Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	4,927
2	Mary	4,797
3	Patricia	4,769
4	Carol	3,785
5	Linda	3,755
6	Susan	3,678
7	Kathleen	2,598
8	Nancy	2,518
9	Diane	2,179
10	Judith	2,151
11	Sandra	2,006
12	Sharon	1,950
13	Margaret	1,928
14	Joan	1,851
15	Karen	1,719
16	Donna	1,580
17	Elizabeth	1,445
18	Janet	1,177
19	Ann	1,086
20	Ellen	1,067
21	Jane	1,065
22	Gail	1,061
23	Marilyn	1,054
24	Joyce	1,045
25	Eileen	1,012

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elaine	975
27	Maureen	968
28	Lorraine	966
29	Joanne	962
30	Marie	947
31	Jean	934
32	Frances	922
33	Dorothy	913
34	Carolyn	896
35	Catherine	891
36	Christine	866
37	Cheryl	847
37	Virginia	847
39	Bonnie	822
40	Phyllis	773
41	Helen	741
42	Judy	732
43	Suzanne	720
44	Janice	716
45	Gloria	696
46	Anne	674
47	Betty	673
48	Beverly	661
49	Cynthia	658
50	Pamela	657
51	Shirley	643
52	Theresa	629
53	Alice	627
53	Ruth	627
55	Diana	616
56	Geraldine	615
56	Rosemary	615
58	Arlene	614
59	Jacqueline	594
60	Rose	573
61	Lynn	572
62	Laura	571
63	Joann	569
64	Carole	535
65	Sheila	527
66	Roberta	522
67	Rita	517
68	Lois	484
69	Louise	480
70	Marcia	463
71	Jeanne	458
72	Irene	444
73	Paula	441
74	Jo	425
75	Kathryn	420
75	Martha	420
77	Dolores	418
78	Katherine	413
79	Maryann	404
80	Sally	399
81	Maria	388
82	Andrea	382
83	Anna	370
84	Marsha	366
85	Evelyn	365
86	Josephine	360
87	Anita	354
88	Leslie	348
89	Constance	343
90	Marjorie	340
91	Dianne	328
92	Denise	318
93	Lucille	317
93	Rosemarie	317
95	Francine	314
96	Brenda	313
97	Doris	311
98	Marion	308
99	Florence	307
100	Deborah	302