Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,090
2	Shirley	2,446
3	Joan	2,362
4	Patricia	1,961
5	Barbara	1,866
6	Dorothy	1,630
7	Betty	1,619
8	Nancy	1,616
9	Margaret	1,558
10	Helen	1,375
11	Dolores	1,341
12	Jean	1,056
13	Ruth	1,048
14	Janet	1,014
15	Elizabeth	1,009
16	Anna	999
17	Doris	967
18	Lois	816
19	Marie	714
20	Eleanor	673
21	Frances	670
22	Rose	667
23	Catherine	633
24	Alice	598
25	Ann	597

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	556
26	Joanne	556
28	Virginia	554
29	Joyce	544
30	Phyllis	513
31	Donna	498
32	Florence	497
33	Evelyn	486
34	Rita	484
35	Jane	475
36	Carol	474
37	Beverly	465
38	Theresa	463
39	Martha	453
39	Mildred	453
41	Norma	451
42	Geraldine	448
43	Marilyn	445
44	Irene	397
45	June	380
45	Louise	380
47	Elaine	376
48	Grace	374
49	Arlene	366
50	Lorraine	358
51	Delores	338
51	Josephine	338
53	Audrey	333
54	Marjorie	329
55	Lillian	328
56	Sally	326
57	Marian	323
57	Marlene	323
59	Carolyn	321
60	Kathleen	318
61	Sylvia	317
62	Charlotte	304
63	Joann	303
64	Pauline	298
65	Kathryn	293
66	Marion	288
67	Anne	287
68	Loretta	284
69	Jacqueline	283
70	Esther	275
71	Constance	264
72	Ethel	261
73	Eileen	256
74	Sarah	243
75	Edith	241
75	Gladys	241
77	Peggy	232
78	Janice	224
79	Thelma	222
80	Sandra	213
81	Bernice	210
82	Edna	209
83	Agnes	207
83	Elsie	207
85	Sara	194
86	Roberta	183
87	Rosemary	181
88	Lucille	175
89	Ellen	173
90	Rosemarie	170
91	Gertrude	169
92	Carole	168
92	Regina	168
94	Beatrice	161
94	Jeanne	161
96	Emma	157
97	Clara	154
98	Claire	153
98	Vivian	153
100	Leona	151