Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,303
2	Dorothy	2,894
3	Betty	2,799
4	Helen	2,433
5	Margaret	2,270
6	Dolores	1,891
7	Anna	1,710
8	Ruth	1,645
9	Doris	1,602
10	Jean	1,527
11	Elizabeth	1,467
12	Shirley	1,430
13	Marie	1,103
14	Patricia	1,101
15	Lois	1,077
16	Joan	1,019
17	Catherine	956
18	Rose	916
19	Eleanor	893
20	Nancy	877
21	Irene	846
22	Virginia	822
23	Barbara	813
24	Frances	808
25	Florence	801

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mildred	793
27	Alice	792
28	Theresa	791
29	Evelyn	746
30	Phyllis	655
31	Gloria	641
32	Martha	597
33	Jane	594
34	Rita	593
35	Josephine	590
36	Ann	578
37	Grace	553
38	Louise	527
39	Norma	520
40	June	506
41	Geraldine	496
42	Lillian	490
43	Marjorie	461
44	Marion	458
45	Marian	440
45	Pauline	440
47	Audrey	418
47	Esther	418
49	Joyce	403
50	Janet	402
51	Thelma	390
52	Anne	386
53	Gladys	384
53	Lorraine	384
55	Ethel	380
56	Kathryn	378
57	Charlotte	371
58	Edith	362
59	Agnes	336
60	Bernice	327
61	Elaine	312
61	Elsie	312
63	Sarah	310
64	Edna	309
65	Emma	295
66	Marilyn	294
67	Clara	284
68	Gertrude	281
69	Delores	271
70	Jeanne	268
71	Kathleen	265
72	Arlene	263
73	Beatrice	260
74	Sara	258
75	Julia	257
76	Genevieve	231
77	Jacqueline	229
78	Carolyn	227
78	Rosemary	227
80	Joanne	224
80	Loretta	224
82	Katherine	223
83	Ellen	222
84	Vivian	221
85	Regina	219
86	Eileen	217
87	Donna	216
88	Violet	211
89	Leona	208
90	Beverly	207
91	Hazel	204
91	Lucille	204
93	Bertha	203
94	Pearl	200
94	Peggy	200
96	Laura	198
97	Stella	197
98	Sally	189
99	Miriam	185
100	Carol	177