Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	1,707
2	Patricia	1,625
3	Carol	1,353
4	Mary	1,324
5	Judith	886
6	Joan	801
7	Linda	675
8	Nancy	668
9	Margaret	628
10	Susan	599
11	Kathleen	572
12	Diane	508
13	Elizabeth	500
14	Joyce	499
15	Sandra	480
16	Dorothy	474
17	Janet	392
18	Marie	378
19	Eileen	371
20	Carolyn	370
21	Virginia	351
22	Elaine	350
23	Carole	328
24	Jean	319
25	Ruth	315

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	314
27	Marilyn	313
28	Gail	311
29	Helen	301
30	Karen	294
31	Sharon	293
32	Beverly	276
33	Ann	275
34	Dolores	273
35	Catherine	263
36	Maryann	259
37	Betty	257
37	Joanne	257
39	Arlene	254
40	Lois	252
41	Lorraine	243
42	Phyllis	238
43	Donna	232
44	Geraldine	229
44	Joann	229
46	Shirley	228
47	Alice	204
48	Jane	199
49	Judy	198
50	Gloria	190
51	Janice	186
52	Ellen	181
53	Maureen	179
53	Theresa	179
55	Rose	177
56	Doris	166
57	Irene	158
58	Rita	157
59	Christine	147
60	Rosemary	146
61	Anne	145
62	Josephine	144
63	Louise	142
64	Florence	141
65	Jacqueline	136
66	Bonnie	135
66	Roberta	135
68	Rosemarie	134
69	Anna	133
69	Eleanor	133
71	Brenda	128
71	Lynn	128
73	Pamela	125
74	Charlotte	123
75	Evelyn	120
76	Marjorie	115
76	Suzanne	115
78	Martha	114
79	Kathryn	113
79	Loretta	113
81	Marion	112
82	Diana	109
82	Grace	109
84	Katherine	104
85	Sheila	103
86	Constance	102
86	Cynthia	102
88	Lucille	101
89	Marlene	97
90	June	92
91	Lillian	90
92	Jeanne	89
93	Marianne	87
94	Claire	84
95	Dianne	83
96	Maria	82
96	Paula	82
98	Sally	81
99	Angela	80
100	Harriet	78