Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,475
2	Barbara	3,873
3	Patricia	3,707
4	Carol	3,016
5	Nancy	2,249
6	Judith	2,052
7	Sandra	2,042
8	Margaret	1,705
9	Linda	1,596
10	Joan	1,588
11	Janet	1,269
12	Donna	1,237
13	Joyce	1,188
14	Dorothy	1,179
15	Kathleen	1,062
16	Shirley	1,054
17	Elizabeth	1,006
18	Betty	987
19	Carolyn	938
20	Carole	937
21	Ruth	919
22	Susan	834
23	Helen	826
24	Beverly	765
25	Joanne	762

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Virginia	762
27	Jean	757
28	Judy	719
29	Bonnie	717
30	Karen	703
31	Marie	686
32	Frances	685
33	Diane	661
34	Ann	638
35	Dolores	636
35	Elaine	636
37	Catherine	625
38	Gloria	606
39	Lois	572
40	Geraldine	556
41	Anna	552
42	Janice	549
43	Phyllis	534
44	Rose	525
45	Eileen	496
46	Doris	494
47	Marilyn	486
48	Jane	477
49	Alice	464
50	Sally	445
51	Rita	439
52	Charlotte	428
53	Martha	420
54	Marlene	419
55	Eleanor	416
56	Joann	391
57	Arlene	378
58	Sharon	369
59	Kathryn	359
60	Lorraine	354
61	Theresa	350
62	Roberta	346
63	Maryann	342
64	Gail	341
65	Jacqueline	339
66	Louise	334
67	Anne	327
67	Evelyn	327
69	Loretta	315
70	Irene	308
71	Florence	307
72	Constance	300
73	Connie	296
74	Darlene	291
75	Rosemary	284
76	Brenda	279
76	Marjorie	279
78	Ellen	276
79	Suzanne	273
80	Peggy	268
80	Sarah	268
82	Norma	258
83	Sylvia	255
84	Kay	245
85	Mildred	244
86	Diana	224
87	Josephine	223
88	Grace	219
89	Marian	218
90	June	217
91	Marion	210
92	Maureen	208
93	Audrey	206
94	Delores	202
94	Rosemarie	202
96	Rebecca	197
97	Anita	196
98	Sara	193
99	Christine	191
100	Cynthia	189