Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,109
2	Barbara	2,177
3	Patricia	2,103
4	Carol	2,005
5	Sharon	1,735
6	Linda	1,692
7	Judith	1,635
8	Sandra	1,535
9	Nancy	1,366
10	Karen	1,353
11	Susan	1,159
12	Donna	1,136
13	Kathleen	930
14	Judy	908
15	Janet	855
16	Diane	843
17	Joyce	813
18	Carolyn	781
19	Margaret	731
20	Marilyn	701
21	Shirley	662
22	Betty	653
23	Joan	606
24	Bonnie	599
25	Janice	558

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cheryl	518
27	Pamela	489
28	Ruth	488
29	Beverly	480
30	Dorothy	455
31	Virginia	436
32	Carole	434
33	Phyllis	419
34	Gloria	395
35	Jean	390
36	Elizabeth	374
37	Helen	347
38	Frances	328
39	Ann	317
40	Darlene	314
41	Alice	313
42	Jane	307
43	Joanne	294
43	Rita	294
45	Jacqueline	286
46	Martha	280
47	Roberta	278
48	Geraldine	273
49	Catherine	272
50	Gail	266
51	Elaine	265
52	Lois	264
53	Connie	259
54	Diana	248
54	Sally	248
56	Marcia	239
57	Brenda	234
58	Sue	231
59	Charlene	228
60	Christine	225
61	Lynn	223
62	Rose	219
63	Joann	215
64	Kay	213
65	Kathryn	212
66	Peggy	208
67	Rosemary	205
68	Eileen	198
69	Doris	195
70	Marlene	191
71	Suzanne	189
72	Charlotte	187
73	Arlene	182
73	Dolores	182
73	Marie	182
76	Ellen	178
77	Paula	177
78	Sheila	176
79	Maureen	175
80	Jo	170
81	Norma	169
82	Loretta	167
83	Kathy	165
84	Katherine	164
84	Marjorie	164
86	Evelyn	160
86	Sherry	160
88	Anita	155
88	Marsha	155
90	Louise	151
91	Dianne	149
92	Andrea	148
93	Jeanne	146
94	Constance	145
95	Lorraine	139
96	Theresa	138
97	Cynthia	130
98	Anna	129
99	Wanda	126
100	June	124