Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,500
2	Barbara	949
3	Betty	831
4	Shirley	731
5	Nancy	620
5	Patricia	620
7	Joyce	503
8	Dorothy	475
9	Margaret	471
10	Carolyn	433
11	Frances	376
12	Linda	371
13	Peggy	349
14	Elizabeth	341
15	Sandra	340
16	Virginia	333
17	Helen	285
18	Martha	281
19	Brenda	280
20	Alice	276
21	Gloria	274
22	Doris	265
23	Carol	262
24	Judith	256
25	Phyllis	234

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jean	225
27	Joan	222
27	Judy	222
29	Ruth	219
30	Ann	200
31	Mildred	195
32	Patsy	188
33	Evelyn	186
34	Charlotte	180
35	Ruby	174
36	Janice	171
37	Lois	164
38	Sarah	158
39	Norma	146
40	Annie	144
41	Rebecca	135
42	Janet	134
43	Sylvia	130
44	Catherine	129
45	Thelma	128
46	Bonnie	127
47	Edith	126
48	Wanda	124
49	Jane	123
50	Rosa	122
51	Gladys	120
52	Juanita	115
53	Louise	111
53	Marie	111
55	Delores	109
56	Edna	103
57	Hazel	102
58	Anna	96
58	Julia	96
60	Rose	93
60	Vivian	93
62	Katherine	92
62	Lillian	92
64	Susan	91
65	Anne	90
65	Ellen	90
67	Ella	89
67	Ethel	89
69	Jo	88
70	Lucy	87
71	Shelby	86
72	Audrey	85
72	Clara	85
72	Emma	85
75	Eleanor	82
76	Elsie	81
77	Beverly	76
78	Geraldine	73
78	Margie	73
80	Jacqueline	72
80	Laura	72
82	Lillie	69
83	Josephine	68
84	Sally	67
85	Bernice	66
86	Loretta	65
86	Yvonne	65
88	Christine	64
88	Donna	64
88	Florence	64
88	June	64
92	Rachel	63
93	Bertha	62
94	Connie	61
95	Nellie	59
95	Pauline	59
97	Faye	58
97	Ida	58
97	Irene	58
100	Bessie	57
100	Constance	57
100	Wilma	57