Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,658
2	Dorothy	786
3	Betty	774
4	Virginia	575
5	Margaret	526
6	Helen	463
7	Frances	406
8	Doris	394
9	Ruth	358
10	Jean	332
11	Elizabeth	322
11	Nancy	322
13	Mildred	319
14	Barbara	304
15	Evelyn	287
16	Ruby	286
17	Annie	260
18	Shirley	248
18	Thelma	248
20	Martha	237
21	Louise	231
22	Alice	224
23	Joyce	220
24	Gladys	211
25	Hazel	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	176
27	Catherine	175
28	Ann	171
29	Marie	169
29	Sarah	169
31	Edith	168
32	Anna	163
32	Elsie	163
34	Peggy	160
35	Edna	156
36	Ethel	155
37	Juanita	145
37	Phyllis	145
39	Lillian	144
40	Pauline	136
41	Audrey	133
42	Anne	131
43	Bernice	129
43	Emma	129
45	June	124
45	Lucille	124
47	Rosa	122
48	Marjorie	116
49	Charlotte	115
50	Katherine	114
51	Florence	113
51	Nellie	113
53	Vivian	111
54	Bessie	110
54	Myrtle	110
56	Lillie	108
56	Lucy	108
58	Clara	107
59	Alma	106
60	Beatrice	104
61	Marion	98
62	Jane	96
63	Eva	95
63	Joan	95
65	Josephine	94
66	Laura	93
67	Ella	91
68	Patricia	90
69	Geneva	89
70	Carrie	88
70	Geraldine	88
70	Irene	88
73	Mattie	86
73	Pearl	86
75	Viola	85
76	Norma	84
77	Christine	83
78	Willie	82
79	Ellen	81
79	Gloria	81
79	Grace	81
82	Julia	80
82	Rebecca	80
84	Bertha	79
84	Mabel	79
84	Nannie	79
87	Hattie	77
88	Kathleen	74
89	Fannie	73
90	Beulah	72
91	Esther	71
91	Ida	71
93	Eleanor	70
94	Marian	68
94	Minnie	68
96	Cora	65
96	Jacqueline	65
96	Margie	65
99	Mable	64
99	Rose	64
99	Wilma	64