Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,452
2	Shirley	1,145
3	Betty	925
4	Barbara	799
5	Nancy	474
6	Dorothy	436
7	Margaret	398
8	Frances	352
8	Virginia	352
10	Helen	326
11	Joyce	325
12	Doris	321
13	Patricia	319
14	Peggy	312
15	Elizabeth	305
16	Jean	253
17	Ruth	242
18	Martha	239
19	Ruby	211
20	Phyllis	207
21	Mildred	206
22	Alice	193
23	Evelyn	189
24	Annie	184
25	Joan	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	175
27	Shelby	173
28	Thelma	167
29	Ann	165
30	Sarah	157
31	Louise	154
32	Gladys	144
33	Carolyn	143
34	Anna	136
35	Sylvia	135
36	Edith	131
37	Gloria	127
38	Norma	126
39	Charlotte	121
40	Jane	120
41	Janice	118
42	Patsy	116
43	Carol	114
43	Edna	114
45	Catherine	112
46	Delores	106
47	Audrey	105
48	Emma	103
48	Hazel	103
48	Janet	103
51	Ethel	100
52	Anne	97
52	June	97
54	Geraldine	95
55	Laura	94
56	Eleanor	93
57	Lillie	92
58	Rosa	91
59	Bernice	89
59	Loretta	89
59	Lucy	89
59	Sandra	89
63	Elsie	87
63	Marie	87
65	Clara	84
66	Wanda	83
67	Lillian	82
68	Juanita	81
69	Bessie	78
69	Katherine	78
71	Pauline	77
72	Rose	76
73	Florence	75
74	Christine	73
74	Ellen	73
74	Nellie	73
77	Lucille	72
78	Jacqueline	71
79	Eva	70
80	Grace	69
80	Marion	69
82	Irene	68
83	Ella	66
83	Ida	66
83	Yvonne	66
86	Geneva	64
86	Josephine	64
88	Wilma	63
89	Bertha	62
90	Beverly	61
90	Jo	61
92	Bonnie	60
92	Myrtle	60
94	Beatrice	58
94	Julia	58
94	Margie	58
94	Vivian	58
98	Alma	57
99	Cora	56
99	Eunice	56
99	Pearl	56