Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,559
2	Betty	818
3	Dorothy	637
4	Virginia	494
5	Helen	476
6	Margaret	468
7	Barbara	418
8	Doris	371
9	Frances	358
10	Mildred	324
11	Ruth	322
12	Elizabeth	318
13	Jean	314
14	Evelyn	298
15	Nancy	280
16	Shirley	277
17	Joyce	258
18	Ruby	256
19	Alice	240
20	Lois	223
21	Peggy	218
21	Thelma	218
23	Annie	210
24	Martha	200
25	Louise	194

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ann	178
27	Edith	174
28	Gladys	172
29	Hazel	171
30	Anna	169
31	Edna	164
32	Elsie	153
33	Lillian	149
34	Catherine	145
34	Ethel	145
36	Rosa	142
37	Lucille	138
38	Sarah	133
39	Juanita	126
39	Marie	126
41	Pauline	121
42	Bernice	118
42	Phyllis	118
44	Bessie	115
45	Geraldine	113
46	Irene	112
47	Gloria	110
48	Audrey	106
49	Nellie	102
50	Jane	101
50	Patricia	101
52	Anne	100
52	Clara	100
52	June	100
55	Ella	98
55	Florence	98
55	Myrtle	98
58	Charlotte	97
58	Lucy	97
58	Norma	97
61	Joan	96
62	Emma	93
62	Laura	93
64	Vivian	91
65	Bertha	88
66	Christine	87
67	Eva	86
68	Alma	85
68	Beatrice	85
70	Josephine	84
70	Marjorie	84
72	Lillie	83
73	Marion	80
74	Carrie	79
75	Katherine	75
75	Pearl	75
77	Mabel	74
77	Rose	74
79	Janet	73
79	Rebecca	73
81	Eleanor	70
81	Grace	70
81	Julia	70
84	Mattie	69
85	Geneva	68
86	Viola	67
87	Ida	66
88	Minnie	65
89	Jacqueline	63
90	Carolyn	62
90	Ellen	62
92	Fannie	60
92	Willie	60
94	Delores	59
95	Agnes	58
95	Hilda	58
95	Violet	58
98	Lorraine	57
99	Gertrude	55
99	Kathleen	55
99	Margie	55
99	Nannie	55