Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,628
2	Barbara	1,098
3	Betty	913
4	Linda	806
5	Patricia	768
6	Shirley	749
7	Carolyn	736
8	Nancy	665
9	Joyce	633
10	Brenda	510
11	Dorothy	486
11	Sandra	486
13	Margaret	485
14	Virginia	408
15	Judy	385
16	Elizabeth	366
17	Judith	360
18	Carol	353
19	Frances	339
20	Doris	329
21	Gloria	315
22	Peggy	313
23	Martha	305
23	Phyllis	305
25	Helen	299

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	251
27	Jean	236
28	Joan	222
29	Janet	216
30	Ruth	206
31	Mildred	203
32	Lois	202
33	Janice	189
34	Ann	187
35	Evelyn	183
36	Bonnie	177
37	Charlotte	173
38	Patsy	166
38	Sarah	166
40	Rebecca	162
41	Jane	157
41	Wanda	157
43	Susan	155
44	Catherine	153
45	Annie	151
46	Ruby	150
47	Sharon	149
48	Norma	138
49	Donna	137
50	Edith	136
50	Juanita	136
52	Thelma	126
53	Anne	122
54	Anna	120
54	Gladys	120
54	Sylvia	120
57	Delores	117
58	Julia	111
59	Emma	106
60	Edna	104
60	Ethel	104
62	Geraldine	102
63	Rosa	101
64	Diane	100
65	Jo	99
66	Ellen	96
67	Katherine	95
67	Lillian	95
69	Ella	94
70	Hazel	93
71	Beverly	92
71	Rose	92
73	Louise	91
73	Marie	91
75	Jacqueline	90
76	Bernice	87
77	Vivian	86
78	Carole	84
78	June	84
80	Sue	82
81	Connie	79
82	Beatrice	78
82	Loretta	78
84	Christine	77
84	Karen	77
84	Laura	77
87	Rita	75
88	Eleanor	74
89	Audrey	73
90	Bertha	72
90	Elsie	72
92	Emily	71
93	Florence	70
93	Marilyn	70
95	Clara	69
96	Lucille	67
97	Lucy	65
98	Bessie	64
98	Sally	64
100	Wilma	63