Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,720
2	Barbara	2,044
3	Patricia	1,837
4	Carol	1,658
5	Nancy	1,466
6	Judith	1,263
7	Shirley	1,062
8	Betty	976
9	Janet	943
10	Joyce	807
10	Sandra	807
12	Donna	801
13	Marilyn	786
14	Linda	780
15	Margaret	691
16	Judy	677
17	Joan	674
18	Ruth	657
19	Carolyn	644
20	Beverly	571
21	Phyllis	564
22	Janice	553
23	Dorothy	549
24	Helen	451
25	Sharon	444

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	438
27	Martha	399
28	Jean	378
29	Carole	371
30	Sally	359
31	Lois	352
32	Norma	333
33	Susan	327
34	Elizabeth	319
35	Alice	294
36	Marlene	288
37	Karen	285
38	Frances	280
39	Jane	277
40	Doris	276
41	Joanne	269
42	Joann	267
43	Ann	264
44	Marjorie	253
45	Rose	251
46	Elaine	247
47	Loretta	240
48	Geraldine	233
49	Kay	232
50	Sue	231
51	Diane	229
52	Peggy	226
53	Bonnie	224
54	Rita	222
55	Evelyn	221
56	Charlotte	216
56	Roberta	216
58	Kathleen	213
59	Gloria	203
60	Anna	201
61	Wanda	198
62	Dolores	193
62	Rosemary	193
64	Jacqueline	189
65	Darlene	185
66	Marcia	181
67	Arlene	180
68	Delores	179
69	Marie	176
70	Jo	172
71	Brenda	164
72	Connie	159
73	Mildred	154
73	Suzanne	154
75	Catherine	152
75	Wilma	152
77	Juanita	150
78	Eleanor	146
79	June	142
79	Sylvia	142
81	Patty	140
82	Constance	139
83	Gail	135
84	Ellen	133
84	Kathryn	133
86	Charlene	132
87	Rosalie	130
88	Esther	129
89	Irene	128
90	Eileen	122
91	Grace	118
91	Louise	118
93	Anita	115
94	Sarah	114
95	Thelma	112
96	Edith	108
96	Florence	108
96	Julia	108
99	Clara	105
99	Diana	105