Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	820
2	Barbara	718
3	Mary	581
4	Carol	576
5	Judith	458
6	Joan	411
7	Sandra	380
8	Linda	366
9	Nancy	344
10	Susan	276
11	Elizabeth	239
12	Margaret	235
13	Kathleen	194
14	Diane	192
15	Beverly	185
15	Carolyn	185
15	Joyce	185
18	Gail	172
19	Ann	166
19	Elaine	166
21	Donna	164
22	Janet	161
22	Karen	161
24	Dorothy	159
25	Jean	158

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	144
27	Virginia	141
28	Carole	140
29	Marilyn	137
30	Joanne	136
31	Frances	131
31	Sharon	131
33	Lorraine	116
34	Shirley	115
35	Ruth	112
36	Helen	103
37	Janice	102
38	Maureen	101
39	Geraldine	98
40	Catherine	97
41	Jane	96
42	Dolores	95
42	Phyllis	95
44	Cynthia	94
44	Jacqueline	94
46	Anne	92
47	Gloria	91
48	Betty	89
49	Sheila	87
50	Ellen	86
51	Maryann	83
52	Bonnie	81
52	Judy	81
54	Alice	78
55	Arlene	77
56	Marjorie	75
57	Roberta	71
58	Theresa	69
59	Lois	68
60	Eileen	67
61	Eleanor	66
61	Joann	66
63	Rosemary	65
64	Irene	63
64	Louise	63
64	Marion	63
67	Lucille	59
67	Rose	59
67	Sally	59
70	Rita	58
71	Katherine	56
72	Martha	55
73	Charlotte	54
73	Marcia	54
75	Doris	53
76	Diana	51
76	Evelyn	51
78	June	48
79	Jeanne	47
79	Josephine	47
79	Pamela	47
79	Priscilla	47
83	Lynn	45
84	Anita	44
84	Paula	44
84	Pauline	44
87	Florence	43
87	Rosemarie	43
89	Christine	42
90	Norma	41
91	Anna	39
91	Kathryn	39
93	Constance	38
93	Suzanne	38
95	Claire	36
95	Marianne	36
97	Grace	35
97	Lillian	35
97	Loretta	35
100	Brenda	33