Top 100 History: Girls' 1930s

Today I continue the "Top 100 History" series with the Great Depression era.

Changes

1930

Left: Agnes, Vera, Eileen

Entered: Sally, Patsy, Joanne

1931

Left: Maxine, Bertha, Maria, Gertrude

Entered: Loretta, Marlene, Joann, Arlene

1932

Left: Ellen, Ida, Jeanne

Entered: Constance, Sylvia, Janice

1933

Left: Eva, Rosemary, Constance

Entered: Margie, Darlene, Jo

1934

Left: Katherine, Margie, Julia, Elsie

Entered: Ellen, Judith, Sandra, Carole

1935

Left: Laura, Marian, Billie, Beatrice, Vivian

Entered: Margie, Yvonne, Rosemary, Sharon, Roberta

1936

Left: Margie, Esther, Willie, Rosemary

Entered: Katherine, Kay, Linda, Jeanette

1937

Left: Ellen, Katherine, Bernice, Hazel, Marion

Entered: Gail, Susan, Anita, Judy, Diane

1938

Left: Yvonne, Edith, Gladys, Lucille

Entered: Rosemary, Ellen, Rosalie, Karen

1939

Left: Clara, Pauline, Grace, Rosalie

Entered: Sue, Julia, Yvonne, Brenda

Movement

  • Sally, Patsy, Loretta, Marlene, Arlene, Janice, Darlene, Jo, Judith, Sandra, Carole, Roberta, Kay, Linda, Jeanette, Gail, Anita, Judy, Diane, Karen, Sue, and Brenda became popular for the first time.
  • Agnes, Vera, Eileen, Maxine, Bertha, Maria, Gertrude, Ida, Jeanne, Eva, Elsie, Laura, Billie, Beatrice, Vivian, Esther, Willie, Bernice, Hazel, Gladys, Edith, Lucille, Clara, Pauline, and Grace left the top 100.
  • Susan was revived.
  • Joanne and Joann took the world by storm.
  • Marion and Marian were both out of the top 100.
  • Judith, Nancy, and Carol entered the top 10.
  • Helen, Doris, and Ruth left the top 10.
  • Linda, Carolyn, Sandra, Judith, Janet, Marilyn, Donna, and Joyce entered the top 20.
  • Ruth, Doris, Jean, Lois, and Frances left the top 20.
  • Wanda, Kathleen, Carole, Karen, Peggy, Judy, Judith, Linda, Elaine, Sandra, Carol, and Susan entered the top 50.
  • Annie, Dolores, Louise, Marjorie, Eleanor, Ruby, June, Josephine, Lillian, Thelma, and Mildred left the top 50.
Trends

  • Nicknames ending in "y" took over "ie"-ending nicknames (Peggy, Sally, Judy, Patsy, Betty).
  • French names were falling from favor (Lucille, Bernice, Pauline, Maxine).
  • Nature names no longer trended (Hazel).
  • Names ending in "s" fell from use (Gladys, Beatrice, Agnes).
  • Names ending in "arlene" trended (Arlene, Darlene, Marlene).
  • Single-syllable "j" names still trended (Jo, Joan, Joyce, Jean, June, Jane).
  • Short single-syllable names began to trend (Gail, Jo, Sue, Kay).
  • Spanish names remained on-trend (Juanita, Dolores, Delores, Rita, Anita).
  • Long names were still in favor (Carolyn, Roberta, Loretta, Josephine, Louise, Marjorie, etc.).
  • Names containing "or" remained in heavy use (Florence, Marjorie, Dorothy, Dolores, Doris, etc.).
  • Names ending in "da" or "ta" trended (Anita, Rita, Linda, Wanda, Roberta, Juanita, Brenda).
  • Names ending in "ma" were still in favor (Wilma, Norma, Emma, Thelma).
What was the most interesting change from the 1930s?

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