Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1937

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Margaret	201
2	2Mary	171
3	3Barbara	154
4	4Patricia	154
5	5Shirley	117
6	6Elizabeth	98
7	7Joan	98
8	8Dorothy	77
9	9Marilyn	68
10	10Donna	66
11	11Beverley	62
12	12Carol	61
13	13Helen	57
14	14Doreen	55
15	15Norma	54
16	16Marlene	52
17	17Frances	51
18	18Joyce	50
19	19Kathleen	50
20	20Sharon	50
21	21Jean	45
22	22Marie	44
23	23Beverly	43
24	24Sheila	43
25	25Irene	42
26	26Marjorie	42
27	27Marion	39
28	28Ruth	39
29	29Evelyn	37
30	30Nancy	37
31	31Betty	35
32	32Janet	35
33	33Lorraine	35
34	34Louise	35
35	35Phyllis	34
36	36Audrey	33
37	37Florence	33
38	38June	33
39	39Maureen	33
40	40Sylvia	32
41	41Diane	31
42	42Eleanor	31
43	43Judith	31
44	44Lois	31
45	45Roberta	30
46	46Annie	28
47	47Alice	27
48	48Lillian	27
49	49Carole	26
50	50Catherine	26
51	51Elaine	26
52	52Ellen	26
53	53Gloria	26
54	54Yvonne	25
55	55Doris	24
56	56Grace	24
57	57Diana	23
58	58Lorna	23
59	59Deanna	22
60	60Edna	22
61	61Elsie	22
62	62Ethel	22
63	63Anne	21
64	64Arlene	21
65	65Edith	21
66	66Eileen	21
67	67Rose	21
68	68Jeanette	20
69	69Agnes	17
70	70Bernice	17
71	71Virginia	17
72	72Jacqueline	16
73	73Muriel	16
74	74Myrna	16
75	75Sandra	16
76	76Valerie	16
77	77Violet	16
78	78Wilma	16
79	79Anita	15
80	80Beatrice	15
81	81Constance	15
82	82Georgina	15
83	83Laura	15
84	84Marguerite	15
85	85Maria	15
86	86Thelma	15
87	87Ann	14
88	88Charlotte	14
89	89Gladys	14
90	90Joanne	14
91	91Katherine	14
92	92Caroline	13
93	93Christine	13
94	94Ruby	13
95	95Sally	13
96	96Theresa	13
97	97Anna	12
98	98Carolyn	12
99	99Geraldine	12
100	100Josephine	12

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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