Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,540
2	Betty	955
3	Barbara	735
4	Dorothy	627
5	Shirley	565
6	Margaret	450
7	Nancy	400
8	Virginia	385
9	Doris	359
10	Helen	358
11	Frances	343
12	Peggy	339
13	Joyce	335
14	Jean	297
15	Elizabeth	288
16	Ruth	287
17	Mildred	263
18	Evelyn	236
19	Annie	226
20	Alice	215
21	Ruby	213
22	Thelma	210
23	Martha	209
24	Patricia	195
25	Lois	193

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gladys	188
27	Joan	178
28	Ann	169
29	Phyllis	163
30	Louise	158
31	Edna	151
32	Anna	147
32	Catherine	147
34	Sarah	137
35	Edith	136
36	Hazel	133
37	Norma	126
38	Elsie	123
39	Emma	121
39	Juanita	121
41	Charlotte	120
42	Ethel	116
42	Lillian	116
44	Gloria	114
45	Marie	111
45	Nellie	111
47	Rosa	109
48	Carolyn	107
49	Audrey	105
49	June	105
51	Lucy	104
52	Christine	103
53	Irene	100
54	Eleanor	99
55	Clara	98
55	Sylvia	98
57	Anne	97
58	Patsy	94
59	Pauline	92
60	Janet	89
61	Bernice	88
61	Lucille	88
63	Florence	87
64	Ella	85
65	Marjorie	84
66	Eva	83
67	Alma	82
68	Geraldine	80
69	Delores	78
69	Vivian	78
71	Bessie	76
71	Ellen	76
73	Laura	75
73	Rose	75
75	Jo	74
75	Myrtle	74
77	Geneva	73
77	Jane	73
77	Josephine	73
80	Lillie	72
81	Beatrice	71
81	Mattie	71
83	Carrie	70
83	Grace	70
83	Julia	70
83	Margie	70
87	Carol	68
87	Katherine	68
89	Marion	67
90	Bertha	66
91	Jacqueline	65
92	Mabel	62
92	Willie	62
94	Beulah	61
95	Ida	59
95	Pearl	59
95	Rachel	59
95	Wilma	59
99	Fannie	57
99	Loretta	57
99	Marian	57
99	Rebecca	57