Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,692
2	Barbara	2,087
3	Patricia	1,926
4	Carol	1,759
5	Judith	1,661
6	Nancy	1,409
7	Linda	1,277
8	Sandra	1,129
9	Judy	921
10	Shirley	896
11	Janet	895
12	Joyce	893
13	Betty	842
14	Donna	765
15	Carolyn	735
16	Margaret	718
17	Marilyn	678
18	Ruth	677
19	Joan	615
20	Beverly	591
21	Janice	557
22	Dorothy	539
23	Sharon	528
24	Phyllis	518
25	Susan	464

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	450
27	Karen	441
28	Helen	439
28	Martha	439
30	Bonnie	406
31	Jean	366
32	Carole	353
33	Lois	351
34	Alice	337
34	Gloria	337
36	Kathleen	332
37	Elizabeth	329
38	Ann	322
39	Norma	310
40	Sue	308
41	Jane	291
42	Diane	290
43	Doris	283
44	Frances	276
45	Rose	272
45	Sally	272
47	Joanne	267
48	Rita	255
49	Marjorie	248
50	Marlene	237
51	Brenda	233
52	Elaine	232
53	Charlotte	230
54	Geraldine	226
55	Roberta	219
56	Kay	218
57	Peggy	217
58	Joann	215
59	Rosemary	213
60	Connie	208
61	Anna	202
62	Evelyn	196
63	June	185
64	Marcia	179
65	Dolores	173
66	Loretta	172
66	Wanda	172
68	Darlene	171
69	Arlene	169
69	Gail	169
71	Jacqueline	165
72	Jo	161
73	Ellen	158
74	Suzanne	157
74	Sylvia	157
76	Delores	151
76	Marie	151
78	Catherine	147
79	Louise	140
80	Wilma	138
81	Pat	137
82	Juanita	136
83	Anita	135
83	Patty	135
85	Eleanor	133
86	Diana	132
87	Kathryn	130
88	Rebecca	128
89	Sarah	127
90	Constance	125
91	Florence	119
92	Deanna	118
93	Irene	112
94	Mildred	111
95	Sondra	110
96	Sara	109
97	Jeanette	107
98	Julia	103
98	Katherine	103
100	Grace	102