Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,088
2	Patricia	3,489
3	Barbara	3,284
4	Carol	2,346
5	Nancy	2,013
6	Judith	1,799
7	Sandra	1,589
8	Margaret	1,575
9	Joan	1,481
10	Dorothy	1,171
11	Linda	1,153
12	Joyce	1,140
13	Shirley	1,080
14	Janet	1,060
15	Donna	953
16	Elizabeth	934
17	Betty	887
18	Ruth	867
19	Helen	846
20	Jean	698
21	Kathleen	695
22	Carolyn	687
23	Marie	680
24	Virginia	653
25	Gloria	646

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beverly	637
27	Joanne	634
28	Susan	632
29	Bonnie	629
29	Dolores	629
31	Judy	612
32	Elaine	602
33	Catherine	579
34	Frances	576
35	Ann	573
36	Carole	568
37	Lois	555
38	Anna	523
39	Janice	506
40	Phyllis	494
41	Geraldine	476
42	Rose	471
43	Jane	456
44	Doris	446
45	Alice	436
46	Marilyn	409
47	Martha	396
48	Marlene	394
49	Eleanor	377
50	Joann	373
51	Rita	369
52	Diane	365
53	Arlene	364
53	Sally	364
55	Karen	363
56	Charlotte	350
57	Theresa	335
58	Kathryn	318
59	Louise	317
60	Loretta	302
61	Evelyn	301
62	Darlene	300
63	Anne	295
64	Jacqueline	285
65	Lorraine	284
66	Brenda	283
67	Constance	281
68	Florence	276
69	Eileen	272
70	Peggy	271
71	Sylvia	266
72	Roberta	262
73	Marjorie	260
74	Sarah	256
75	Gail	255
75	Irene	255
77	Ellen	252
77	Maryann	252
79	Rosemary	251
80	Kay	248
81	Suzanne	239
82	Norma	238
83	Connie	233
84	Marian	225
85	Audrey	218
86	June	216
87	Delores	215
88	Edith	213
89	Josephine	211
90	Mildred	208
91	Grace	200
92	Rosemarie	195
93	Sharon	192
94	Esther	187
95	Pauline	186
96	Christine	182
97	Marion	181
98	Lillian	173
98	Sara	173
100	Rebecca	169