Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1940

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Margaret	198
2	2Patricia	195
3	3Mary	186
4	4Barbara	152
5	5Elizabeth	119
6	6Sharon	119
7	7Judith	116
8	8Joan	105
9	9Donna	103
10	10Carol	101
11	11Shirley	90
12	12Dorothy	86
13	13Marilyn	86
14	14Linda	70
15	15Sandra	70
16	16Helen	68
17	17Diane	66
18	18Beverley	59
19	19Frances	58
20	20Jean	58
21	21Maureen	58
22	22Irene	57
23	23Kathleen	52
24	24Gloria	51
25	25Gail	50
26	26Beverly	49
27	27Marie	49
28	28Sylvia	47
29	29Diana	46
30	30Doreen	45
31	31Joyce	45
32	32Marlene	45
33	33Alice	44
34	34Evelyn	44
35	35Marjorie	44
36	36Betty	43
37	37Marion	43
38	38Janet	41
39	39Ann	40
40	40Lorraine	39
41	41Florence	38
42	42Eleanor	37
43	43Jacqueline	36
44	44Lois	36
45	45Myrna	36
46	46Sheila	36
47	47Norma	35
48	48Rose	34
49	49June	33
50	50Nancy	33
51	51Eileen	32
52	52Anne	30
53	53Carole	30
54	54Catherine	30
55	55Elaine	30
56	56Roberta	30
57	57Ruth	30
58	58Heather	29
59	59Jeanette	29
60	60Phyllis	29
61	61Susan	29
62	62Valerie	29
63	63Joanne	28
64	64Muriel	28
65	65Edith	27
66	66Brenda	26
67	67Loretta	26
68	68Arlene	25
69	69Audrey	25
70	70Karen	25
71	71Dianne	24
72	72Lillian	24
73	73Verna	24
74	74Elsie	23
75	75Wendy	23
76	76Virginia	22
77	77Beatrice	21
78	78Georgina	21
79	79Geraldine	21
80	80Louise	21
81	81Carolyn	20
82	82Darlene	20
83	83Hazel	20
84	84Lorna	20
85	85Agnes	19
86	86Bonnie	19
87	87Charlotte	19
88	88Pauline	19
89	89Rosemary	18
90	90Violet	18
91	91Yvonne	18
92	92Ellen	17
93	93Anita	16
94	94Annie	16
95	95Clara	16
96	96Constance	16
97	97Ethel	16
98	98Katherine	16
99	99Laura	16
100	100Vera	16

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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