Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	3,916
2	Patricia	3,730
3	Mary	3,664
4	Carol	2,584
5	Joan	2,225
6	Judith	2,039
7	Margaret	1,611
8	Linda	1,464
9	Nancy	1,418
10	Sandra	1,250
11	Elizabeth	1,213
12	Joyce	1,126
13	Dorothy	1,119
14	Ann	1,107
15	Susan	1,086
16	Marie	994
17	Marilyn	954
18	Helen	908
19	Jean	869
20	Kathleen	841
21	Frances	833
22	Virginia	733
23	Diane	729
24	Catherine	724
25	Phyllis	694

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elaine	691
27	Janet	682
28	Shirley	676
29	Beverly	668
30	Gail	622
30	Gloria	622
32	Ruth	611
33	Alice	608
34	Carolyn	607
35	Rose	604
36	Carole	589
37	Betty	585
38	Arlene	576
39	Anne	575
40	Eileen	550
41	Jane	541
42	Geraldine	540
43	Joanne	536
44	Eleanor	533
45	Theresa	519
46	Ellen	515
47	Maureen	489
48	Sheila	480
49	Lorraine	470
50	Roberta	453
51	Dolores	447
52	Irene	445
53	Josephine	437
54	Anna	435
54	Donna	435
54	Sharon	435
57	Judy	433
58	Louise	425
59	Doris	416
59	Janice	416
61	Rita	415
62	Brenda	399
63	Rosemary	398
64	Lois	397
65	Florence	396
66	Marion	388
67	Karen	385
68	Jacqueline	355
69	Evelyn	354
70	Rosemarie	349
71	Grace	348
72	Marcia	337
73	Maryann	332
74	Suzanne	330
75	Sally	325
76	Anita	321
77	Marjorie	318
78	Martha	309
79	Diana	301
80	Katherine	299
81	Loretta	296
82	June	291
82	Lucille	291
84	Lillian	289
85	Sylvia	280
86	Audrey	276
87	Annette	275
87	Rosalie	275
89	Constance	260
89	Joann	260
91	Norma	258
92	Charlotte	237
92	Marlene	237
94	Cynthia	236
95	Jeanette	230
96	Harriet	227
97	Bonnie	226
98	Jeanne	223
99	Edith	214
100	Maria	210