Most popular girls’ names in Rhode Island, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	225
2	Mary	179
3	Joan	161
4	Patricia	157
5	Carol	134
6	Judith	105
7	Nancy	95
8	Sandra	77
9	Ann	70
10	Elaine	68
10	Joyce	68
12	Beverly	67
13	Dorothy	66
13	Elizabeth	66
15	Carolyn	64
16	Shirley	61
17	Margaret	60
18	Jean	58
19	Claire	54
19	Frances	54
19	Marie	54
22	Helen	51
23	Jane	48
23	Lorraine	48
23	Pauline	48

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeanne	47
27	Maureen	45
28	Virginia	44
29	Doris	41
29	Janice	41
31	Anne	40
32	Eleanor	39
33	Carole	38
33	Janet	38
35	Dolores	37
35	Marilyn	37
37	Theresa	35
38	Jacqueline	34
39	Lucille	33
40	Anna	32
40	Gail	32
40	Phyllis	32
43	Roberta	31
44	Sheila	30
45	Ruth	29
46	Catherine	27
46	Norma	27
48	Evelyn	26
48	Irene	26
50	Constance	25
50	Marjorie	25
50	Rita	25
53	Alice	24
53	Annette	24
53	Brenda	24
53	Eileen	24
53	June	24
53	Kathleen	24
53	Lois	24
53	Marcia	24
53	Muriel	24
53	Rose	24
63	Louise	23
64	Anita	22
64	Diane	22
64	Joanne	22
67	Florence	21
67	Gloria	21
67	Rosemary	21
70	Arlene	20
70	Lillian	20
70	Linda	20
73	Suzanne	19
74	Susan	18
75	Rosalie	17
76	Audrey	16
76	Gertrude	16
76	Grace	16
76	Loretta	16
76	Marguerite	16
76	Marion	16
76	Martha	16
83	Donna	15
83	Edith	15
83	Ellen	15
83	Geraldine	15
87	Betty	14
87	Sally	14
89	Claudette	12
89	Jeannette	12
89	Maria	12
89	Meredith	12
93	Cynthia	11
93	Katherine	11
95	Beatrice	10
95	Bette	10
95	Charlotte	10
95	Gladys	10
95	Josephine	10
95	Rosemarie	10