Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,450
2	Betty	923
3	Barbara	682
4	Dorothy	609
5	Margaret	490
6	Virginia	438
7	Helen	422
8	Shirley	382
9	Frances	381
10	Nancy	375
11	Doris	357
12	Ruth	326
13	Mildred	322
14	Jean	300
15	Joyce	288
16	Peggy	279
17	Elizabeth	262
18	Evelyn	252
19	Ruby	229
20	Lois	217
21	Alice	215
22	Martha	201
23	Annie	200
24	Hazel	184
25	Joan	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thelma	173
27	Gladys	169
28	Patricia	159
28	Phyllis	159
30	Edith	157
31	Louise	156
32	Catherine	154
33	Sarah	150
34	Anna	142
35	Ann	141
36	Lillian	137
37	Edna	135
37	Elsie	135
39	Marie	131
40	Ethel	129
41	Gloria	126
42	Audrey	117
43	June	112
44	Clara	111
45	Lucille	110
46	Norma	109
46	Rosa	109
48	Christine	108
49	Nellie	103
50	Juanita	102
51	Eleanor	101
51	Emma	101
53	Jane	99
54	Pauline	98
55	Bernice	97
56	Janet	95
57	Ella	94
57	Lucy	94
59	Delores	92
60	Geraldine	87
61	Alma	86
62	Irene	85
63	Marion	83
64	Anne	82
64	Laura	82
66	Bertha	81
66	Florence	81
66	Grace	81
66	Lillie	81
70	Charlotte	80
71	Bessie	78
72	Ida	77
72	Vivian	77
74	Beatrice	75
75	Eva	74
75	Patsy	74
77	Julia	72
78	Marjorie	71
79	Loretta	70
80	Cora	69
80	Katherine	69
80	Myrtle	69
83	Ellen	68
84	Violet	67
85	Carolyn	66
86	Rose	65
86	Willie	65
88	Agnes	64
89	Carrie	63
89	Pearl	63
89	Wanda	63
92	Jacqueline	62
92	Josephine	62
92	Rebecca	62
92	Sylvia	62
96	Hattie	61
97	Margie	60
97	Marian	60
97	Mattie	60
97	Nannie	60