Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1939

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Margaret	205
2	2Barbara	158
3	3Mary	154
4	4Patricia	147
5	5Elizabeth	121
6	6Shirley	108
7	7Joan	107
8	8Sharon	105
9	9Marilyn	84
10	10Donna	81
11	11Dorothy	77
12	12Judith	74
13	13Helen	71
14	14Frances	66
15	15Marion	61
16	16Carol	58
17	17Kathleen	53
18	18Marie	52
19	19Irene	50
20	20Sylvia	48
21	21Doreen	46
22	22Beverley	43
23	23Sheila	43
24	24Janet	42
25	25Marjorie	42
26	26Jean	40
27	27Joyce	39
28	28Eleanor	37
29	29Evelyn	37
30	30Carole	36
31	31Catherine	36
32	32Diane	36
33	33Lorraine	36
34	34Betty	35
35	35Beverly	35
36	36Gail	35
37	37Marlene	34
38	38Maureen	34
39	39Norma	33
40	40Phyllis	33
41	41Florence	31
42	42Arlene	30
43	43Ruth	30
44	44Jacqueline	29
45	45June	29
46	46Nancy	29
47	47Alice	28
48	48Doris	28
49	49Linda	28
50	50Sandra	28
51	51Elsie	27
52	52Lois	27
53	53Roberta	27
54	54Ann	26
55	55Eileen	26
56	56Louise	26
57	57Anne	25
58	58Audrey	25
59	59Edith	25
60	60Elaine	24
61	61Gloria	24
62	62Jeanette	24
63	63Annie	23
64	64Caroline	23
65	65Edna	23
66	66Lorna	23
67	67Valerie	23
68	68Virginia	23
69	69Karen	22
70	70Marguerite	22
71	71Myrna	22
72	72Rose	22
73	73Violet	22
74	74Grace	21
75	75Joanne	21
76	76Yvonne	21
77	77Bernice	20
78	78Gladys	20
79	79Loretta	20
80	80Diana	18
81	81Ethel	18
82	82Geraldine	18
83	83Laura	18
84	84Anna	17
85	85Heather	17
86	86Katherine	17
87	87Lillian	17
88	88Susan	17
89	89Verna	17
90	90Wendy	17
91	91Wilma	17
92	92Pauline	16
93	93Brenda	15
94	94Hazel	15
95	95Leona	15
96	96Sharron	15
97	97Sonja	15
98	98Thelma	15
99	99Anita	14
100	100Beatrice	14

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Coverage: Names given 5 or more times in a year. Original data · Licence

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