Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Shirley	1,403
2	Mary	1,380
3	Betty	946
4	Barbara	773
5	Nancy	492
6	Dorothy	473
7	Margaret	388
8	Frances	358
9	Joyce	350
10	Virginia	334
11	Peggy	324
12	Doris	316
13	Helen	314
14	Jean	288
15	Elizabeth	265
16	Patricia	241
17	Ruth	225
18	Martha	224
19	Mildred	217
20	Evelyn	207
21	Alice	202
22	Joan	190
23	Ruby	187
24	Phyllis	184
25	Lois	183

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Annie	179
27	Ann	161
27	Thelma	161
29	Sarah	151
30	Gladys	150
31	Edith	149
32	Carolyn	141
33	Norma	137
34	Charlotte	134
35	Anna	133
36	Louise	131
37	Gloria	129
38	Hazel	127
39	Catherine	123
40	Sylvia	122
41	Ethel	120
42	Edna	119
43	Rosa	115
44	Lillian	114
45	Emma	106
46	Audrey	102
47	Patsy	98
48	June	97
49	Elsie	96
50	Jane	95
51	Anne	92
51	Bernice	92
51	Janet	92
51	Marie	92
55	Geraldine	91
55	Nellie	91
57	Vivian	90
58	Juanita	89
59	Clara	88
60	Delores	87
61	Josephine	86
62	Janice	85
63	Irene	83
63	Lillie	83
63	Pauline	83
63	Shelby	83
67	Bessie	81
67	Eleanor	81
67	Lucy	81
70	Ella	79
71	Marion	78
72	Carol	76
73	Jo	74
74	Eva	71
74	Rose	71
76	Florence	70
76	Katherine	70
76	Lucille	70
76	Margie	70
80	Bertha	69
80	Jacqueline	69
82	Geneva	68
82	Marjorie	68
84	Julia	66
85	Wilma	64
86	Beverly	62
86	Rebecca	62
86	Yvonne	62
89	Alma	61
89	Ellen	61
89	Laura	61
92	Ida	60
92	Loretta	60
94	Georgia	59
95	Bettie	57
95	Christine	57
97	Jeanette	56
97	Pearl	56
99	Marilyn	54
99	Myrtle	54