Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,665
2	Patricia	1,651
3	Carol	1,391
4	Linda	1,390
5	Susan	1,282
6	Barbara	1,208
7	Nancy	1,173
8	Judith	1,146
9	Donna	1,064
10	Kathleen	1,042
11	Sandra	1,024
12	Diane	825
13	Margaret	606
14	Joan	598
15	Karen	593
16	Elizabeth	565
17	Janet	557
18	Elaine	524
19	Ann	522
20	Janice	514
21	Maureen	502
22	Jane	493
23	Jean	489
24	Joanne	458
25	Gail	452

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beverly	410
27	Dorothy	395
27	Joyce	395
29	Sharon	383
30	Anne	380
31	Cynthia	377
32	Marilyn	373
33	Pamela	359
34	Carolyn	357
35	Cheryl	350
36	Marie	348
37	Paula	337
38	Jeanne	317
39	Virginia	316
40	Christine	305
41	Ellen	302
42	Sheila	300
43	Catherine	277
44	Lorraine	268
45	Frances	261
46	Shirley	260
47	Helen	254
47	Ruth	254
49	Eileen	248
50	Suzanne	243
51	Dianne	240
52	Deborah	229
53	Rosemary	219
54	Phyllis	208
55	Martha	207
56	Geraldine	204
57	Claire	200
57	Louise	200
59	Jacqueline	196
60	Theresa	193
61	Lois	188
62	Alice	185
62	Carole	185
64	Marcia	182
64	Roberta	182
66	Rita	180
67	Pauline	174
68	Gloria	172
69	Judy	159
70	Katherine	158
71	Eleanor	155
72	Irene	152
73	Brenda	148
74	Diana	147
74	Marjorie	147
76	Leslie	140
76	Priscilla	140
76	Sally	140
79	Betty	137
80	Constance	132
81	June	129
82	Rose	124
83	Andrea	123
84	Norma	119
85	Arlene	118
85	Charlotte	118
85	Laura	118
88	Evelyn	117
89	Marsha	116
90	Bonnie	113
90	Kathryn	113
92	Denise	107
93	Doris	102
94	Lucille	96
95	Marion	95
96	Joann	93
97	Anita	92
98	Valerie	87
99	Charlene	83
100	Doreen	81
100	Paulette	81