Top Girls Names of 1940 in the United States

Rank	Name	Count
1	Mary	56K
2	Barbara	37K
3	Patricia	33K
4	Judith	22K
5	Betty	22K
6	Carol	22K
7	Nancy	20K
8	Linda	18K
9	Shirley	18K
10	Sandra	16K
11	Margaret	15K
12	Dorothy	15K
13	Joyce	15K
14	Joan	13K
15	Carolyn	13K
16	Judy	11K
17	Sharon	11K
18	Helen	10K
19	Janet	10K
20	Elizabeth	10K
21	Virginia	10K
22	Janice	9K
23	Donna	9K
24	Ruth	9K
25	Marilyn	9K
26	Martha	9K
27	Beverly	9K
28	Frances	9K
29	Jean	8K
30	Gloria	8K
31	Doris	8K
32	Alice	8K
33	Phyllis	7K
34	Karen	7K
35	Ann	7K
36	Susan	7K
37	Peggy	6K
38	Lois	6K
39	Bonnie	6K
40	Kathleen	6K
41	Marie	6K
42	Brenda	5K
43	Norma	5K
44	Rose	5K
45	Diane	5K
46	Geraldine	5K
47	Jane	5K
48	Evelyn	5K
49	Carole	5K
50	Elaine	5K
51	Anna	5K
52	Wanda	5K
53	Catherine	5K
54	Joanne	4K
55	Charlotte	4K
56	Annie	4K
57	Patsy	4K
58	Mildred	4K
59	Louise	4K
60	Sarah	4K
61	Sally	4K
62	Sylvia	4K
63	Joann	4K
64	Marjorie	4K
65	Gail	4K
66	Ruby	4K
67	Dolores	4K
68	Eleanor	4K
69	Loretta	4K
70	Rita	3K
71	Roberta	3K
72	Jo	3K
73	Irene	3K
74	Ellen	3K
75	Arlene	3K
76	Jacqueline	3K
77	Kay	3K
78	Juanita	3K
79	Darlene	3K
80	Marlene	3K
81	Sue	3K
82	June	3K
83	Delores	3K
84	Anne	3K
85	Rosemary	3K
86	Edna	3K
87	Anita	3K
88	Connie	3K
89	Josephine	3K
90	Jeanette	3K
91	Julia	3K
91	Katherine	3K
93	Wilma	3K
94	Emma	3K
95	Lorraine	3K
96	Rebecca	3K
97	Lillian	3K
98	Edith	3K
99	Audrey	3K
100	Florence	2K