Most popular girls’ names in Arizona, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	320
2	Barbara	129
3	Betty	98
3	Patricia	98
5	Linda	87
6	Margaret	85
7	Carol	82
8	Helen	72
9	Alice	70
9	Frances	70
9	Gloria	70
12	Nancy	65
13	Virginia	63
14	Shirley	62
15	Judith	61
16	Sharon	57
17	Dorothy	55
18	Maria	52
19	Martha	50
19	Rose	50
19	Sandra	50
22	Irene	48
23	Carolyn	47
24	Sylvia	43
25	Carmen	41

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joyce	40
27	Norma	39
28	Sally	38
29	Judy	37
29	Lydia	37
29	Ruth	37
32	Marie	36
33	Elizabeth	35
33	Evelyn	35
35	Beverly	33
35	Dolores	33
35	Esther	33
38	Anita	32
38	Lucy	32
40	Patsy	30
40	Phyllis	30
42	Janice	29
43	Lupe	28
43	Peggy	28
43	Rita	28
46	Josephine	27
47	Anna	26
47	Marilyn	26
47	Nellie	26
47	Wanda	26
51	Louise	24
52	Cecilia	23
52	Donna	23
52	Doris	23
52	Julia	23
56	Connie	22
56	Rosa	22
58	Ella	21
58	Jo	21
58	Karen	21
58	Rachel	21
58	Susan	21
63	Charlotte	20
63	Dora	20
63	Joan	20
66	Ann	19
66	Billie	19
66	Jane	19
66	Katherine	19
66	Olga	19
66	Rosie	19
66	Sarah	19
66	Stella	19
74	Bertha	18
74	Bonnie	18
74	Eva	18
74	Jean	18
74	Joann	18
74	Juanita	18
80	Eleanor	17
80	Jessie	17
80	Margie	17
83	Christine	16
83	Grace	16
83	Janet	16
83	Ramona	16
87	Angie	15
87	Geraldine	15
87	Josie	15
87	Lois	15
87	Olivia	15
87	Yvonne	15
93	Annie	14
93	Charlene	14
93	Jennie	14
93	Myrna	14
93	Pauline	14
93	Rebecca	14
93	Sue	14
93	Teresa	14
93	Vivian	14