Most popular girls’ names in Connecticut, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	779
2	Barbara	670
3	Mary	643
4	Linda	564
5	Carol	563
6	Susan	559
7	Nancy	425
8	Sandra	413
9	Judith	398
10	Kathleen	379
11	Sharon	317
12	Diane	310
13	Donna	299
14	Karen	284
15	Elizabeth	260
16	Margaret	246
17	Joan	244
18	Janet	208
19	Janice	170
20	Gail	169
21	Joyce	168
22	Jane	164
23	Cheryl	161
24	Ann	156
25	Beverly	154

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Pamela	154
27	Marilyn	151
28	Elaine	148
29	Cynthia	145
30	Jean	143
31	Virginia	142
32	Dorothy	128
33	Carolyn	123
33	Maureen	123
35	Ellen	122
36	Frances	117
37	Lorraine	115
38	Joanne	113
38	Shirley	113
40	Christine	111
41	Catherine	107
41	Marie	107
43	Eileen	104
44	Anne	98
45	Lynn	93
45	Ruth	93
45	Suzanne	93
48	Betty	90
48	Judy	90
50	Sheila	89
51	Rosemary	87
52	Bonnie	85
52	Geraldine	85
52	Marcia	85
55	Helen	84
56	Gloria	83
56	Phyllis	83
58	Lois	82
59	Jacqueline	75
59	Paula	75
61	Deborah	73
62	Martha	72
62	Roberta	72
64	Katherine	71
64	Louise	71
66	Theresa	70
67	Alice	67
67	Arlene	67
67	Joann	67
70	Maryann	66
71	Diana	65
71	Rita	65
73	Carole	62
73	Jeanne	62
75	Kathryn	61
75	Laura	61
77	Andrea	58
77	Marjorie	58
77	Rose	58
80	Lucille	57
81	Doris	51
81	Sally	51
83	Claudia	48
83	Dianne	48
83	Irene	48
86	Charlotte	47
87	Doreen	46
88	Dolores	45
89	Anita	43
89	Leslie	43
91	Eleanor	41
91	Evelyn	41
91	June	41
91	Marion	41
95	Jo	40
96	Claire	37
97	Kathy	36
98	Marianne	35
99	Darlene	34
99	Denise	34
99	Marsha	34
99	Rosemarie	34