Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,238
2	Patricia	4,095
3	Mary	3,882
4	Carol	2,995
5	Joan	2,298
6	Judith	2,044
7	Linda	1,792
8	Margaret	1,660
9	Nancy	1,566
10	Sandra	1,457
11	Susan	1,436
12	Elizabeth	1,202
13	Joyce	1,130
14	Ann	1,080
15	Marie	1,019
16	Dorothy	983
17	Kathleen	974
18	Diane	881
19	Helen	872
20	Marilyn	857
21	Jean	847
22	Frances	830
23	Carolyn	820
24	Elaine	793
25	Virginia	790

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	789
27	Janet	771
28	Phyllis	744
29	Dolores	716
30	Ellen	706
31	Gloria	674
32	Beverly	666
33	Rose	648
34	Carole	644
35	Eileen	643
36	Sharon	638
37	Gail	631
38	Joanne	630
39	Karen	627
40	Anne	617
41	Alice	604
42	Arlene	592
43	Donna	578
44	Theresa	567
45	Ruth	562
46	Geraldine	560
46	Shirley	560
48	Betty	556
49	Judy	542
49	Maureen	542
51	Jane	527
52	Sheila	511
53	Lorraine	504
54	Roberta	498
55	Eleanor	478
56	Josephine	468
57	Louise	450
58	Janice	442
59	Lois	441
60	Rita	440
61	Jacqueline	407
62	Anna	406
62	Bonnie	406
64	Irene	404
65	Maryann	393
66	Martha	377
67	Rosemary	376
68	Marion	370
69	Florence	368
70	Evelyn	365
71	Diana	355
71	Joann	355
73	Marcia	353
74	Doris	342
75	Suzanne	340
76	Rosemarie	337
77	Sally	321
78	Grace	309
79	Marjorie	307
80	Constance	306
81	Katherine	299
82	Christine	296
83	Brenda	294
84	Lillian	292
85	June	289
85	Lucille	289
87	Cynthia	284
88	Anita	282
89	Loretta	280
90	Harriet	268
91	Norma	260
92	Sylvia	257
93	Charlotte	252
94	Marlene	247
95	Audrey	246
96	Annette	244
96	Jeanette	244
98	Madeline	241
98	Maria	241
100	Rosalie	240