Most popular girls’ names in Indiana, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,547
2	Linda	1,116
3	Judith	1,109
4	Sharon	1,076
5	Barbara	1,007
6	Patricia	1,000
7	Sandra	908
8	Nancy	886
9	Carolyn	872
10	Carol	802
11	Karen	640
12	Janet	595
13	Judy	589
14	Donna	521
15	Betty	467
16	Shirley	461
17	Joyce	446
18	Marilyn	396
19	Janice	385
20	Beverly	326
21	Susan	325
22	Bonnie	323
23	Phyllis	310
24	Margaret	307
25	Ruth	293

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carole	278
27	Martha	275
28	Joan	241
29	Connie	223
30	Dorothy	218
31	Sue	216
32	Virginia	209
33	Kathleen	201
34	Rita	199
35	Elizabeth	198
36	Jane	197
37	Peggy	191
38	Gloria	186
39	Diane	182
40	Rebecca	177
41	Diana	176
42	Wanda	174
43	Norma	167
44	Helen	163
45	Sally	160
46	Brenda	156
47	Jean	154
48	Doris	150
49	Alice	146
50	Lois	145
51	Charlotte	140
51	Pamela	140
53	Frances	138
54	Ann	134
55	Rose	129
56	Marcia	124
57	Roberta	122
58	Marjorie	117
59	Kay	116
60	Darlene	109
61	Marsha	107
62	Anna	106
63	Jacqueline	105
64	Evelyn	100
65	Patty	98
66	Sarah	97
67	Wilma	96
68	Jo	95
69	Ellen	91
70	Anita	90
71	Kathryn	89
72	Delores	88
73	Julia	87
74	Elaine	83
74	Sherry	83
76	Rosemary	81
77	Marlene	79
78	Sara	78
79	Cynthia	77
80	Joann	76
81	Catherine	75
81	Charlene	75
83	Geraldine	74
84	Sylvia	72
85	Loretta	71
86	Marie	70
87	Dixie	69
88	Suzanne	68
89	Patsy	66
90	Sheila	64
91	Anne	62
91	Juanita	62
93	June	60
93	Katherine	60
93	Mildred	60
93	Vicki	60
97	Edna	58
97	Paula	58
99	Esther	56
100	Jeanette	55
100	Sondra	55