Most popular girls’ names in Florida, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	908
2	Barbara	626
3	Betty	546
4	Patricia	504
5	Linda	328
6	Shirley	311
7	Dorothy	295
8	Carolyn	292
9	Sandra	270
10	Joyce	267
11	Margaret	247
12	Gloria	206
12	Martha	206
14	Frances	194
14	Nancy	194
16	Judith	186
17	Elizabeth	182
18	Helen	173
19	Annie	167
20	Carol	161
21	Virginia	145
22	Judy	143
23	Alice	127
23	Sharon	127
25	Evelyn	118

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joan	113
26	Sarah	113
28	Sylvia	112
29	Doris	105
30	Janice	104
31	Ruth	103
32	Beverly	93
33	Catherine	92
33	Juanita	92
35	Ann	88
36	Brenda	87
37	Peggy	86
38	Norma	83
39	Charlotte	82
40	Mildred	81
41	Ruby	80
42	Geraldine	79
43	Jean	76
44	Donna	75
45	Delores	73
45	Yvonne	73
47	Bonnie	72
47	Emma	72
47	Louise	72
47	Wanda	72
51	Marilyn	71
52	Marie	70
53	Janet	68
54	Ethel	66
55	Julia	65
55	Lois	65
57	Thelma	64
58	Jo	63
58	Susan	63
58	Vivian	63
61	Bernice	61
61	Edna	61
63	Rosa	60
64	Willie	59
65	Glenda	58
65	Gwendolyn	58
65	Patsy	58
68	Rose	57
69	Josephine	55
69	Lillie	55
71	Edith	54
71	Jeanette	54
73	Annette	53
74	Ella	52
74	Hazel	52
74	Phyllis	52
77	Jacqueline	51
78	Marjorie	50
79	Laura	49
80	Clara	48
80	Deloris	48
80	Gladys	48
83	Anna	47
83	Lillian	47
85	Eleanor	46
86	Audrey	45
86	Gail	45
86	Minnie	45
89	Bertha	44
89	Joann	44
91	Bobbie	43
91	Eva	43
91	Katherine	43
91	Margie	43
91	Mattie	43
96	Johnnie	42
96	June	42
96	Sally	42
96	Sara	42
100	Carole	40
100	Diana	40
100	Florence	40
100	Kathryn	40
100	Rebecca	40