Most popular girls’ names in Indiana, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,285
2	Judith	1,119
3	Linda	855
4	Patricia	831
5	Barbara	776
6	Nancy	764
7	Sharon	742
8	Carolyn	695
9	Sandra	649
10	Carol	592
11	Janet	538
12	Judy	503
13	Betty	493
14	Shirley	445
15	Janice	403
16	Beverly	401
17	Marilyn	393
18	Phyllis	377
19	Joyce	368
20	Donna	350
21	Margaret	284
22	Martha	281
23	Ruth	266
24	Karen	255
25	Dorothy	232

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joan	219
27	Virginia	218
28	Bonnie	212
29	Susan	205
30	Elizabeth	189
30	Sue	189
32	Norma	185
33	Helen	181
33	Wanda	181
35	Alice	163
35	Jane	163
37	Gloria	159
37	Lois	159
37	Peggy	159
40	Doris	151
41	Brenda	149
42	Jean	144
43	Ann	141
44	Rose	136
45	Charlotte	135
46	Rita	131
47	Connie	125
48	Carole	123
48	Darlene	123
50	Anna	122
51	Frances	121
51	Marjorie	121
53	Sally	116
54	Kay	114
55	Roberta	106
56	Rebecca	105
57	Wilma	104
58	Marcia	102
59	Rosemary	100
60	Kathleen	99
61	Diane	95
62	Jo	89
63	Diana	86
64	Anita	83
65	Jacqueline	82
66	Delores	81
66	Loretta	81
68	Dixie	80
69	Marlene	78
70	Juanita	76
71	Joann	75
71	Sylvia	75
73	Patsy	74
73	Sondra	74
75	Geraldine	73
75	Sarah	73
77	Julia	72
77	Patty	72
79	Elaine	71
79	Suzanne	71
81	June	68
82	Evelyn	66
83	Catherine	65
84	Deanna	64
85	Charlene	63
86	Kathryn	62
87	Arlene	60
87	Pat	60
89	Priscilla	59
90	Edith	58
91	Sara	57
92	Edna	56
92	Thelma	56
94	Dolores	55
95	Louise	54
96	Ellen	52
96	Laura	52
96	Mildred	52
99	Cynthia	50
99	Joanne	50