Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,322
2	Patricia	1,229
3	Barbara	1,139
4	Judith	1,109
5	Carol	1,009
6	Joan	746
7	Nancy	726
8	Sandra	704
9	Margaret	516
10	Ann	489
11	Elizabeth	440
12	Janet	429
13	Jean	428
14	Dorothy	417
15	Linda	365
16	Joyce	360
17	Beverly	350
18	Janice	324
19	Elaine	315
20	Marie	314
21	Joanne	307
22	Susan	296
23	Marilyn	287
24	Anne	279
25	Helen	272

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	266
27	Frances	261
28	Kathleen	259
28	Lorraine	259
30	Ruth	255
31	Jane	249
32	Carolyn	242
33	Brenda	239
33	Diane	239
33	Eleanor	239
33	Gail	239
37	Catherine	234
37	Phyllis	234
39	Carole	226
40	Maureen	218
41	Claire	212
41	Ellen	212
43	Alice	200
43	Shirley	200
45	Pauline	193
46	Rita	188
47	Cynthia	183
48	Sheila	178
49	Jacqueline	170
49	Theresa	170
51	Roberta	168
52	Louise	166
53	Donna	165
54	Lois	159
55	Jeanne	155
56	Marjorie	152
57	Geraldine	149
57	Priscilla	149
59	Betty	146
59	Irene	146
61	Marcia	145
62	Doris	143
62	Sally	143
64	Constance	139
65	June	138
66	Martha	137
67	Rose	133
68	Gloria	129
69	Marion	128
70	Eileen	127
71	Evelyn	116
72	Rosemary	115
73	Judy	108
74	Dolores	106
75	Katherine	105
76	Anna	98
77	Arlene	92
77	Florence	92
77	Lucille	92
77	Paula	92
81	Charlotte	91
82	Diana	86
83	Grace	84
84	Anita	83
84	Josephine	83
86	Suzanne	82
87	Annette	81
87	Sylvia	81
89	Norma	79
90	Lillian	78
91	Loretta	73
92	Christine	70
92	Joann	70
94	Audrey	65
94	Deborah	65
94	Karen	65
97	Rosemarie	61
98	Mildred	60
99	Muriel	58
100	Sarah	57