Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,536
2	Joan	2,436
3	Dorothy	2,028
4	Betty	1,905
5	Margaret	1,852
6	Dolores	1,743
7	Helen	1,668
8	Shirley	1,652
9	Patricia	1,509
10	Barbara	1,468
11	Nancy	1,393
12	Jean	1,269
13	Anna	1,262
14	Ruth	1,165
15	Doris	1,128
16	Elizabeth	1,097
17	Lois	912
18	Marie	824
19	Catherine	807
20	Rose	762
21	Janet	730
22	Gloria	698
23	Eleanor	695
24	Frances	683
25	Virginia	635

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	630
27	Alice	626
28	Ann	599
29	Evelyn	578
30	Florence	572
31	Marilyn	566
32	Mildred	562
33	Theresa	554
34	Joyce	539
35	Irene	533
36	Jane	528
37	Norma	524
38	Geraldine	505
39	Rita	499
40	Martha	491
41	Donna	443
42	June	431
43	Josephine	426
44	Joanne	413
45	Grace	403
46	Louise	398
47	Marjorie	391
48	Lorraine	375
49	Marian	367
50	Marion	361
51	Audrey	355
52	Lillian	349
53	Beverly	336
54	Elaine	335
54	Pauline	335
56	Arlene	333
56	Charlotte	333
58	Delores	332
59	Anne	322
60	Esther	316
61	Carol	314
62	Ethel	310
63	Loretta	309
64	Constance	297
65	Kathryn	287
66	Kathleen	281
67	Edith	274
68	Peggy	259
69	Gladys	254
70	Bernice	253
70	Thelma	253
72	Agnes	252
73	Edna	249
74	Marlene	242
74	Sally	242
76	Clara	235
77	Jacqueline	232
78	Carolyn	227
78	Lucille	227
80	Elsie	223
81	Gertrude	221
82	Sarah	219
83	Julia	216
84	Emma	215
85	Sara	213
86	Joann	204
86	Rosemary	204
88	Sylvia	202
89	Eileen	198
90	Beatrice	193
91	Ellen	191
92	Jeanne	186
93	Vivian	178
94	Janice	167
94	Regina	167
96	Katherine	166
97	Roberta	163
98	Pearl	155
99	Violet	154
100	Hazel	152