Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,104
2	Barbara	3,961
3	Patricia	3,830
4	Carol	3,410
5	Linda	2,581
6	Susan	2,269
7	Judith	1,979
8	Joan	1,922
9	Nancy	1,834
10	Margaret	1,731
11	Kathleen	1,727
12	Sandra	1,702
13	Sharon	1,506
14	Diane	1,354
15	Karen	1,266
16	Elizabeth	1,252
17	Donna	1,109
18	Joyce	1,000
19	Marilyn	978
20	Ann	957
21	Janet	942
22	Eileen	922
23	Dorothy	901
24	Marie	885
25	Frances	875

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	840
27	Elaine	810
27	Jean	810
29	Carolyn	806
30	Ellen	792
31	Gail	756
32	Jane	746
33	Helen	731
34	Catherine	715
35	Carole	706
36	Joanne	701
37	Phyllis	684
38	Gloria	668
39	Lorraine	656
40	Maureen	621
41	Geraldine	619
42	Shirley	617
43	Ruth	604
44	Bonnie	595
45	Alice	567
46	Judy	561
47	Rose	553
48	Beverly	550
49	Anne	539
50	Arlene	535
51	Cheryl	515
52	Pamela	513
53	Betty	511
54	Theresa	504
55	Roberta	491
56	Janice	484
57	Lois	474
58	Joann	462
59	Jacqueline	451
59	Suzanne	451
61	Louise	424
62	Rita	422
63	Christine	417
64	Irene	413
65	Rosemary	412
66	Marcia	401
67	Diana	397
67	Maryann	397
69	Sheila	394
70	Martha	383
71	Dolores	379
72	Josephine	372
73	Kathryn	358
74	Sally	339
75	Constance	334
76	Florence	327
77	Evelyn	326
78	Katherine	322
79	Lynn	318
79	Paula	318
81	Anna	317
82	Maria	313
83	Rosemarie	311
84	Marjorie	309
85	Doris	307
86	Eleanor	299
87	Lucille	298
88	Anita	287
89	Marsha	277
90	Jeanne	274
91	Cynthia	269
92	Marion	268
93	Andrea	264
94	Angela	258
95	Loretta	257
96	Grace	255
97	Lillian	250
98	Brenda	246
98	Marlene	246
100	Jo	238