Top 100 Baby Names for Girls in United States (1940-1949)

Information from SSA Baby Names.

Note: +X indicates the girl baby name has become more popular in the United States in 1940-1949 compared to the previous decade, while -X indicates the baby name has become less popular. NEW indicates the baby name was not listed in the previous decade's records.

1-25
1.	Mary
2.	Linda +93
3.	Barbara
4.	Patricia +1
5.	Carol +6
6.	Sandra +44
7.	Nancy +2
8.	Judith +32
9.	Sharon +78
10.	Susan +111
11.	Betty -9
12.	Carolyn +18
13.	Shirley -9
14.	Margaret -6
15.	Karen +126
16.	Donna +6
17.	Judy +93
18.	Kathleen +54
19.	Joyce -7
20.	Dorothy -14
21.	Janet +4
22.	Diane +91
23.	Elizabeth -6
24.	Janice +21
25.	Joan -18

26-50
26.	Gloria +3
27.	Brenda +274
28.	Virginia -13
29.	Marilyn -13
30.	Martha -4
31.	Beverly -10
32.	Helen -22
33.	Ruth -19
34.	Bonnie +34
35.	Frances -16
36.	Jean -18
37.	Phyllis -10
38.	Ann -4
39.	Maria -1
40.	Jane +7
41.	Pamela +437
42.	Alice -19
43.	Peggy -7
44.	Cheryl +579
45.	Doris -32
46.	Catherine -3
47.	Elaine +5
48.	Cynthia +150
49.	Lois -25
50.	Carmen +8

51-75
51.	Marie -19
52.	Gail +88
53.	Connie +92
53.	Diana +153
55.	Christine +74
56.	Joanne
57.	Rita
58.	Rose -21
59.	Wanda -8
60.	Carole +38
61.	Evelyn -30
62.	Jo +34
63.	Charlotte +10
64.	Geraldine -25
65.	Norma -37
66.	Deborah +347
67.	Jacqueline +15
68.	Rebecca +101
69.	Sally +1
70.	Ellen +31
71.	Kathryn +40
72.	Anna -39
73.	Katherine +29
73.	Sue +53
75.	Sarah -13

76-100
76.	Paula +127
77.	Joann
78.	Suzanne +85
79.	Patsy -15
80.	Darlene +20
81.	Roberta +13
82.	Sylvia -7
83.	Annie -42
84.	Louise -42
85.	Sheila +97
86.	Anne +4
87.	Marcia +64
88.	Eileen +32
89.	Laura +10
89.	Theresa -15
91.	Rosemary +16
92.	Dolores -72
93.	Kathy +601
94.	Mildred -59
95.	Anita +24
96.	Juanita -41
97.	Glenda +103
98.	Kay +41
99.	Marjorie -55
100.	Irene -54

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