Most popular girls’ names in Florida, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	901
2	Betty	534
3	Barbara	522
4	Patricia	388
5	Dorothy	324
6	Shirley	303
7	Linda	236
8	Carolyn	235
9	Joyce	223
10	Margaret	222
11	Sandra	203
12	Frances	196
13	Nancy	195
14	Martha	192
15	Gloria	186
16	Annie	153
17	Elizabeth	151
18	Helen	145
19	Virginia	141
20	Judith	136
21	Carol	126
22	Evelyn	112
23	Alice	108
23	Doris	108
25	Judy	101

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joan	99
27	Sylvia	95
28	Sarah	91
29	Peggy	87
30	Marilyn	86
31	Ruby	84
32	Ann	83
32	Janice	83
34	Norma	80
35	Catherine	76
35	Juanita	76
35	Mildred	76
35	Willie	76
39	Emma	74
39	Ruth	74
41	Louise	73
42	Jean	72
43	Jeanette	71
44	Yvonne	70
45	Beverly	69
45	Geraldine	69
47	Thelma	68
48	Marie	67
48	Rosa	67
50	Annette	65
51	Wanda	64
52	Edna	63
53	Sally	62
54	Delores	61
55	Bernice	59
55	Lillie	59
57	Bonnie	58
58	Lois	57
59	Vivian	56
60	Charlotte	54
60	Donna	54
62	Joann	53
62	Phyllis	53
64	Edith	52
64	Rose	52
66	Josephine	50
67	Julia	49
67	Lillian	49
67	Susan	49
70	Diane	48
70	Ethel	48
70	Jo	48
73	Eleanor	47
73	Glenda	47
75	Christine	46
75	Hazel	46
75	Jane	46
75	Katherine	46
79	Brenda	45
79	Gladys	45
79	Janet	45
82	Clara	44
82	Johnnie	44
82	June	44
82	Marion	44
82	Marjorie	44
82	Sharon	44
88	Carrie	43
88	Maxine	43
90	Marian	42
91	Bertha	41
91	Jacqueline	41
91	Patsy	41
91	Sara	41
95	Beatrice	40
95	Gail	40
97	Bobbie	39
97	Deloris	39
97	Ella	39
97	Irene	39
97	Pauline	39