Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,620
2	Barbara	1,160
3	Betty	943
4	Shirley	794
5	Patricia	722
6	Linda	644
7	Carolyn	638
8	Nancy	609
9	Joyce	600
10	Dorothy	481
11	Margaret	473
12	Sandra	451
13	Brenda	407
14	Frances	404
14	Virginia	404
16	Peggy	333
17	Elizabeth	332
18	Martha	322
19	Doris	315
20	Carol	307
21	Phyllis	303
22	Judith	300
23	Helen	294
24	Judy	288
25	Gloria	283

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruth	249
27	Alice	229
28	Jean	228
29	Joan	214
30	Ann	208
31	Evelyn	194
32	Annie	186
33	Mildred	182
34	Lois	177
34	Patsy	177
36	Rebecca	174
37	Janet	170
38	Ruby	169
39	Charlotte	168
40	Janice	165
41	Sarah	162
42	Bonnie	153
43	Norma	152
44	Jane	141
45	Juanita	140
46	Edith	137
46	Gladys	137
46	Wanda	137
49	Catherine	132
50	Louise	131
50	Sylvia	131
52	Thelma	127
53	Anna	119
54	Anne	117
54	Delores	117
56	Edna	116
57	Marie	113
58	Donna	110
59	Carole	108
60	Rosa	107
61	Susan	104
62	Hazel	99
63	Lillian	96
64	Ellen	95
65	Geraldine	94
66	Eleanor	93
66	Emma	93
68	Audrey	92
68	Rose	92
70	Ethel	87
71	Beverly	86
72	Loretta	85
73	Julia	83
73	Lucy	83
75	Sharon	82
76	Katherine	81
76	Vivian	81
78	Elsie	78
79	Clara	77
79	Jo	77
81	Christine	76
82	Florence	75
82	Rachel	75
84	Josephine	73
84	Laura	73
84	Wilma	73
87	Bertha	72
87	Diane	72
87	Ella	72
87	Sue	72
91	Margie	71
91	Shelby	71
93	Bernice	70
94	Irene	68
94	Lillie	68
96	Jeanette	67
96	Lucille	67
98	Alma	66
98	Pauline	66
100	Eva	65
100	Jacqueline	65