Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,249
2	Mary	2,038
3	Margaret	1,116
4	Patricia	1,039
5	Barbara	952
6	Carol	722
7	Joan	663
8	Shirley	642
9	Elizabeth	604
10	Sandra	575
11	Judith	573
12	Donna	511
13	Helen	480
14	Marilyn	479
15	Dorothy	419
16	Ruth	386
17	Linda	364
18	Nancy	360
19	Betty	324
20	Diane	323
21	Gloria	321
22	Sharon	305
23	Joyce	297
24	Beverley	296
25	Gail	278

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carolyn	260
27	Janet	250
28	Jean	249
29	Marlene	248
30	Frances	244
31	Catherine	241
32	Marion	233
33	Baby	225
34	Lois	214
35	Sheila	199
36	June	186
36	Karen	186
38	Brenda	185
38	Carole	185
40	Eleanor	178
41	Marjorie	177
42	Kathleen	173
43	Evelyn	172
43	Irene	172
43	Norma	172
46	Beverly	168
47	Anne	166
48	Susan	165
49	Alice	159
50	Doris	157
51	Audrey	156
52	Ann	152
53	Rose	148
54	Joanne	147
54	Sylvia	147
56	Dianne	145
56	Jacqueline	145
58	Bonnie	138
59	Doreen	136
60	Florence	134
61	Elaine	131
62	Lorraine	122
63	Diana	120
64	Jane	116
65	Phyllis	112
66	Maureen	110
67	Geraldine	109
67	Lillian	109
69	Edith	108
70	Heather	104
71	Virginia	99
72	Pauline	94
73	Anna	93
73	Ellen	93
73	Lynda	93
76	Lorna	91
77	Gladys	90
77	Muriel	90
79	Janice	85
79	Roberta	85
81	Yvonne	84
82	Katherine	82
83	Arlene	81
84	Bernice	80
84	Grace	80
84	Myrna	80
87	Constance	77
88	Elsie	75
88	Louise	75
88	Valerie	75
91	Deanna	74
91	Edna	74
93	Agnes	72
93	Rita	72
95	Eileen	70
95	Laura	70
97	Rosemary	69
98	Marian	68
99	Annie	66
99	Beatrice	66
99	Jeanette	66
99	Marguerite	66