Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,187
2	Dorothy	2,725
3	Betty	2,606
4	Dolores	2,270
5	Helen	2,227
6	Margaret	2,160
7	Anna	1,542
8	Doris	1,535
9	Joan	1,533
10	Jean	1,481
11	Ruth	1,477
12	Shirley	1,455
13	Elizabeth	1,357
14	Patricia	1,218
15	Nancy	1,074
16	Lois	999
17	Marie	985
18	Catherine	937
19	Barbara	915
20	Rose	902
21	Eleanor	877
22	Virginia	833
23	Alice	819
24	Frances	794
25	Florence	753

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	745
27	Theresa	744
28	Rita	712
29	Irene	706
30	Mildred	696
31	Phyllis	687
32	Janet	637
33	Gloria	628
34	Jane	624
35	Ann	614
36	Josephine	581
37	Norma	516
38	Geraldine	514
38	Louise	514
40	Martha	509
41	Grace	502
42	Lillian	486
43	Joyce	477
44	June	458
45	Marilyn	447
46	Marion	439
47	Pauline	432
48	Marian	424
49	Marjorie	410
50	Edith	384
51	Gladys	375
52	Audrey	371
52	Lorraine	371
54	Ethel	368
55	Esther	366
56	Kathryn	359
57	Anne	350
58	Thelma	346
59	Charlotte	344
60	Elaine	328
60	Sarah	328
62	Joanne	325
63	Delores	322
64	Edna	319
65	Bernice	316
66	Gertrude	315
67	Agnes	312
68	Elsie	306
69	Arlene	293
70	Clara	291
71	Loretta	283
72	Jeanne	262
73	Peggy	259
74	Jacqueline	257
75	Donna	255
76	Kathleen	252
77	Beverly	251
78	Emma	244
79	Beatrice	242
80	Sara	231
81	Carolyn	230
81	Rosemary	230
83	Lucille	229
84	Julia	222
85	Katherine	217
86	Sally	210
87	Pearl	202
88	Eileen	199
89	Laura	195
90	Ellen	190
90	Eva	190
92	Genevieve	189
93	Vivian	188
94	Stella	182
95	Regina	181
96	Wilma	180
97	Miriam	176
98	Violet	174
99	Claire	169
100	Leona	168