28	Rose	650
29	Arlene	629
30	Beverly	628
31	Carole	619
32	Betty	617
33	Ruth	612
34	Diane	595
35	Anne	587
36	Eileen	577
37	Theresa	566
38	Gail	547
39	Alice	545
40	Geraldine	540
41	Carolyn	537
42	Eleanor	531
43	Gloria	526
44	Dolores	525
45	Sheila	522
46	Jane	491
47	Anna	487
48	Ellen	480
49	Josephine	477
50	Lorraine	459
51	Donna	439
52	Roberta	434
53	Maureen	414
54	Janice	406
55	Doris	401
56	Joanne	397
57	Brenda	396
58	Florence	394
58	Rita	394
60	Rosemary	391
61	Louise	382
62	Jacqueline	378
63	Irene	377
64	Judy	363
65	Marion	360
66	Lois	347
66	Marjorie	347
68	Grace	346
69	Marcia	342
70	Loretta	339
70	Rosemarie	339
72	Evelyn	333
73	Sally	332
74	Rosalie	327
75	Katherine	314
76	Sharon	304
77	June	293
78	Lucille	288
79	Maryann	280
79	Norma	280
81	Audrey	279
82	Lillian	277
83	Harriet	276
84	Sylvia	272
85	Marlene	270
86	Diana	267
87	Martha	266
88	Suzanne	265
89	Constance	264
90	Jeanette	257
91	Anita	256
92	Mildred	248
93	Annette	237
94	Karen	225
95	Madeline	222
96	Charlotte	207
97	Antoinette	199
98	Julia	193
99	Joann	189
100	Cynthia	187