Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,455
2	Patricia	3,671
3	Barbara	3,526
4	Carol	3,311
5	Linda	2,953
6	Sandra	2,436
7	Nancy	2,300
8	Susan	1,995
9	Judith	1,969
10	Kathleen	1,808
11	Donna	1,672
12	Margaret	1,628
13	Karen	1,516
14	Sharon	1,346
15	Diane	1,229
16	Janet	1,111
17	Joan	1,087
18	Joyce	1,015
19	Elizabeth	938
20	Shirley	917
21	Dorothy	910
22	Ruth	870
23	Bonnie	863
24	Betty	845
25	Judy	830

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carolyn	786
27	Jane	769
28	Beverly	767
29	Cheryl	731
30	Janice	729
31	Jean	712
32	Joanne	711
33	Gloria	674
34	Helen	670
35	Eileen	668
36	Elaine	656
37	Virginia	652
38	Ann	643
39	Catherine	625
40	Marie	608
41	Marilyn	580
42	Suzanne	561
43	Frances	548
44	Darlene	546
45	Lois	511
46	Carole	496
47	Christine	485
48	Phyllis	483
49	Cynthia	482
50	Rosemary	459
51	Rose	457
52	Diana	440
53	Lorraine	438
54	Anna	436
55	Alice	433
56	Gail	424
57	Connie	417
58	Sally	414
59	Rita	413
60	Theresa	410
61	Dolores	409
62	Jacqueline	407
63	Kathryn	405
63	Martha	405
65	Geraldine	385
66	Marlene	384
67	Pamela	375
68	Anne	373
69	Joann	368
70	Doris	360
71	Constance	353
72	Ellen	347
72	Roberta	347
74	Maryann	336
75	Arlene	320
76	Louise	319
77	Brenda	312
78	Charlotte	311
78	Jeanne	311
80	Peggy	309
81	Maureen	303
82	Evelyn	290
83	Paula	276
84	Eleanor	265
85	Jo	259
86	Bernadette	249
87	Rebecca	247
88	Dianne	244
89	Kathy	238
90	Deborah	236
91	Loretta	234
92	Marcia	233
93	Lynn	231
93	Sheila	231
95	Anita	230
96	Andrea	224
96	Marjorie	224
98	Sue	223
99	Irene	222
100	Norma	221