Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	1,440
2	Mary	1,439
3	Judith	1,173
4	Barbara	1,115
5	Carol	1,076
6	Nancy	769
7	Joan	746
8	Sandra	701
9	Margaret	568
10	Ann	517
11	Linda	496
12	Elizabeth	459
13	Dorothy	431
14	Susan	420
15	Janet	418
16	Jean	413
17	Beverly	396
18	Joyce	394
19	Elaine	393
20	Marie	383
21	Janice	360
22	Kathleen	326
23	Marilyn	309
24	Virginia	308
25	Carolyn	303

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jane	301
27	Joanne	298
28	Diane	289
29	Helen	286
30	Anne	283
31	Gail	269
32	Ruth	265
33	Frances	259
34	Donna	241
35	Carole	240
36	Lorraine	236
37	Maureen	233
38	Phyllis	224
39	Alice	221
40	Shirley	220
41	Pauline	217
42	Catherine	211
43	Claire	205
44	Sheila	204
45	Ellen	203
46	Eleanor	199
47	Cynthia	189
48	Louise	188
49	Roberta	186
50	Jacqueline	185
51	Rita	183
52	Geraldine	178
53	Jeanne	173
54	Marjorie	168
55	Theresa	165
56	Brenda	158
56	Lois	158
56	Martha	158
59	Priscilla	152
60	Irene	150
61	Marcia	142
62	Gloria	140
63	June	136
64	Karen	134
65	Doris	133
65	Sally	133
67	Arlene	130
68	Eileen	129
69	Betty	128
70	Constance	122
71	Charlotte	118
71	Marion	118
73	Dolores	116
74	Judy	111
74	Rose	111
76	Lucille	106
77	Katherine	105
78	Lillian	104
78	Suzanne	104
80	Evelyn	103
81	Christine	102
82	Rosemary	99
83	Paula	92
84	Florence	90
85	Deborah	84
86	Anna	83
86	Rosemarie	83
88	Norma	79
89	Dianne	78
90	Sylvia	75
91	Anita	73
92	Josephine	71
93	Grace	69
94	Joann	66
95	Maryann	65
96	Bonnie	63
96	Sarah	63
98	Diana	62
98	Loretta	62
98	Mildred	62