Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,117
2	Mary	3,905
3	Patricia	3,765
4	Carol	3,272
5	Linda	2,852
6	Susan	2,687
7	Judith	1,998
8	Kathleen	1,928
9	Nancy	1,856
10	Joan	1,683
11	Diane	1,675
12	Margaret	1,625
13	Sandra	1,570
14	Sharon	1,499
15	Karen	1,314
16	Elizabeth	1,194
17	Donna	1,156
18	Janet	1,114
19	Eileen	963
20	Marilyn	958
21	Dorothy	929
22	Ann	921
23	Joyce	915
24	Ellen	857
25	Marie	840

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jane	832
27	Frances	825
28	Gail	812
29	Carolyn	803
30	Jean	783
31	Elaine	777
32	Virginia	769
33	Lorraine	759
34	Joanne	752
35	Phyllis	725
36	Gloria	724
37	Catherine	717
38	Maureen	704
39	Helen	702
40	Anne	622
41	Arlene	593
42	Shirley	591
43	Bonnie	574
44	Theresa	566
45	Janice	564
46	Geraldine	560
47	Carole	559
48	Beverly	557
49	Judy	555
50	Betty	554
51	Ruth	551
52	Cheryl	546
53	Christine	531
54	Roberta	516
55	Alice	509
56	Laura	500
57	Diana	490
57	Rose	490
59	Rosemary	474
60	Joann	463
61	Sheila	451
62	Suzanne	449
63	Rita	448
64	Pamela	443
65	Lois	441
66	Jacqueline	435
67	Lynn	401
68	Irene	400
69	Marcia	393
70	Louise	391
71	Maryann	379
72	Paula	372
73	Katherine	362
74	Evelyn	355
75	Dolores	341
76	Cynthia	337
76	Martha	337
78	Josephine	336
79	Kathryn	326
80	Jeanne	325
81	Leslie	317
82	Sally	310
83	Brenda	307
84	Maria	302
85	Anita	297
86	Andrea	295
87	Dianne	294
88	Victoria	292
89	Doris	286
90	Marjorie	285
91	Anna	281
92	Eleanor	270
92	Marion	270
92	Marsha	270
95	Constance	269
96	Angela	267
96	Lucille	267
98	Jo	266
99	Florence	264
99	Marlene	264