Most popular girls’ names in California, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,461
2	Mary	2,440
3	Barbara	2,212
4	Patricia	2,155
5	Sharon	1,828
6	Carol	1,672
7	Sandra	1,330
8	Nancy	1,259
9	Judith	1,224
10	Judy	1,119
11	Karen	1,063
12	Susan	1,058
13	Donna	1,007
14	Carolyn	996
15	Diane	931
16	Joan	764
17	Margaret	750
18	Kathleen	745
19	Shirley	737
20	Betty	669
21	Janet	665
22	Marilyn	653
23	Virginia	616
24	Carole	596
25	Joyce	592

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	567
27	Janice	562
28	Bonnie	540
29	Beverly	483
30	Helen	468
31	Dorothy	461
32	Frances	459
33	Diana	444
34	Elizabeth	403
35	Alice	360
36	Jean	356
37	Joanne	344
38	Dolores	330
38	Ruth	330
40	Ann	326
41	Darlene	324
42	Martha	321
43	Phyllis	316
44	Sally	310
45	Pamela	301
46	Marie	296
47	Roberta	292
48	Irene	288
49	Gail	278
50	Connie	269
51	Maria	260
52	Charlotte	256
53	Pat	254
54	Norma	253
55	Jo	251
56	Elaine	241
57	Peggy	233
57	Rose	233
59	Sue	229
60	Jacqueline	226
60	Rita	226
60	Sylvia	226
63	Geraldine	222
64	Lynda	221
65	Katherine	213
65	Kathryn	213
67	Anita	208
68	Jane	205
69	Joann	204
70	Loretta	203
70	Sheila	203
72	Lois	200
72	Suzanne	200
74	Dianne	199
74	Louise	199
76	Charlene	196
76	Christine	196
78	Julie	191
78	Kathy	191
78	Lynn	191
81	Catherine	190
82	Marlene	183
83	Evelyn	182
84	Kay	177
85	Marcia	176
86	Arlene	171
87	Doris	170
87	Marjorie	170
89	Esther	168
90	Claudia	166
91	Anne	165
91	Ellen	165
93	Yvonne	162
94	Rosemary	158
95	Marsha	156
96	Maureen	154
97	Jeanne	153
98	Carmen	151
98	Jeanette	151
100	Sherry	150