Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,521
2	Patricia	1,349
3	Carol	1,151
4	Judith	1,081
5	Barbara	1,032
6	Nancy	926
7	Sandra	892
8	Linda	816
9	Susan	801
10	Kathleen	670
11	Joan	650
12	Donna	634
13	Margaret	589
14	Diane	527
15	Elizabeth	508
16	Elaine	490
17	Janet	488
18	Ann	467
19	Karen	417
20	Jean	400
21	Joyce	388
22	Dorothy	387
23	Maureen	386
24	Jane	370
25	Carolyn	365

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	356
27	Joanne	350
28	Beverly	349
29	Marilyn	337
30	Gail	324
31	Marie	306
32	Ruth	298
33	Virginia	297
34	Anne	286
35	Frances	282
36	Lorraine	253
37	Carole	249
38	Helen	235
38	Pamela	235
40	Ellen	231
41	Paula	229
42	Catherine	223
43	Sharon	222
44	Cheryl	217
45	Eileen	207
46	Louise	206
47	Jeanne	202
48	Marcia	199
49	Cynthia	197
50	Martha	190
50	Pauline	190
50	Sheila	190
53	Phyllis	185
54	Roberta	184
55	Rita	181
56	Geraldine	179
57	Shirley	174
58	Dianne	168
59	Claire	166
60	Eleanor	164
60	Theresa	164
62	Alice	161
63	Jacqueline	159
64	Christine	158
65	Gloria	155
66	Marjorie	143
67	Irene	141
68	Lois	136
69	Sally	135
69	Suzanne	135
71	Constance	130
71	Deborah	130
73	Doris	127
73	Priscilla	127
75	Brenda	126
76	Betty	120
76	Evelyn	120
78	Arlene	118
78	Katherine	118
78	Rosemary	118
81	Diana	115
82	June	113
83	Marion	111
84	Bonnie	105
85	Rose	100
86	Judy	96
87	Andrea	95
87	Joann	95
89	Lucille	94
90	Charlotte	91
90	Kathryn	91
92	Marsha	85
93	Dolores	83
94	Lillian	80
95	Charlene	79
96	Maryann	76
97	Grace	72
98	Rosemarie	71
99	Florence	68
100	Edith	67