Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,465
2	Shirley	1,296
3	Betty	1,028
4	Barbara	695
5	Dorothy	568
6	Margaret	422
7	Nancy	410
8	Virginia	399
9	Doris	361
9	Helen	361
11	Frances	348
12	Joyce	319
13	Peggy	293
14	Elizabeth	273
15	Jean	256
16	Evelyn	239
16	Ruth	239
18	Mildred	230
19	Alice	229
20	Annie	225
21	Ruby	222
22	Patricia	217
23	Martha	216
24	Thelma	200
25	Phyllis	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	187
27	Gladys	160
28	Joan	158
29	Ann	156
30	Elsie	142
31	Louise	141
32	Anna	139
33	Charlotte	137
34	Sarah	134
35	Hazel	133
36	Catherine	131
37	Norma	124
38	Edith	118
39	Edna	116
40	Lillian	113
41	Carolyn	111
41	Emma	111
43	Marie	110
44	Gloria	108
45	Clara	105
45	Ethel	105
47	Rosa	104
48	Anne	103
49	Ella	99
49	June	99
51	Geraldine	98
52	Jane	96
52	Juanita	96
54	Audrey	94
54	Janet	94
54	Pauline	94
57	Sylvia	93
58	Patsy	91
59	Loretta	87
60	Laura	86
61	Delores	85
61	Irene	85
63	Bernice	84
64	Nellie	83
65	Bessie	82
66	Bertha	81
67	Florence	79
68	Eva	78
68	Katherine	78
68	Lillie	78
68	Lucille	78
72	Ellen	77
72	Pearl	77
74	Rose	76
74	Vivian	76
76	Rebecca	74
76	Wilma	74
78	Eleanor	72
78	Lucy	72
78	Marjorie	72
81	Alma	71
82	Josephine	70
82	Julia	70
82	Willie	70
85	Grace	67
85	Ida	67
87	Margie	65
88	Myrtle	63
89	Christine	62
90	Beatrice	61
91	Carol	60
91	Wanda	60
93	Carrie	59
93	Janice	59
95	Bettie	58
96	Jo	57
97	Esther	56
98	Beulah	54
99	Eunice	53
99	Marion	53