Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,420
2	Mary	2,324
3	Margaret	1,150
4	Patricia	1,052
5	Barbara	1,016
6	Carol	979
7	Sharon	936
8	Judith	860
9	Sandra	858
10	Linda	716
11	Donna	677
12	Elizabeth	623
13	Shirley	601
14	Joan	583
15	Marilyn	550
16	Nancy	481
17	Helen	453
18	Diane	428
19	Karen	379
20	Dorothy	368
21	Carolyn	363
22	Gail	361
23	Susan	359
24	Gloria	345
25	Ruth	343

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janet	330
27	Betty	298
28	Beverley	283
29	Joyce	273
30	Jean	269
31	Catherine	258
32	Frances	252
33	Lynda	249
34	Dianne	244
35	Marion	232
36	Marlene	228
37	Sheila	216
38	Baby	209
39	Carole	208
40	Bonnie	205
41	Lois	201
42	Kathleen	196
43	Beverly	190
44	Brenda	183
45	Eleanor	178
46	Evelyn	175
47	Elaine	174
48	Joanne	171
49	Anne	167
50	Ann	160
50	Marjorie	160
52	Heather	159
53	Jacqueline	154
54	Rose	153
55	Doris	149
55	Lorraine	149
57	Doreen	148
58	Norma	146
59	Irene	140
59	Sylvia	140
61	June	137
62	Alice	133
63	Diana	123
64	Jane	121
65	Audrey	120
65	Pauline	120
67	Maureen	118
68	Florence	114
68	Phyllis	114
70	Janice	112
70	Virginia	112
72	Eileen	107
73	Grace	105
74	Anna	102
75	Kathryn	101
75	Wendy	101
77	Constance	100
78	Sharron	98
79	Edith	97
79	Lillian	97
81	Katherine	94
82	Darlene	90
82	Judy	90
82	Rita	90
85	Ellen	84
85	Muriel	84
87	Louise	82
88	Arlene	81
88	Caroline	81
90	Lynn	80
91	Edna	79
92	Lorna	78
93	Valerie	76
94	Geraldine	71
94	Gladys	71
94	Martha	71
94	Rosemary	71
94	Sally	71
99	Gayle	69
99	Jeanette	69
99	Theresa	69