Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,954
2	Barbara	2,915
3	Patricia	2,853
4	Carol	2,807
5	Nancy	1,902
6	Sandra	1,880
7	Judith	1,858
8	Linda	1,772
9	Margaret	1,415
10	Donna	1,293
11	Kathleen	1,177
12	Susan	1,148
13	Joan	1,100
14	Janet	1,008
15	Karen	972
16	Dorothy	926
17	Elizabeth	920
18	Joyce	913
19	Shirley	857
20	Ruth	851
21	Betty	813
22	Sharon	746
23	Carolyn	741
24	Diane	712
25	Carole	686

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Helen	678
27	Judy	676
28	Virginia	639
29	Beverly	633
30	Bonnie	621
31	Jean	616
32	Gloria	561
33	Marie	545
34	Joanne	536
35	Elaine	534
36	Eileen	533
37	Frances	530
38	Catherine	525
39	Jane	512
40	Ann	505
41	Janice	489
42	Lois	488
43	Marilyn	484
44	Cheryl	455
45	Phyllis	420
46	Alice	413
46	Dolores	413
48	Doris	399
49	Geraldine	393
50	Anna	387
51	Rose	386
52	Sally	383
53	Martha	376
54	Marlene	370
55	Rita	366
56	Jacqueline	352
57	Suzanne	348
58	Darlene	336
58	Joann	336
58	Lorraine	336
61	Kathryn	328
62	Charlotte	315
63	Gail	314
64	Connie	308
65	Roberta	304
66	Maryann	300
67	Anne	289
67	Louise	289
69	Brenda	283
70	Arlene	282
70	Eleanor	282
72	Constance	280
73	Theresa	267
74	Ellen	260
75	Evelyn	259
76	Rosemary	256
77	Marjorie	244
78	Peggy	240
79	Christine	238
80	Pamela	231
81	Diana	221
81	Florence	221
83	Loretta	220
84	Kay	219
85	Irene	216
86	Andrea	208
87	Norma	198
88	Sarah	195
89	Mildred	192
90	Paula	188
91	Sylvia	187
92	Jeanne	178
92	Maureen	178
94	Grace	177
95	Dianne	176
96	Katherine	174
97	Delores	173
98	Josephine	172
99	Marian	169
100	Regina	168