Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	530
2	Patricia	489
3	Mary	419
4	Judith	342
5	Carol	340
6	Joan	337
7	Nancy	239
8	Margaret	172
9	Elizabeth	171
10	Sandra	167
11	Dorothy	150
12	Ann	145
13	Joyce	139
14	Beverly	131
15	Jean	126
16	Janet	111
17	Linda	109
18	Marie	106
19	Marilyn	103
20	Elaine	100
20	Susan	100
22	Frances	99
23	Shirley	95
24	Betty	94
25	Gail	90

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	89
27	Lorraine	88
28	Eleanor	87
28	Judy	87
30	Helen	86
31	Carolyn	80
32	Phyllis	74
33	Ruth	73
34	Anne	69
35	Alice	68
35	Arlene	68
37	Diane	66
38	Janice	64
38	Kathleen	64
40	Donna	61
41	Jane	60
42	Dolores	59
42	Geraldine	59
42	Rose	59
42	Sally	59
46	Irene	58
46	Louise	58
48	Marion	55
49	Joanne	53
50	Maureen	52
51	Carole	50
51	Jacqueline	50
51	June	50
54	Cynthia	49
54	Lucille	49
56	Catherine	48
56	Josephine	48
56	Sheila	48
59	Gloria	46
59	Lois	46
59	Martha	46
59	Maryann	46
59	Theresa	46
64	Ellen	45
64	Evelyn	45
64	Katherine	45
67	Priscilla	44
68	Anna	43
68	Rosemary	43
70	Karen	42
70	Marjorie	42
70	Roberta	42
73	Brenda	41
73	Marcia	41
75	Lillian	40
76	Loretta	39
77	Rita	35
78	Charlotte	33
78	Grace	33
80	Edith	32
80	Florence	32
82	Jeanne	31
83	Anita	29
83	Claire	29
83	Eileen	29
83	Rosemarie	29
87	Constance	27
87	Jeannette	27
87	Marlene	27
90	Audrey	26
90	Christine	26
90	Doris	26
90	Joann	26
90	Norma	26
95	Mildred	25
96	Diana	24
96	Sylvia	24
96	Valerie	24
99	Jeanette	23
100	Pauline	22
100	Suzanne	22