Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,556
2	Mary	2,408
3	Linda	1,482
4	Patricia	1,426
5	Barbara	1,229
6	Sharon	1,204
7	Margaret	1,190
8	Carol	1,159
9	Sandra	999
10	Judith	990
11	Susan	920
12	Donna	862
13	Nancy	672
14	Shirley	644
15	Elizabeth	626
16	Joan	559
17	Marilyn	519
18	Diane	499
19	Karen	495
20	Gail	453
21	Lynda	434
22	Janet	409
23	Helen	404
24	Cheryl	356
25	Catherine	349

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dianne	344
27	Bonnie	343
28	Carolyn	337
29	Heather	336
30	Ruth	331
31	Gloria	320
32	Betty	311
33	Beverley	309
34	Brenda	301
35	Janice	286
36	Dorothy	274
37	Jean	268
38	Frances	254
38	Sheila	254
40	Jane	251
41	Joanne	241
41	Marion	241
43	Joyce	236
44	Anne	233
45	Baby	229
46	Kathleen	222
47	Beverly	214
48	Marlene	208
48	Suzanne	208
50	Elaine	205
51	Lynn	199
52	Lois	198
53	Diana	195
53	Maureen	195
55	Wendy	182
56	Jacqueline	180
57	Lorraine	179
58	Norma	177
59	Rose	170
60	Judy	169
61	Ann	164
62	Marjorie	160
63	Darlene	158
64	Evelyn	156
65	June	151
66	Carole	147
67	Doreen	145
67	Eleanor	145
69	Irene	143
70	Kathryn	141
71	Pamela	139
72	Doris	135
73	Phyllis	130
74	Rosemary	128
75	Pauline	127
76	Alice	125
77	Constance	124
77	Virginia	124
79	Katherine	123
79	Valerie	123
81	Edith	121
81	Sylvia	121
83	Audrey	114
84	Sharron	109
85	Louise	107
86	Lynne	104
86	Theresa	104
88	Ellen	98
88	Lorna	98
90	Lillian	96
91	Christine	92
92	Gayle	91
93	Caroline	90
93	Florence	90
93	Laura	90
96	Eileen	89
97	Geraldine	88
98	Rita	87
99	Victoria	85
100	Arlene	83
100	Muriel	83