Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,547
2	Barbara	1,027
3	Linda	888
4	Patricia	812
5	Betty	800
6	Carolyn	692
7	Nancy	666
8	Shirley	660
9	Joyce	592
10	Sandra	573
11	Brenda	547
12	Margaret	484
13	Dorothy	440
14	Carol	421
15	Judy	398
16	Judith	392
17	Elizabeth	364
18	Frances	355
19	Virginia	331
20	Martha	306
21	Doris	299
22	Gloria	290
23	Phyllis	273
24	Peggy	264
25	Joan	259

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Helen	254
27	Alice	222
28	Ann	205
29	Jean	203
30	Ruth	200
31	Susan	192
32	Janet	191
33	Janice	184
33	Lois	184
35	Bonnie	180
36	Mildred	178
37	Evelyn	174
37	Jane	174
39	Sharon	171
40	Charlotte	169
41	Donna	156
42	Sarah	149
43	Patsy	145
44	Rebecca	142
45	Catherine	137
46	Ruby	135
47	Annie	132
47	Wanda	132
49	Anne	126
50	Juanita	121
51	Jacqueline	120
52	Diane	116
53	Carole	113
53	Thelma	113
55	Gladys	108
56	Anna	106
56	Ellen	106
58	Louise	105
59	Delores	102
60	Sylvia	101
61	Emma	100
61	Rosa	100
63	Jo	99
64	Christine	96
64	Hazel	96
66	Norma	94
67	Ethel	93
67	Lillian	93
69	Edith	92
69	Julia	92
69	Rose	92
72	Katherine	91
73	Edna	89
73	Marie	89
75	Audrey	88
75	Connie	88
77	Kathleen	87
78	Beverly	86
79	Cheryl	84
79	Loretta	84
81	Geraldine	82
81	Sue	82
83	Elsie	80
84	Karen	78
84	Vivian	78
86	Rita	77
87	Ella	75
87	Marilyn	75
89	Bernice	74
89	Pamela	74
91	Clara	72
92	Pauline	71
93	Margie	70
94	Florence	68
94	Lucy	68
96	Faye	67
96	Laura	67
98	Glenda	66
99	Diana	65
99	Marion	65