Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,038
2	Patricia	2,557
3	Barbara	2,508
4	Shirley	2,011
5	Nancy	1,945
6	Joan	1,762
7	Margaret	1,542
8	Dorothy	1,336
9	Betty	1,188
10	Carol	1,100
11	Janet	1,070
12	Helen	1,008
13	Ruth	1,006
14	Elizabeth	959
15	Dolores	935
16	Jean	864
17	Anna	787
18	Marie	755
19	Donna	730
20	Lois	696
21	Frances	683
22	Beverly	649
23	Doris	647
24	Joyce	620
25	Catherine	610

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	604
27	Sandra	588
28	Ann	580
29	Eleanor	575
30	Marlene	562
31	Rose	555
32	Joanne	547
33	Phyllis	524
34	Alice	508
35	Geraldine	506
36	Marilyn	505
37	Jane	486
38	Janice	484
39	Gloria	461
40	Elaine	443
41	Evelyn	407
42	Sally	401
43	Loretta	382
44	Judith	380
44	Rita	380
46	Florence	379
47	Arlene	378
47	Carolyn	378
49	Martha	377
50	Theresa	375
51	Kathleen	372
52	Carole	364
53	Audrey	349
54	Irene	347
55	Lorraine	345
56	Norma	340
57	Sylvia	331
58	Louise	325
59	Charlotte	324
60	Eileen	316
61	Mildred	304
62	Grace	303
63	Jacqueline	292
64	Joann	286
65	Roberta	285
66	Marjorie	279
67	Delores	276
68	June	274
69	Kathryn	273
70	Josephine	267
71	Constance	263
72	Anne	261
73	Lillian	258
74	Peggy	254
75	Marian	251
76	Marion	250
77	Sarah	248
78	Gail	230
79	Pauline	228
80	Edith	219
80	Esther	219
80	Yvonne	219
83	Ethel	213
84	Rosemary	208
85	Maryann	206
86	Kay	203
87	Susan	202
88	Linda	193
89	Ellen	191
90	Thelma	189
91	Diane	187
91	Gladys	187
93	Lucille	183
94	Sara	181
95	Regina	178
96	Elsie	171
97	Bernice	170
98	Agnes	169
99	Edna	168
100	Rosemarie	163