Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,942
2	Patricia	3,061
3	Barbara	2,922
4	Nancy	2,048
5	Carol	1,846
6	Judith	1,810
7	Joan	1,567
8	Margaret	1,495
9	Sandra	1,294
10	Dorothy	1,167
11	Shirley	1,095
12	Janet	1,027
13	Elizabeth	977
14	Joyce	973
15	Betty	936
16	Ruth	890
17	Donna	845
17	Linda	845
19	Helen	812
20	Jean	747
21	Lois	622
22	Ann	617
23	Beverly	612
24	Gloria	607
25	Dolores	596

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	595
27	Frances	591
28	Joanne	590
29	Marie	569
30	Catherine	563
31	Anna	561
32	Rose	554
33	Judy	552
34	Kathleen	539
35	Janice	532
36	Elaine	526
37	Carole	524
37	Doris	524
39	Alice	514
40	Jane	500
41	Carolyn	496
42	Phyllis	490
43	Geraldine	489
43	Susan	489
45	Eleanor	450
46	Marilyn	421
47	Marlene	408
47	Martha	408
49	Sally	371
50	Evelyn	365
51	Rita	362
52	Brenda	356
53	Loretta	347
54	Bonnie	346
55	Charlotte	337
56	Arlene	336
57	Joann	321
58	Diane	320
59	Florence	310
60	Theresa	304
61	Kathryn	295
62	Louise	293
63	Norma	286
64	Roberta	284
65	Sylvia	281
66	Irene	277
67	Jacqueline	274
68	Eileen	271
69	Marjorie	269
70	Peggy	265
71	Lorraine	261
72	Sarah	256
73	Constance	255
74	Anne	254
75	Audrey	253
76	Darlene	251
76	Rosemary	251
78	Mildred	247
79	Maryann	244
80	Ellen	235
81	Grace	230
82	Connie	229
83	Kay	225
84	Josephine	224
85	Gail	223
86	June	222
87	Suzanne	218
88	Karen	216
89	Marion	212
90	Marian	208
91	Pauline	198
92	Esther	197
93	Edith	194
94	Rosemarie	183
95	Ethel	177
95	Yvonne	177
97	Delores	175
98	Lillian	172
99	Jeanne	171
100	Sara	170