Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,765
2	Shirley	2,050
3	Barbara	1,795
4	Patricia	1,578
5	Nancy	1,357
6	Carol	1,236
7	Betty	1,125
8	Marilyn	923
9	Joan	786
10	Janet	765
11	Dorothy	709
12	Donna	694
13	Margaret	663
14	Joyce	651
15	Ruth	639
16	Phyllis	608
17	Beverly	567
18	Helen	539
19	Carolyn	522
20	Jean	494
21	Virginia	492
22	Lois	421
23	Doris	420
24	Norma	419
25	Janice	417

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Martha	389
27	Judith	381
28	Dolores	362
29	Sandra	354
30	Marlene	353
31	Joanne	335
32	Elizabeth	321
33	Alice	316
33	Sally	316
35	Rose	312
36	Evelyn	303
37	Marjorie	295
38	Ann	282
39	Jane	276
40	Joann	274
41	Frances	273
42	Carole	271
43	Anna	269
44	Geraldine	231
45	Gloria	227
46	Peggy	225
46	Roberta	225
48	Delores	208
49	Rita	202
50	Charlotte	196
51	Arlene	195
52	Eleanor	194
53	Kathleen	191
54	Wanda	190
55	Bonnie	189
56	Elaine	183
57	Judy	182
58	Sue	181
59	Marie	179
60	Catherine	178
61	Rosemary	177
62	Jacqueline	174
62	Linda	174
62	Susan	174
65	June	172
66	Mildred	170
67	Jo	169
68	Wilma	168
69	Loretta	166
70	Sharon	160
71	Sylvia	157
72	Juanita	155
73	Eileen	146
74	Irene	137
74	Kay	137
76	Edna	135
76	Florence	135
78	Patty	132
79	Thelma	129
80	Yvonne	128
81	Sarah	126
82	Audrey	124
83	Grace	123
83	Kathryn	123
85	Esther	122
85	Louise	122
85	Suzanne	122
88	Patsy	120
89	Jeanette	119
90	Josephine	118
91	Marcia	117
92	Connie	116
92	Ellen	116
94	Charlene	115
95	Edith	114
96	Clara	110
97	Marian	109
97	Pauline	109
99	Anne	106
100	Theresa	105