Most popular girls’ names in California, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	3,003
2	Mary	2,975
3	Patricia	2,338
4	Barbara	2,186
5	Carol	2,089
6	Sharon	2,058
7	Sandra	1,646
8	Susan	1,596
9	Judith	1,383
10	Nancy	1,374
11	Donna	1,281
12	Judy	1,232
13	Karen	1,177
14	Carolyn	1,033
15	Kathleen	1,008
16	Margaret	942
17	Diane	927
18	Pamela	833
19	Shirley	789
20	Gloria	767
21	Janet	763
22	Cheryl	759
23	Betty	757
24	Marilyn	721
25	Joan	700

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	661
27	Janice	620
28	Joyce	586
29	Bonnie	558
30	Beverly	542
31	Diana	518
32	Carole	480
33	Elizabeth	464
34	Dorothy	461
35	Frances	457
36	Helen	452
37	Martha	426
38	Sally	392
39	Jean	391
40	Ann	369
41	Connie	360
42	Alice	350
43	Christine	347
44	Gail	340
45	Darlene	325
46	Ruth	314
47	Maria	309
47	Suzanne	309
49	Dolores	308
50	Roberta	305
51	Irene	302
52	Jo	292
52	Kathy	292
54	Phyllis	289
55	Charlotte	288
56	Rose	287
57	Marie	286
58	Catherine	282
58	Joanne	282
60	Jane	281
61	Peggy	278
62	Elaine	277
63	Claudia	271
64	Sue	269
65	Kathryn	262
66	Paula	260
67	Victoria	257
68	Anita	256
69	Lynn	252
70	Katherine	249
71	Pat	248
72	Louise	244
73	Rita	239
74	Dianne	235
75	Jacqueline	233
76	Joann	229
77	Sylvia	224
78	Lois	221
78	Marsha	221
80	Lynda	216
81	Norma	215
82	Vicki	213
83	Jeanne	203
84	Charlene	201
84	Sherry	201
86	Evelyn	199
87	Ellen	198
88	Wanda	195
89	Penny	190
90	Julie	185
90	Marcia	185
92	Brenda	183
93	Doris	182
94	Juanita	181
94	Sheila	181
96	Andrea	174
96	Marjorie	174
98	Geraldine	173
99	Anne	170
100	Michele	167