Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,385
2	Shirley	1,025
3	Barbara	942
3	Betty	942
5	Nancy	580
6	Dorothy	478
7	Margaret	401
8	Joyce	373
9	Frances	370
10	Patricia	365
11	Peggy	342
12	Virginia	321
13	Doris	317
14	Helen	312
15	Elizabeth	290
16	Jean	270
17	Martha	255
18	Ruth	223
19	Phyllis	218
20	Alice	213
21	Mildred	209
22	Carolyn	206
23	Evelyn	197
24	Annie	180
25	Joan	177

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Ruby	177
27	Ann	168
28	Lois	162
29	Thelma	158
30	Norma	151
31	Shelby	149
32	Gladys	141
33	Charlotte	138
33	Sylvia	138
35	Anna	137
36	Janice	136
37	Edith	135
37	Gloria	135
39	Janet	133
40	Elsie	130
41	Patsy	129
42	Edna	128
43	Sarah	121
44	Carol	115
44	Wanda	115
46	Ethel	114
47	Catherine	113
48	Marie	112
48	Sandra	112
50	Loretta	111
50	Louise	111
52	Audrey	110
53	Lillian	107
54	Rosa	106
55	Jane	102
56	Anne	101
57	Delores	100
58	Eleanor	99
59	Katherine	98
60	Hazel	96
60	Judith	96
62	Geraldine	94
62	Juanita	94
64	Emma	92
65	Rebecca	89
66	June	86
66	Linda	86
68	Bernice	84
69	Ellen	83
69	Marjorie	83
71	Ella	81
72	Josephine	79
72	Lillie	79
74	Beverly	78
74	Eva	78
74	Laura	78
77	Rose	77
78	Wilma	76
79	Lucy	74
80	Clara	73
80	Julia	73
80	Margie	73
83	Jacqueline	72
84	Alma	71
84	Florence	71
84	Irene	71
84	Jo	71
84	Nellie	71
89	Grace	70
90	Ida	68
91	Pauline	65
92	Myrtle	63
92	Yvonne	63
94	Bessie	61
95	Hattie	60
96	Bertha	58
96	Esther	58
96	Geneva	58
99	Willie	57
100	Pearl	56
100	Sue	56