Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,933
2	Shirley	2,742
3	Patricia	2,284
4	Barbara	2,196
5	Joan	2,067
6	Nancy	1,985
7	Margaret	1,571
8	Dorothy	1,465
9	Betty	1,274
10	Helen	1,133
11	Dolores	1,069
12	Janet	992
13	Ruth	955
14	Elizabeth	925
15	Carol	921
16	Jean	885
17	Anna	812
18	Doris	760
19	Marie	718
20	Lois	689
21	Rose	670
22	Donna	636
23	Ann	632
24	Virginia	615
25	Phyllis	607

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	605
27	Marlene	601
28	Frances	594
29	Joyce	590
30	Eleanor	589
31	Alice	543
31	Beverly	543
33	Marilyn	542
34	Geraldine	494
35	Joanne	488
36	Jane	471
37	Gloria	467
38	Elaine	437
39	Martha	418
40	Sandra	417
41	Theresa	412
42	Norma	404
43	Evelyn	403
44	Arlene	393
44	Florence	393
46	Janice	388
47	Audrey	373
48	Carolyn	366
49	Rita	360
50	Eileen	353
51	Loretta	348
52	Irene	344
53	Mildred	339
54	Lorraine	335
55	Sylvia	331
56	Charlotte	330
57	Sally	329
58	Josephine	319
59	Grace	315
60	Kathleen	313
61	Joann	312
62	Louise	310
63	Marjorie	309
64	Delores	305
65	June	281
66	Jacqueline	276
67	Judith	275
68	Marian	271
69	Roberta	269
70	Lillian	260
71	Carole	256
72	Marion	252
73	Peggy	248
74	Pauline	246
75	Kathryn	245
76	Esther	244
77	Anne	238
78	Sarah	230
79	Constance	220
79	Yvonne	220
81	Thelma	214
82	Edith	207
83	Bernice	203
84	Rosemarie	201
85	Ethel	200
86	Edna	195
87	Sara	190
88	Rosemary	187
89	Gail	177
90	Gladys	175
90	Lucille	175
92	Ellen	171
93	Regina	165
94	Maryann	160
95	Harriet	158
95	Jeanne	158
95	Kay	158
98	Agnes	153
98	Gertrude	153
100	Susan	152