Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,770
2	Judith	2,199
3	Patricia	2,109
4	Barbara	2,033
5	Carol	1,677
6	Nancy	1,278
7	Sandra	1,216
8	Sharon	1,071
9	Linda	1,009
10	Judy	997
11	Joyce	879
12	Joan	787
13	Shirley	771
14	Donna	756
15	Janet	738
16	Betty	717
17	Marilyn	715
18	Margaret	704
19	Karen	702
20	Carolyn	685
21	Dorothy	662
22	Beverly	657
23	Janice	554
24	Diane	519
24	Ruth	519

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	484
27	Susan	454
28	Bonnie	449
29	Jean	431
30	Helen	424
31	Virginia	421
32	Carole	378
33	Kathleen	367
34	Gloria	365
35	Elizabeth	361
36	Alice	352
37	Frances	343
38	Lois	339
39	Doris	325
40	Joanne	318
41	Ann	309
42	Geraldine	287
43	Elaine	282
44	Rose	278
45	Roberta	265
46	Joann	261
47	Martha	259
48	Arlene	257
49	Norma	251
50	Jacqueline	248
51	Darlene	246
52	Dolores	242
52	Rosemary	242
54	Marie	232
54	Marlene	232
56	Charlotte	229
57	Catherine	215
58	Loretta	214
59	Rita	213
60	Gail	209
61	Kay	205
62	Evelyn	202
63	Jane	199
64	Sally	198
65	Brenda	197
65	Peggy	197
67	Marjorie	190
68	Ellen	184
69	Jeanette	181
70	Anna	178
71	Delores	177
72	Marcia	175
73	Wanda	172
74	Louise	167
75	Suzanne	165
76	Connie	163
77	Kathryn	162
77	Sue	162
79	Pat	159
80	Diana	155
81	June	154
82	Anita	153
83	Eleanor	152
84	Jo	150
85	Eileen	149
86	Charlene	148
87	Lorraine	145
87	Sheila	145
89	Sylvia	139
90	Josephine	132
91	Maureen	130
92	Florence	129
92	Irene	129
94	Katherine	128
95	Jeanne	127
96	Mildred	126
97	Yvonne	125
98	Audrey	124
98	Christine	124
100	Wilma	123