Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,703
2	Patricia	1,475
3	Carol	1,357
4	Judith	1,331
5	Barbara	1,271
6	Sandra	924
7	Nancy	908
8	Linda	893
9	Susan	806
10	Joan	736
11	Margaret	609
12	Diane	598
13	Kathleen	582
14	Donna	569
15	Ann	558
16	Elizabeth	528
17	Janet	523
18	Elaine	522
19	Joyce	514
20	Dorothy	488
21	Jean	437
22	Beverly	425
23	Joanne	420
24	Janice	401
25	Marie	389

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Maureen	386
27	Marilyn	364
28	Carolyn	359
29	Jane	347
30	Karen	344
30	Virginia	344
32	Anne	336
33	Gail	326
34	Helen	317
35	Frances	306
36	Ruth	295
37	Carole	273
37	Catherine	273
39	Sheila	272
40	Eileen	271
41	Shirley	252
42	Ellen	239
42	Roberta	239
44	Lorraine	227
45	Pamela	226
46	Cynthia	224
47	Phyllis	223
48	Geraldine	218
49	Sharon	212
50	Paula	211
51	Claire	209
51	Jeanne	209
53	Eleanor	207
54	Louise	203
55	Martha	199
55	Pauline	199
57	Jacqueline	196
58	Alice	187
59	Marcia	182
60	Rita	177
61	Dianne	175
62	Theresa	174
63	Sally	173
64	Priscilla	170
65	Lois	169
66	Brenda	159
66	Irene	159
68	Suzanne	158
69	Christine	151
70	Gloria	141
71	Marjorie	137
72	Marion	136
73	Constance	132
74	Katherine	131
75	Betty	130
76	Charlotte	129
76	Rose	129
78	Judy	128
79	Doris	127
80	June	126
81	Diana	118
82	Evelyn	115
83	Arlene	111
83	Joann	111
85	Rosemary	110
86	Dolores	107
87	Marsha	106
88	Deborah	101
89	Bonnie	94
89	Lucille	94
91	Maryann	93
92	Norma	83
93	Lillian	81
94	Anna	80
95	Florence	74
95	Grace	74
97	Edith	73
98	Andrea	71
99	Annette	69
100	Kathryn	68
100	Mildred	68