Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,189
2	Mary	1,983
3	Margaret	1,122
4	Patricia	982
5	Barbara	901
6	Joan	673
7	Shirley	656
8	Carol	628
9	Elizabeth	583
10	Marilyn	562
11	Helen	527
12	Donna	495
13	Judith	483
14	Sandra	468
15	Dorothy	389
16	Nancy	362
17	Ruth	340
18	Jean	335
19	Betty	320
20	Joyce	317
21	Baby	313
22	Marion	280
23	Gail	279
24	Gloria	272
25	Beverley	254

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	247
27	Frances	237
28	Janet	230
29	Marlene	229
30	Linda	228
31	Carole	221
31	Eleanor	221
33	Diane	211
34	Catherine	199
35	Beverly	195
36	Norma	190
37	Audrey	189
37	Marjorie	189
39	Alice	186
40	Sharon	182
41	Sheila	181
42	Kathleen	177
43	Evelyn	172
44	June	171
45	Carolyn	170
45	Irene	170
45	Sylvia	170
48	Ann	168
48	Anne	168
48	Brenda	168
51	Doreen	166
52	Doris	161
53	Rose	153
54	Jacqueline	151
55	Susan	136
56	Elaine	135
57	Florence	131
58	Phyllis	126
59	Lillian	124
60	Lorraine	120
61	Joanne	110
62	Geraldine	109
63	Edith	108
64	Jane	106
65	Bonnie	104
66	Pauline	103
67	Anna	101
68	Muriel	100
69	Mildred	98
70	Eileen	93
71	Edna	92
72	Heather	91
73	Lorna	90
73	Myrna	90
75	Grace	89
76	Deanna	87
76	Dianne	87
78	Gladys	86
79	Arlene	85
80	Maureen	83
81	Elsie	82
82	Annie	81
83	Ethel	80
84	Karen	79
85	Constance	78
85	Virginia	78
87	Yvonne	77
88	Ellen	74
88	Marguerite	74
90	Diana	70
90	Lynda	70
92	Janice	68
92	Theresa	68
94	Beatrice	67
94	Rita	67
94	Rosemary	67
97	Bernice	66
97	Louise	66
99	Laura	64
100	Jeanette	61