Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,469
2	Barbara	3,550
3	Patricia	3,323
4	Carol	3,117
5	Nancy	2,189
6	Sandra	2,125
7	Judith	2,114
8	Linda	1,916
9	Margaret	1,655
10	Donna	1,358
11	Joan	1,344
12	Janet	1,269
13	Kathleen	1,202
14	Dorothy	1,165
15	Joyce	1,152
16	Susan	1,065
17	Shirley	1,022
18	Betty	994
19	Karen	977
20	Elizabeth	975
21	Ruth	893
22	Carolyn	881
23	Helen	823
24	Judy	756
25	Bonnie	755

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	752
27	Jean	733
27	Joanne	733
29	Sharon	731
30	Beverly	713
31	Diane	692
32	Carole	687
33	Frances	676
34	Gloria	655
35	Ann	624
36	Elaine	622
37	Eileen	610
38	Marie	607
39	Catherine	606
40	Lois	588
41	Dolores	553
42	Janice	548
43	Marilyn	546
44	Geraldine	515
45	Anna	489
46	Jane	481
46	Rose	481
48	Phyllis	469
49	Doris	441
50	Alice	434
51	Marlene	414
52	Martha	411
53	Sally	403
54	Charlotte	402
54	Darlene	402
56	Eleanor	398
57	Kathryn	395
57	Rita	395
59	Joann	369
60	Jacqueline	366
61	Gail	357
62	Roberta	343
63	Arlene	331
64	Theresa	325
65	Maryann	323
66	Evelyn	321
67	Lorraine	318
68	Brenda	316
69	Anne	314
69	Louise	314
71	Suzanne	307
72	Ellen	294
73	Connie	289
73	Constance	289
75	Loretta	287
76	Marjorie	286
76	Peggy	286
78	Rosemary	277
79	Norma	260
80	Irene	257
81	Florence	254
82	Diana	247
83	Sarah	240
84	Kay	229
85	Sylvia	227
86	Christine	222
87	Grace	219
88	Mildred	218
89	Marian	213
90	June	203
91	Regina	202
92	Pamela	197
93	Audrey	196
94	Marion	195
95	Josephine	193
96	Cynthia	192
97	Sara	191
98	Maureen	190
99	Jeanne	183
100	Delores	182