Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,915
2	Dorothy	2,367
3	Betty	2,326
4	Joan	2,143
5	Margaret	1,998
6	Dolores	1,993
7	Helen	1,851
8	Shirley	1,560
9	Doris	1,361
10	Anna	1,359
11	Patricia	1,330
12	Jean	1,310
13	Ruth	1,305
14	Nancy	1,261
15	Elizabeth	1,163
16	Barbara	1,123
17	Lois	989
18	Marie	914
19	Gloria	853
20	Rose	835
21	Catherine	818
22	Eleanor	794
23	Virginia	779
24	Alice	695
25	Frances	682

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janet	664
27	Evelyn	640
28	Mildred	633
29	Florence	623
30	Theresa	610
31	Phyllis	598
32	Irene	587
33	Jane	568
34	Ann	557
35	Norma	549
36	Rita	547
37	Joyce	528
38	Martha	524
39	Geraldine	517
40	Lillian	472
41	Marilyn	471
42	June	465
43	Louise	463
44	Josephine	453
45	Grace	452
46	Marjorie	408
47	Anne	390
48	Joanne	388
49	Audrey	380
50	Marian	375
51	Pauline	373
52	Marion	371
53	Lorraine	340
54	Delores	339
55	Arlene	337
56	Charlotte	332
57	Esther	329
58	Donna	323
58	Edith	323
58	Ethel	323
61	Thelma	315
62	Gladys	314
63	Kathryn	308
64	Beverly	306
65	Bernice	297
66	Loretta	294
67	Agnes	291
68	Sarah	280
69	Elaine	279
70	Edna	278
71	Elsie	275
72	Peggy	266
73	Clara	261
74	Emma	257
75	Kathleen	244
76	Jacqueline	243
77	Carolyn	242
78	Gertrude	239
79	Sally	230
80	Jeanne	221
80	Rosemary	221
82	Beatrice	219
82	Constance	219
84	Vivian	212
85	Lucille	211
86	Eileen	204
87	Sara	202
88	Marlene	193
89	Carol	189
90	Joann	186
91	Ellen	184
91	Julia	184
93	Laura	182
94	Regina	177
95	Hazel	175
96	Genevieve	163
97	Katherine	162
98	Claire	161
99	Stella	156
100	Jeanette	154
100	Leona	154
100	Violet	154