Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,582
2	Betty	1,047
3	Dorothy	746
4	Barbara	520
5	Margaret	485
6	Helen	475
7	Virginia	474
8	Frances	399
9	Doris	369
10	Nancy	355
11	Elizabeth	341
12	Jean	313
13	Shirley	310
14	Ruth	308
15	Mildred	307
16	Peggy	304
17	Joyce	300
18	Evelyn	273
19	Ruby	261
20	Alice	244
21	Lois	241
22	Martha	239
23	Annie	238
24	Thelma	194
25	Anna	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	186
27	Edith	181
27	Gladys	181
29	Ann	176
30	Edna	170
31	Elsie	165
32	Hazel	161
33	Phyllis	157
34	Catherine	156
35	June	154
35	Lillian	154
35	Sarah	154
38	Ethel	153
39	Patricia	147
40	Joan	145
41	Marie	144
42	Gloria	143
43	Emma	139
44	Audrey	130
44	Lucille	130
46	Rosa	128
47	Pauline	124
48	Juanita	121
49	Norma	116
50	Irene	113
51	Clara	112
52	Charlotte	108
52	Geraldine	108
54	Bernice	106
55	Nellie	103
56	Jane	102
57	Anne	101
57	Lillie	101
59	Ellen	100
59	Lucy	100
61	Bessie	98
61	Janet	98
63	Grace	97
63	Laura	97
65	Ella	94
65	Eva	94
67	Marjorie	92
67	Vivian	92
69	Alma	91
70	Bertha	90
70	Marion	90
72	Katherine	88
73	Ida	87
74	Christine	83
74	Florence	83
74	Rose	83
77	Carrie	80
78	Myrtle	79
79	Josephine	78
79	Julia	78
81	Eleanor	77
81	Geneva	77
83	Pearl	76
84	Fannie	75
84	Rebecca	75
86	Beatrice	73
87	Willie	70
88	Margie	69
89	Delores	68
89	Naomi	68
89	Patsy	68
92	Kathleen	67
93	Hilda	66
94	Nannie	65
95	Agnes	63
95	Hattie	63
97	Mattie	62
97	Sylvia	62
97	Viola	62
100	Loretta	61