Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,625
2	Patricia	1,509
3	Carol	1,474
4	Barbara	1,363
5	Judith	1,340
6	Sandra	933
7	Nancy	927
8	Linda	813
9	Joan	801
10	Susan	615
11	Margaret	563
12	Elizabeth	548
13	Ann	529
14	Elaine	506
15	Janet	491
16	Dorothy	485
17	Kathleen	465
18	Beverly	443
19	Diane	441
20	Jean	436
21	Joyce	432
22	Marie	417
23	Carolyn	402
23	Donna	402
25	Marilyn	390

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	387
27	Joanne	377
28	Maureen	372
29	Gail	364
30	Carole	337
31	Anne	334
31	Virginia	334
33	Helen	313
34	Frances	309
35	Ruth	291
36	Jane	282
37	Lorraine	274
38	Catherine	267
39	Ellen	256
40	Sheila	250
41	Roberta	244
42	Karen	239
42	Shirley	239
44	Claire	233
45	Eleanor	232
46	Geraldine	221
47	Phyllis	213
48	Pauline	211
49	Cynthia	208
50	Alice	203
51	Jeanne	198
52	Jacqueline	196
53	Eileen	189
53	Rita	189
55	Martha	185
56	Priscilla	184
57	Marcia	183
58	Louise	179
59	Theresa	175
60	Sally	173
61	Lois	168
62	Marjorie	163
63	Doris	161
64	Brenda	158
65	Betty	155
66	Irene	152
67	Gloria	151
68	Constance	150
69	Arlene	141
70	Rosemary	139
71	Dianne	137
71	Pamela	137
71	Paula	137
74	Judy	136
75	Katherine	134
76	Charlotte	129
77	Marion	126
78	Christine	125
79	Rose	120
80	Dolores	119
81	June	117
81	Lucille	117
83	Evelyn	116
83	Suzanne	116
85	Diana	110
85	Sharon	110
87	Norma	104
87	Rosemarie	104
89	Joann	95
89	Lillian	95
91	Florence	91
92	Deborah	89
93	Bonnie	88
94	Madeline	85
95	Anna	82
95	Grace	82
97	Annette	80
98	Anita	78
99	Kathryn	77
99	Loretta	77