Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,058
2	Barbara	3,082
3	Patricia	2,677
4	Nancy	2,063
5	Joan	1,706
6	Shirley	1,628
7	Margaret	1,530
8	Carol	1,413
9	Dorothy	1,324
10	Janet	1,197
11	Betty	1,187
12	Elizabeth	994
13	Helen	971
14	Ruth	957
15	Sandra	932
16	Judith	869
17	Donna	858
18	Dolores	843
19	Anna	710
20	Jean	701
21	Beverly	690
22	Marie	678
23	Joyce	672
24	Doris	651
25	Frances	635

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ann	628
27	Catherine	607
28	Rose	602
29	Lois	592
30	Virginia	587
31	Phyllis	558
32	Joanne	552
33	Marlene	541
34	Elaine	535
35	Marilyn	532
36	Alice	511
37	Janice	487
38	Carole	482
39	Eleanor	473
40	Jane	437
41	Martha	429
42	Carolyn	423
43	Rosalie	418
44	Geraldine	415
45	Gloria	411
46	Norma	407
47	Loretta	402
48	Evelyn	396
49	Sally	393
50	Florence	383
51	Kathleen	382
52	Arlene	377
53	Theresa	371
54	Rita	370
55	Linda	339
56	Irene	327
57	Marjorie	326
58	Eileen	320
59	Sylvia	319
60	Jacqueline	314
61	Audrey	313
62	Louise	312
63	Charlotte	305
63	Constance	305
65	Judy	301
66	Roberta	299
67	Anne	297
68	Lorraine	296
69	Susan	283
70	Grace	282
71	Joann	281
72	Mildred	271
73	June	266
74	Kathryn	265
75	Peggy	260
76	Diane	245
76	Josephine	245
78	Delores	242
79	Rosemary	241
80	Maryann	236
81	Kay	234
82	Gail	231
82	Sarah	231
84	Marion	228
85	Marian	215
86	Lillian	214
87	Edith	213
88	Esther	209
89	Connie	204
90	Gladys	191
91	Edna	189
91	Ethel	189
93	Rosemarie	188
93	Sara	188
95	Yvonne	175
96	Pauline	174
97	Ellen	173
98	Darlene	169
98	Lucille	169
100	Jeanette	159