Most popular girls’ names in District of Columbia, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	366
2	Barbara	341
3	Patricia	270
4	Joan	161
5	Margaret	141
6	Nancy	134
7	Joyce	127
8	Judith	125
9	Carol	113
10	Betty	106
10	Sandra	106
12	Shirley	105
13	Elizabeth	99
14	Linda	97
15	Dorothy	89
15	Jean	89
17	Gloria	87
18	Ann	73
18	Helen	73
20	Doris	65
21	Carolyn	64
21	Frances	64
23	Janet	58
24	Susan	56
25	Ruth	55

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Virginia	55
27	Alice	54
27	Martha	54
29	Beverly	47
29	Bonnie	47
31	Brenda	46
32	Delores	44
32	Donna	44
32	Phyllis	44
32	Yvonne	44
36	Ellen	42
37	Jane	41
38	Carole	40
38	Catherine	40
40	Janice	39
41	Elaine	38
41	Marie	38
43	Anne	35
43	Diane	35
43	Joanne	35
43	Kathleen	35
47	Geraldine	34
47	Julia	34
49	Evelyn	33
49	Mildred	33
51	Charlotte	32
52	Jacqueline	31
52	Judy	31
52	Sharon	31
55	Louise	30
55	Rose	30
57	Eleanor	29
57	Gail	29
59	Sylvia	28
60	June	27
60	Marilyn	27
60	Marjorie	27
63	Karen	26
63	Katherine	26
63	Suzanne	26
66	Marion	25
67	Audrey	24
68	Florence	23
68	Sara	23
70	Cynthia	22
70	Lois	22
70	Roberta	22
73	Christine	21
73	Constance	21
73	Ethel	21
73	Kathryn	21
73	Peggy	21
78	Juanita	20
78	Norma	20
78	Theresa	20
78	Vivian	20
82	Diana	19
82	Irene	19
82	Kay	19
85	Dolores	18
85	Grace	18
85	Jeanette	18
85	Rita	18
85	Sally	18
85	Sarah	18
91	Arlene	17
91	Bernice	17
91	Jeanne	17
91	Josephine	17
91	Marcia	17
91	Marian	17
91	Marlene	17
91	Rosemary	17
99	Anna	16
99	Edith	16
99	Joann	16
99	Sheila	16