Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,428
2	Barbara	948
3	Betty	880
4	Shirley	757
5	Nancy	557
6	Patricia	502
7	Joyce	460
8	Margaret	433
9	Dorothy	429
10	Frances	371
11	Virginia	370
12	Peggy	343
13	Helen	315
14	Doris	305
15	Elizabeth	304
16	Alice	269
17	Linda	266
18	Phyllis	263
19	Jean	257
20	Carolyn	247
20	Sandra	247
22	Martha	244
23	Ruth	235
24	Judith	232
25	Gloria	228

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mildred	198
27	Evelyn	193
28	Annie	180
29	Janice	178
30	Carol	175
31	Joan	173
32	Brenda	167
33	Ann	165
34	Lois	164
35	Norma	152
36	Charlotte	149
37	Patsy	146
38	Thelma	144
39	Anna	141
40	Ruby	140
41	Judy	136
42	Catherine	133
43	Sarah	132
44	Rosa	129
45	Janet	125
46	Gladys	123
47	Juanita	122
47	Sylvia	122
49	Rebecca	117
49	Wanda	117
51	Jane	114
52	Edith	112
53	Edna	108
53	Louise	108
55	Delores	107
56	Loretta	106
57	Lillian	105
58	Ethel	104
59	Bonnie	101
59	Hazel	101
61	Shelby	99
62	Emma	98
62	Rose	98
64	Eleanor	97
64	Geraldine	97
66	Audrey	96
67	Elsie	91
67	Vivian	91
69	Julia	88
70	Marie	87
71	Ella	86
72	Jo	84
73	Anne	83
74	June	81
75	Jacqueline	78
76	Pauline	77
77	Laura	76
78	Ellen	75
79	Christine	74
79	Eva	74
81	Jeanette	73
81	Lillie	73
81	Lucy	73
84	Clara	69
84	Katherine	69
86	Margie	68
87	Bernice	67
87	Wilma	67
89	Beatrice	66
89	Bessie	66
89	Marion	66
92	Irene	65
92	Marjorie	65
94	Lucille	63
95	Joann	62
96	Nellie	61
97	Josephine	60
98	Myrtle	57
98	Sue	57
98	Susan	57