Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,742
2	Dorothy	3,129
3	Betty	2,977
4	Helen	2,662
5	Margaret	2,574
6	Ruth	1,892
7	Anna	1,822
8	Jean	1,623
9	Elizabeth	1,589
10	Doris	1,583
11	Dolores	1,515
12	Shirley	1,255
13	Marie	1,146
14	Catherine	1,088
15	Eleanor	1,037
16	Lois	1,032
17	Rose	993
18	Mildred	971
19	Frances	917
20	Florence	911
21	Irene	907
22	Patricia	901
23	Virginia	891
24	Alice	858
25	Evelyn	819

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Theresa	789
27	Barbara	768
28	Gloria	707
29	Rita	682
30	Josephine	673
31	Jane	652
32	Joan	651
33	Nancy	644
34	Ann	642
35	Phyllis	640
36	Martha	624
37	Grace	613
38	Pauline	559
39	Marjorie	544
40	Louise	537
41	June	532
41	Lillian	532
41	Marian	532
41	Marion	532
45	Geraldine	501
46	Norma	493
47	Esther	488
48	Lorraine	472
49	Thelma	470
50	Ethel	454
51	Agnes	433
52	Gladys	416
53	Audrey	414
54	Kathryn	410
55	Edith	384
56	Anne	361
57	Elaine	360
58	Janet	358
59	Edna	354
60	Sarah	344
61	Joyce	340
62	Emma	336
63	Charlotte	327
64	Gertrude	322
65	Arlene	320
66	Elsie	316
67	Beatrice	315
68	Jeanne	313
69	Bernice	311
70	Julia	310
71	Clara	288
72	Kathleen	279
73	Sara	271
74	Katherine	268
75	Marilyn	254
76	Regina	243
77	Ellen	242
78	Hazel	240
79	Rosemary	239
80	Lucille	238
81	Laura	237
82	Bertha	228
83	Loretta	226
83	Vivian	226
85	Violet	223
86	Ida	219
86	Pearl	219
88	Peggy	217
89	Jacqueline	210
90	Claire	209
90	Genevieve	209
92	Stella	208
93	Beverly	206
93	Carolyn	206
95	Miriam	200
96	Jennie	198
97	Eva	191
98	Delores	188
98	Eileen	188
100	Leona	187