Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,391
2	Patricia	1,179
3	Mary	1,013
4	Joan	795
5	Carol	769
6	Judith	692
7	Margaret	485
8	Joyce	439
9	Dorothy	430
10	Nancy	420
11	Elizabeth	413
12	Marie	336
13	Jean	313
14	Janet	281
15	Linda	280
16	Sandra	271
17	Ruth	267
18	Frances	264
18	Susan	264
20	Helen	263
21	Ann	257
22	Kathleen	249
23	Elaine	244
24	Carolyn	243
25	Virginia	240

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lois	225
27	Betty	222
27	Catherine	222
27	Marilyn	222
30	Gail	219
31	Arlene	210
32	Beverly	203
33	Shirley	198
34	Dolores	196
35	Rose	192
36	Diane	190
36	Phyllis	190
38	Carole	186
39	Doris	174
40	Anna	173
41	Gloria	170
42	Eleanor	169
43	Geraldine	167
44	Alice	162
45	Lorraine	156
46	Jane	151
47	Janice	149
47	Maryann	149
49	Joanne	144
49	Judy	144
51	Theresa	140
52	Brenda	135
53	Eileen	131
54	Anne	130
55	Irene	126
56	Florence	123
57	Evelyn	121
58	Ellen	119
59	Rosemary	116
60	Louise	113
60	Maureen	113
62	Marion	112
63	Grace	108
63	Loretta	108
65	Josephine	107
66	Lillian	105
67	June	103
68	Jacqueline	102
69	Marjorie	101
69	Rita	101
71	Roberta	96
72	Martha	93
73	Audrey	91
74	Charlotte	90
74	Katherine	90
76	Constance	87
77	Marlene	86
78	Lucille	83
79	Anita	82
80	Mildred	81
80	Rosemarie	81
82	Diana	75
83	Kathryn	74
84	Claire	71
85	Julia	70
86	Edith	67
87	Antoinette	66
87	Sally	66
89	Harriet	65
89	Sheila	65
91	Donna	64
92	Priscilla	63
93	Cynthia	62
93	Suzanne	62
95	Jeanne	61
95	Joann	61
95	Marianne	61
98	Christine	60
99	Bernice	59
99	Karen	59
99	Lynn	59