Top 200 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1940

Year

Rank	Name	Births
101	101Anna	15
102	102Bernice	14
103	103Doris	14
104	104Grace	14
105	105Gwendolyn	14
106	106Josephine	14
107	107Leona	14
108	108Lynda	14
109	109Marian	14
110	110Pearl	14
111	111Sally	14
112	112Theresa	14
113	113Dolores	13
114	114Bonita	12
115	115Caroline	12
116	116Eva	12
117	117Gladys	12
118	118Isabel	12
119	119Jane	12
120	120Janice	12
121	121Lucille	12
122	122Christine	11
123	123Juanita	11
124	124Judy	11
125	125Lynne	11
126	126Rita	11
127	127Sharron	11
128	128Denise	10
129	129Edna	10
130	130Esther	10
131	131Hilda	10
132	132Lily	10
133	133Maxine	10
134	134Mildred	10
135	135Olga	10
136	136Penelope	10
137	137Sarah	10
138	138Cecilia	9
139	139Iris	9
140	140Jessie	9
141	141Julia	9
142	142Lucy	9
143	143Mabel	9
144	144Marguerite	9
145	145Marilynn	9
146	146May	9
147	147Olive	9
148	148Rosalie	9
149	149Thelma	9
150	150Vivian	9
151	151Deanna	8
152	152Ida	8
153	153Joy	8
154	154Martha	8
155	155Nora	8
156	156Pamela	8
157	157Ruby	8
158	158Suzanne	8
159	159Amy	7
160	160Charlene	7
161	161Colleen	7
162	162Dawn	7
163	163Dona	7
164	164Emily	7
165	165Emma	7
166	166Gertrude	7
167	167Lilian	7
168	168Lynn	7
169	169Marianne	7
170	170Michiko	7
171	171Miriam	7
172	172Molly	7
173	173Nina	7
174	174Reta	7
175	175Sonja	7
176	176Stella	7
177	177Teresa	7
178	178Wilma	7
179	179Ada	6
180	180Bertha	6
181	181Beryl	6
182	182Claudia	6
183	183Daphne	6
184	184Dawne	6
185	185Delores	6
186	186Fern	6
187	187Julie	6
188	188Kathryn	6
189	189Laurel	6
190	190Lila	6
191	191Loraine	6
192	192Madeline	6
193	193Maria	6
194	194Mavis	6
195	195Naomi	6
196	196Nellie	6
197	197Noreen	6
198	198Ramona	6
199	199Adele	5
200	200Alexandra	5

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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