Most popular girls’ names in Ohio, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,723
2	Barbara	2,281
3	Patricia	2,211
4	Carol	1,913
5	Judith	1,700
6	Linda	1,515
7	Nancy	1,488
8	Sandra	1,433
9	Judy	1,096
10	Janet	1,021
11	Carolyn	938
12	Joyce	880
13	Betty	848
14	Sharon	844
15	Donna	823
16	Shirley	812
17	Karen	805
18	Marilyn	681
19	Margaret	667
20	Ruth	653
21	Beverly	635
22	Susan	598
23	Joan	588
24	Janice	582
25	Bonnie	570

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	519
27	Dorothy	485
28	Kathleen	468
29	Virginia	451
30	Jean	442
31	Martha	423
32	Elizabeth	383
33	Helen	381
34	Gloria	360
35	Diane	346
36	Carole	338
37	Lois	337
38	Sally	333
38	Sue	333
40	Jane	308
41	Frances	305
42	Joanne	303
43	Elaine	297
44	Ann	288
45	Kay	283
46	Alice	271
47	Norma	267
48	Peggy	265
49	Marlene	262
50	Rose	254
51	Rita	247
52	Connie	246
53	Charlotte	244
54	Geraldine	243
55	Doris	234
56	Joann	233
57	Marjorie	222
58	Brenda	220
59	Jacqueline	217
60	Marcia	213
60	Roberta	213
62	Rosemary	199
63	Marie	193
64	Suzanne	192
65	Catherine	191
65	Darlene	191
67	Wanda	187
68	Dolores	179
69	Anna	177
70	Jo	176
71	Diana	170
71	Evelyn	170
71	Kathryn	170
74	Delores	161
75	Rebecca	157
76	Loretta	155
77	Juanita	154
78	Arlene	148
79	Sarah	143
80	Ellen	142
81	Constance	141
81	Sylvia	141
83	Charlene	138
83	Louise	138
85	Gail	136
86	Sheila	131
87	Cynthia	130
88	Eleanor	128
88	Mildred	128
90	Anita	127
90	Eileen	127
90	June	127
90	Pat	127
94	Jeanne	121
95	Irene	119
96	Patty	118
97	Deanna	117
98	Katherine	113
99	Wilma	111
100	Sara	109