Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,585
2	Betty	2,301
3	Dorothy	1,526
4	Patricia	1,241
5	Helen	1,115
6	Ruth	1,093
7	Margaret	960
8	Barbara	946
9	Marilyn	905
10	Joan	903
11	Shirley	895
12	Nancy	780
12	Virginia	780
14	Norma	751
15	Dolores	738
16	Jean	737
17	Doris	710
18	Lois	669
19	Donna	658
20	Phyllis	636
21	Martha	541
22	Evelyn	529
23	Alice	525
24	Marjorie	523
25	Elizabeth	464

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	462
27	Rose	454
28	Janet	420
29	Joyce	409
30	Carol	394
30	Frances	394
30	Mildred	394
33	Joanne	366
34	Rita	365
35	Eleanor	344
36	June	318
37	Geraldine	314
38	Wanda	307
39	Irene	306
40	Jane	304
41	Wilma	292
42	Juanita	287
43	Marie	282
44	Gloria	279
45	Florence	278
46	Ann	273
47	Pauline	270
48	Rosemary	266
49	Catherine	265
50	Louise	263
51	Carolyn	262
52	Beverly	257
53	Joann	241
54	Delores	240
55	Thelma	233
56	Clara	230
57	Marian	223
58	Edith	213
59	Grace	211
59	Lillian	211
61	Audrey	205
62	Jacqueline	201
63	Charlotte	197
64	Bonnie	193
65	Edna	190
66	Eileen	189
66	Lucille	189
68	Josephine	187
69	Kathryn	184
70	Vivian	183
71	Esther	182
72	Bernice	177
72	Sally	177
74	Theresa	174
75	Elaine	172
76	Gladys	171
77	Jeanne	169
78	Ethel	161
79	Peggy	160
80	Janice	156
80	Kathleen	156
82	Jeanette	144
83	Beatrice	141
84	Emma	138
85	Loretta	137
85	Maxine	137
87	Laura	132
88	Hazel	129
89	Jo	127
90	Ruby	126
91	Patsy	124
92	Sarah	123
93	Ellen	122
93	Julia	122
95	Elsie	121
96	Katherine	120
96	Vera	120
98	Anne	111
99	Violet	109
100	Alma	106