Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,223
2	Mary	1,893
3	Margaret	1,101
4	Barbara	936
5	Patricia	865
6	Shirley	701
7	Joan	691
8	Elizabeth	626
9	Marilyn	556
10	Carol	550
11	Helen	510
12	Donna	483
13	Dorothy	400
14	Baby	364
15	Ruth	340
16	Sandra	333
17	Betty	332
18	Nancy	321
19	Judith	290
20	Joyce	289
21	Marlene	270
22	Marion	257
23	Jean	256
24	Beverley	254
25	Gail	214

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janet	211
27	Frances	207
27	Marjorie	207
29	Norma	201
30	Catherine	200
31	Lois	197
32	Eleanor	193
33	Doris	180
34	Sheila	178
35	June	175
36	Doreen	170
37	Irene	169
38	Rose	168
39	Evelyn	166
40	Audrey	163
41	Beverly	162
42	Kathleen	161
43	Diane	159
44	Sylvia	152
45	Alice	150
46	Anne	148
47	Carole	146
48	Ann	142
49	Jacqueline	141
50	Florence	139
51	Gloria	138
52	Carolyn	136
53	Phyllis	124
54	Lillian	121
55	Elaine	115
56	Linda	113
57	Grace	110
58	Brenda	106
59	Sharon	104
60	Anna	103
61	Elsie	101
61	Joanne	101
63	Jane	98
64	Geraldine	95
64	Muriel	95
66	Edith	90
66	Mildred	90
68	Arlene	89
69	Gladys	87
70	Constance	85
71	Annie	82
71	Lorraine	82
73	Lorna	79
74	Maureen	78
75	Edna	77
75	Eileen	77
77	Yvonne	75
78	Myrna	74
79	Pauline	73
79	Theresa	73
81	Beatrice	72
81	Deanna	72
81	Diana	72
81	Virginia	72
85	Jeanette	71
86	Bernice	70
86	Susan	70
88	Hazel	67
89	Agnes	64
89	Louise	64
89	Marguerite	64
92	Rita	63
92	Vera	63
94	Dianne	61
94	Eva	61
96	Ethel	60
96	Infant	60
98	Anita	59
98	Janice	59
100	Katherine	58
100	Laura	58
100	Loretta	58