Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,493
2	Mary	2,199
3	Linda	1,114
4	Patricia	1,055
5	Margaret	1,029
6	Carol	993
7	Barbara	928
8	Sharon	888
9	Judith	841
10	Sandra	811
11	Donna	688
12	Shirley	627
13	Elizabeth	591
14	Susan	551
15	Joan	530
16	Marilyn	504
17	Nancy	494
18	Diane	446
19	Helen	435
20	Karen	426
21	Lynda	352
22	Janet	347
23	Ruth	344
24	Gail	336
25	Dorothy	310

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	307
27	Carolyn	302
27	Dianne	302
29	Jean	298
30	Catherine	294
31	Betty	278
31	Bonnie	278
33	Beverley	242
34	Marion	237
34	Marlene	237
36	Sheila	236
37	Cheryl	234
38	Heather	230
38	Joyce	230
40	Frances	218
41	Baby	215
42	Brenda	210
43	Lois	206
44	Jane	202
45	Elaine	179
45	Kathleen	179
47	Anne	175
47	Joanne	175
49	Janice	165
50	Beverly	160
51	Lorraine	158
52	Diana	157
53	Ann	155
54	Doris	148
54	Rose	148
56	Evelyn	144
56	Jacqueline	144
56	Marjorie	144
59	Eleanor	143
60	Maureen	137
61	Carole	134
62	Doreen	128
63	Irene	124
63	June	124
63	Lynn	124
63	Norma	124
67	Sylvia	120
68	Alice	118
69	Darlene	117
70	Pauline	114
71	Rosemary	112
71	Virginia	112
73	Kathryn	107
74	Suzanne	106
74	Victoria	106
76	Louise	104
76	Wendy	104
78	Judy	103
79	Sharron	101
80	Constance	99
80	Geraldine	99
82	Caroline	97
83	Phyllis	95
84	Anna	92
84	Florence	92
86	Katherine	91
87	Valerie	88
88	Lillian	87
88	Rita	87
90	Theresa	86
91	Pamela	85
92	Audrey	84
93	Lynne	82
94	Edith	81
95	Arlene	79
95	Ellen	79
97	Charlotte	78
98	Eileen	77
99	Denise	76
99	Grace	76