Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,348
2	Betty	919
3	Shirley	884
4	Barbara	870
5	Nancy	600
6	Patricia	447
7	Dorothy	423
8	Margaret	405
9	Joyce	397
10	Frances	352
11	Virginia	346
12	Peggy	340
13	Doris	315
14	Martha	288
15	Elizabeth	284
16	Helen	278
17	Phyllis	251
18	Alice	240
19	Ruth	239
20	Jean	217
21	Carolyn	214
22	Evelyn	208
23	Mildred	198
24	Ann	176
25	Joan	172

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thelma	164
27	Sarah	157
28	Linda	156
29	Annie	155
29	Janice	155
31	Carol	152
31	Gloria	152
33	Ruby	151
34	Charlotte	148
35	Lois	145
35	Norma	145
35	Patsy	145
38	Sandra	141
39	Sylvia	136
40	Janet	130
40	Judith	130
40	Shelby	130
43	Gladys	129
44	Juanita	128
45	Anna	127
46	Edith	122
47	Edna	121
48	Marie	117
49	Catherine	113
49	Jane	113
51	Eleanor	110
52	Ethel	107
53	Audrey	106
54	Emma	104
54	Hazel	104
56	Wanda	101
57	Clara	100
58	Louise	99
58	Rose	99
60	Rosa	98
61	Elsie	97
62	Geraldine	93
63	Ella	91
63	Ellen	91
65	Julia	88
66	Lillian	87
66	Rebecca	87
68	Bernice	86
69	Judy	85
70	Anne	83
71	Laura	81
72	Irene	80
72	Loretta	80
74	Delores	78
74	Marjorie	78
76	Nellie	77
77	June	76
78	Alma	75
78	Florence	75
78	Lucy	75
78	Margie	75
82	Wilma	74
83	Beverly	73
84	Katherine	71
85	Bertha	70
85	Yvonne	70
87	Jo	69
88	Bonnie	68
88	Lillie	68
90	Christine	67
91	Carrie	64
91	Pauline	64
93	Josephine	62
93	Lucille	62
95	Marion	60
95	Myrtle	60
97	Brenda	59
97	Willie	59
99	Bessie	58
100	Donna	57
100	Eva	57