Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,554
2	Betty	2,449
3	Dorothy	1,542
4	Helen	1,230
5	Patricia	1,150
6	Ruth	1,117
7	Margaret	1,014
8	Barbara	875
9	Virginia	813
10	Shirley	782
11	Joan	775
12	Doris	771
13	Jean	758
14	Norma	703
15	Dolores	693
16	Phyllis	659
17	Lois	656
18	Donna	625
19	Marilyn	593
20	Nancy	511
21	Evelyn	505
22	Martha	501
23	Anna	500
24	Marjorie	472
25	Alice	470

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mildred	459
27	Rose	453
28	Elizabeth	449
29	Frances	413
30	Eleanor	369
31	Carol	364
32	June	350
33	Joyce	339
34	Irene	321
35	Joanne	319
36	Rita	311
37	Marie	301
38	Rosemary	298
39	Florence	294
40	Wilma	290
41	Geraldine	288
42	Ann	279
43	Wanda	274
44	Catherine	272
45	Jane	267
46	Janet	265
47	Pauline	262
48	Gloria	258
49	Louise	250
50	Thelma	249
51	Juanita	242
52	Beverly	239
52	Eileen	239
54	Delores	238
55	Esther	235
56	Carolyn	233
56	Lillian	233
58	Joann	230
58	Marian	230
60	Audrey	223
61	Clara	213
62	Josephine	211
63	Grace	210
64	Charlotte	206
65	Jeanne	203
66	Edna	192
67	Kathryn	189
67	Lucille	189
69	Edith	182
70	Bonnie	180
71	Ethel	179
72	Vivian	178
73	Jacqueline	174
74	Kathleen	172
75	Ruby	165
76	Bernice	164
77	Gladys	163
78	Maxine	159
79	Elaine	158
79	Hazel	158
81	Peggy	153
81	Sally	153
83	Katherine	151
84	Emma	145
85	Theresa	144
86	Sarah	139
87	Gertrude	136
88	Beatrice	134
89	Ellen	133
89	Laura	133
91	Anne	130
91	Jo	130
93	Elsie	128
94	Arlene	127
95	Roberta	126
96	Janice	125
97	Julia	122
98	Jeanette	120
99	Agnes	118
100	Vera	115