Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,930
2	Shirley	3,877
3	Patricia	2,199
4	Joan	2,182
5	Barbara	1,952
6	Nancy	1,744
7	Margaret	1,612
8	Dorothy	1,595
9	Betty	1,474
10	Dolores	1,197
11	Helen	1,184
12	Elizabeth	976
13	Ruth	957
14	Janet	929
15	Jean	909
16	Anna	907
17	Doris	828
18	Lois	789
19	Marie	750
20	Carol	670
21	Catherine	643
22	Ann	637
23	Joyce	603
24	Virginia	602
25	Rose	600

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joanne	587
27	Eleanor	581
28	Frances	576
29	Donna	568
30	Alice	565
31	Phyllis	541
32	Marilyn	497
33	Evelyn	495
34	Beverly	483
35	Marlene	482
36	Gloria	475
37	Jane	474
38	Geraldine	444
39	Martha	442
40	Rita	410
41	Florence	403
42	Irene	397
42	Norma	397
44	Arlene	372
45	Audrey	367
45	Mildred	367
47	Elaine	364
48	Loretta	354
49	Theresa	353
50	Louise	347
51	Grace	341
52	Carolyn	337
52	Lorraine	337
54	Sally	333
55	Anne	330
56	Kathleen	321
57	June	316
58	Josephine	314
58	Marjorie	314
60	Sandra	309
61	Jacqueline	308
62	Sylvia	304
63	Charlotte	298
64	Delores	292
65	Marion	283
66	Janice	282
67	Joann	275
68	Eileen	267
69	Ethel	264
69	Kathryn	264
71	Marian	262
72	Lillian	254
73	Peggy	248
73	Roberta	248
75	Esther	247
76	Pauline	244
77	Edith	242
78	Sarah	240
79	Constance	237
80	Judith	236
81	Bernice	212
82	Sara	200
83	Edna	195
84	Carole	193
85	Ellen	187
86	Gladys	181
87	Rosemarie	179
88	Elsie	178
89	Thelma	174
90	Gertrude	173
91	Lucille	172
92	Rosemary	167
93	Emma	165
94	Julia	162
95	Jeanne	158
96	Clara	156
96	Regina	156
98	Gail	151
99	Agnes	149
100	Laura	148