Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,759
2	Barbara	1,980
3	Patricia	1,840
4	Carol	1,521
5	Shirley	1,505
6	Nancy	1,323
7	Betty	1,057
8	Janet	938
9	Marilyn	810
10	Ruth	782
11	Donna	763
12	Joyce	716
13	Joan	690
14	Beverly	659
15	Dorothy	653
16	Margaret	643
17	Phyllis	560
18	Carolyn	539
19	Helen	534
20	Sandra	488
21	Janice	481
22	Lois	448
23	Marlene	445
24	Judith	441
25	Virginia	435

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jean	418
27	Norma	408
28	Martha	404
29	Linda	348
30	Doris	341
31	Elizabeth	335
32	Joanne	330
33	Carole	323
34	Frances	315
35	Dolores	311
36	Alice	307
36	Rose	307
38	Sally	297
39	Ann	289
39	Joann	289
41	Evelyn	276
42	Marjorie	266
43	Peggy	265
44	Jane	254
45	Sharon	249
46	Anna	244
47	Delores	237
48	Sue	233
49	Elaine	232
50	Rita	230
51	Judy	229
52	Roberta	225
53	Gloria	224
54	Bonnie	223
54	Charlotte	223
56	Geraldine	220
57	Wanda	210
58	Sylvia	194
59	Kay	192
60	Loretta	191
61	Susan	189
62	Rosemary	188
63	Jacqueline	187
64	Mildred	185
65	Kathleen	182
66	Juanita	173
66	Marie	173
68	Eleanor	171
69	June	169
70	Catherine	168
71	Marcia	165
72	Diane	162
73	Wilma	159
74	Arlene	157
75	Kathryn	155
76	Darlene	151
77	Eileen	148
78	Louise	147
79	Gail	132
79	Patty	132
81	Irene	125
81	Marian	125
83	Jo	124
84	Grace	123
85	Clara	121
85	Edna	121
87	Anita	119
88	Connie	118
88	Suzanne	118
90	Charlene	114
91	Sarah	113
92	Florence	110
93	Edith	109
93	Pauline	109
95	Ruby	107
95	Thelma	107
97	Jeanette	106
98	Patsy	105
99	Deanna	104
99	Lillian	104