Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,879
2	Barbara	2,933
3	Patricia	2,836
4	Nancy	1,982
5	Carol	1,616
6	Joan	1,604
7	Margaret	1,475
8	Shirley	1,364
9	Dorothy	1,296
10	Judith	1,281
11	Janet	1,116
12	Betty	997
13	Sandra	995
14	Ruth	968
15	Elizabeth	935
16	Helen	886
17	Donna	854
18	Joyce	770
19	Jean	731
20	Anna	669
21	Marie	655
22	Dolores	639
23	Beverly	633
24	Catherine	603
25	Frances	598

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	582
27	Virginia	580
28	Joanne	576
29	Doris	573
30	Ann	545
31	Rose	544
32	Elaine	537
33	Phyllis	534
34	Linda	514
35	Eleanor	503
36	Alice	496
37	Geraldine	493
38	Marlene	489
39	Janice	487
40	Carolyn	479
41	Carole	476
42	Jane	469
43	Kathleen	468
44	Marilyn	459
45	Evelyn	417
46	Sally	416
47	Gloria	415
48	Judy	410
49	Arlene	393
50	Martha	385
51	Susan	359
52	Loretta	342
52	Theresa	342
54	Joann	323
55	Charlotte	315
56	Norma	312
57	Eileen	311
58	Jacqueline	307
58	Rita	307
60	Louise	306
61	Marjorie	300
62	Sylvia	291
63	Florence	290
64	Kathryn	282
65	Audrey	273
66	Grace	271
67	Irene	270
68	Mildred	264
69	Constance	261
70	Lorraine	255
71	Josephine	251
72	Gail	250
73	Diane	247
74	Kay	245
75	Roberta	242
76	June	241
77	Maryann	238
78	Rosemary	231
79	Esther	227
80	Marian	226
81	Anne	223
82	Ellen	222
83	Sarah	218
84	Rosalie	212
85	Marion	206
85	Pauline	206
87	Yvonne	202
88	Delores	197
89	Peggy	196
90	Connie	195
91	Ethel	190
92	Lillian	189
93	Suzanne	179
94	Darlene	177
94	Rosemarie	177
96	Bonnie	175
97	Edna	168
98	Bernice	166
99	Brenda	158
99	Edith	158
99	Karen	158