Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,340
2	Mary	2,071
3	Margaret	1,119
4	Patricia	955
5	Barbara	892
6	Linda	881
7	Judith	873
8	Sharon	869
9	Carol	852
10	Sandra	805
11	Donna	695
12	Shirley	584
13	Elizabeth	563
14	Joan	548
15	Marilyn	543
16	Nancy	506
17	Susan	411
18	Karen	410
19	Helen	403
20	Diane	384
21	Gail	359
22	Dorothy	336
23	Ruth	328
24	Janet	324
25	Gloria	309

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carolyn	293
27	Lynda	280
28	Betty	272
29	Joyce	262
30	Beverley	255
31	Marion	253
32	Catherine	240
33	Jean	235
34	Frances	223
35	Lois	221
36	Bonnie	212
37	Cheryl	194
38	Brenda	190
39	Dianne	189
39	Kathleen	189
41	Marlene	188
42	Elaine	186
42	Sheila	186
44	Baby	178
45	Joanne	177
46	Jane	169
47	Eleanor	167
48	Carole	166
48	Heather	166
50	Marjorie	162
51	Evelyn	151
52	Beverly	150
53	Norma	147
54	Jacqueline	146
55	Ann	141
56	Irene	139
56	Rose	139
58	Doris	136
58	Phyllis	136
60	Anne	127
60	Sylvia	127
62	Alice	126
63	Maureen	123
64	June	119
65	Pauline	116
66	Doreen	115
67	Janice	114
68	Sharron	112
69	Darlene	111
69	Lorraine	111
71	Florence	109
72	Wendy	102
73	Kathryn	100
74	Diana	99
75	Pamela	96
76	Judy	95
77	Constance	93
78	Geraldine	92
79	Lillian	91
80	Audrey	89
81	Rosemary	86
82	Katherine	85
83	Virginia	84
84	Suzanne	82
85	Edith	80
85	Rita	80
87	Theresa	79
88	Louise	78
89	Anna	77
89	Lorna	77
91	Valerie	76
92	Eileen	74
92	Ellen	74
94	Grace	73
95	Lynn	72
96	Gladys	70
97	Caroline	68
97	Charlotte	68
97	Muriel	68
100	Bernice	66