Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,657
2	Carol	2,879
3	Barbara	2,808
4	Patricia	2,646
5	Linda	2,156
6	Sandra	1,800
7	Judith	1,736
8	Nancy	1,692
9	Susan	1,315
10	Margaret	1,306
11	Donna	1,287
12	Kathleen	1,285
13	Karen	1,001
14	Janet	980
15	Joyce	945
16	Joan	938
17	Elizabeth	906
18	Diane	825
19	Dorothy	812
20	Shirley	806
21	Betty	755
22	Sharon	744
23	Ruth	723
24	Judy	665
25	Carolyn	652

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jean	631
27	Bonnie	620
28	Jane	600
29	Gloria	597
30	Helen	589
31	Elaine	588
32	Joanne	555
33	Ann	549
33	Eileen	549
35	Beverly	545
36	Virginia	543
37	Frances	529
38	Marilyn	526
39	Janice	501
40	Catherine	476
41	Carole	467
41	Cheryl	467
43	Marie	466
44	Lois	454
45	Phyllis	397
46	Anna	393
47	Dolores	389
48	Rosemary	385
49	Darlene	377
50	Geraldine	374
51	Rose	365
52	Martha	363
53	Suzanne	360
54	Doris	356
55	Lorraine	346
56	Charlotte	342
57	Marlene	340
58	Sally	338
59	Alice	327
59	Connie	327
61	Kathryn	323
62	Diana	316
63	Jacqueline	306
64	Arlene	298
65	Gail	290
65	Rita	290
67	Constance	288
68	Theresa	287
69	Joann	286
70	Ellen	282
71	Christine	281
72	Anne	270
73	Louise	267
73	Roberta	267
75	Brenda	259
76	Maryann	256
77	Evelyn	250
78	Loretta	247
79	Marjorie	243
80	Eleanor	228
80	Paula	228
82	Dianne	218
83	Sarah	214
84	Pamela	213
85	Jeanne	206
86	Kay	199
87	Maureen	197
88	Cynthia	190
89	Irene	189
90	Grace	183
91	Peggy	181
92	Norma	178
93	Katherine	177
94	Victoria	176
95	Sylvia	175
96	Andrea	170
96	Rebecca	170
98	Sheila	168
99	Florence	167
100	Bernadette	165