Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,946
2	Patricia	4,345
3	Mary	4,171
4	Carol	3,837
5	Linda	2,601
6	Joan	2,525
7	Judith	2,264
8	Susan	1,965
9	Sandra	1,784
10	Nancy	1,778
11	Margaret	1,756
12	Kathleen	1,482
13	Elizabeth	1,363
14	Diane	1,285
15	Joyce	1,274
16	Marie	1,164
17	Sharon	1,131
18	Ann	1,124
19	Marilyn	1,104
20	Karen	1,071
21	Dorothy	1,067
22	Frances	1,022
23	Janet	1,008
24	Carole	1,007
25	Carolyn	990

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Helen	938
27	Virginia	934
28	Jean	916
29	Elaine	884
30	Eileen	868
31	Phyllis	851
32	Donna	834
33	Ellen	817
34	Catherine	815
35	Gail	799
36	Gloria	759
37	Maureen	747
38	Rose	703
39	Beverly	702
40	Jane	662
41	Joanne	658
42	Ruth	648
43	Arlene	634
44	Judy	626
45	Anne	623
46	Dolores	615
46	Geraldine	615
48	Betty	613
49	Lorraine	601
50	Alice	595
51	Shirley	589
52	Theresa	580
53	Sheila	574
54	Bonnie	542
55	Irene	515
56	Josephine	509
57	Maryann	505
58	Roberta	502
59	Louise	498
60	Rosemary	495
61	Lois	487
62	Joann	481
63	Janice	480
64	Rita	474
65	Eleanor	437
66	Jacqueline	424
67	Diana	415
68	Anna	409
69	Sally	402
70	Florence	396
71	Suzanne	389
72	Marcia	385
73	Martha	378
74	Doris	377
75	Katherine	375
76	Loretta	369
77	Anita	365
78	Marion	362
79	Cynthia	355
80	Evelyn	354
81	Marjorie	352
82	Christine	344
83	Madeline	319
84	Constance	317
85	Rosemarie	315
86	Grace	314
87	Annette	310
88	Maria	307
89	Lucille	303
90	Lillian	301
91	Jeanne	297
92	Angela	291
92	Marlene	291
94	Kathryn	282
95	June	280
96	Veronica	279
97	Harriet	272
98	Pamela	268
99	Rosalie	255
100	Lynn	252