Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1930

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Mary	228
2	2Margaret	184
3	3Dorothy	137
4	4Shirley	128
5	5Patricia	105
6	6Joan	103
7	7Barbara	80
8	8Elizabeth	76
9	9Doreen	73
10	10Helen	72
11	11Betty	71
12	12Jean	57
13	13Irene	56
14	14June	54
15	15Beverley	53
16	16Frances	52
17	17Ruth	52
18	18Kathleen	49
19	19Joyce	47
20	20Alice	46
21	21Audrey	43
22	22Lois	41
23	23Marjorie	41
24	24Evelyn	40
25	25Florence	40
26	26Marion	37
27	27Lillian	36
28	28Sheila	36
29	29Gloria	35
30	30Bernice	33
31	31Doris	33
32	32Marie	32
33	33Norma	32
34	34Edith	30
35	35Phyllis	30
36	36Beverly	29
37	37Rose	29
38	38Violet	29
39	39Annie	28
40	40Edna	28
41	41Eleanor	28
42	42Nancy	27
43	43Thelma	27
44	44Catherine	26
45	45Eileen	25
46	46Gladys	25
47	47Jessie	25
48	48Muriel	25
49	49Ellen	23
50	50Elsie	23
51	51Lorraine	22
52	52Yvonne	22
53	53Grace	21
54	54Vera	21
55	55Jacqueline	19
56	56Josephine	19
57	57Lorna	19
58	58Rita	19
59	59Agnes	18
60	60Anna	18
61	61Ethel	18
62	62Anne	17
63	63Carol	17
64	64Beatrice	16
65	65Dolores	16
66	66Pauline	16
67	67Clara	15
68	68Rosemary	15
69	69Esther	14
70	70Geraldine	14
71	71Hazel	14
72	72Jane	14
73	73Janet	14
74	74Laura	14
75	75Louise	14
76	76Mabel	14
77	77Marilyn	14
78	78Mildred	14
79	79Nora	14
80	80Pearl	14
81	81Georgina	13
82	82Gertrude	13
83	83Myrtle	13
84	84Olga	13
85	85Verna	13
86	86Beryl	12
87	87Donna	12
88	88Lucy	12
89	89Marguerite	12
90	90Martha	12
91	91Maureen	12
92	92May	12
93	93Mona	12
94	94Olive	12
95	95Sarah	12
96	96Wilma	12
97	97Hilda	11
98	98Ruby	11
99	99Valerie	11
100	100Virginia	11

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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