Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1941

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Patricia	214
2	2Margaret	209
3	3Mary	193
4	4Sharon	189
5	5Barbara	167
6	6Judith	156
7	7Carol	136
8	8Linda	113
9	9Marilyn	113
10	10Donna	112
11	11Elizabeth	105
12	12Shirley	104
13	13Joan	101
14	14Diane	88
15	15Sandra	88
16	16Dorothy	82
17	17Beverley	70
18	18Kathleen	68
19	19Doreen	66
20	20Gloria	61
21	21Helen	61
22	22Jean	61
23	23Frances	60
24	24Irene	56
25	25Marlene	56
26	26Marie	54
27	27Sheila	54
28	28Karen	53
29	29Dianne	52
30	30Maureen	52
31	31Valerie	50
32	32Janet	49
33	33Gail	48
34	34Sylvia	48
35	35Carole	46
36	36Bonnie	44
37	37Evelyn	43
38	38Lorraine	43
39	39Roberta	43
40	40Arlene	42
41	41Lois	42
42	42Alice	40
43	43Heather	40
44	44Joyce	40
45	45Beverly	39
46	46Susan	38
47	47Wendy	38
48	48Catherine	37
49	49Jacqueline	36
50	50Anne	35
51	51Diana	35
52	52Marion	35
53	53Ruth	35
54	54Audrey	34
55	55Betty	34
56	56Elaine	34
57	57Nancy	33
58	58Ann	32
59	59Eleanor	32
60	60Florence	31
61	61Marjorie	31
62	62Rose	31
63	63Joanne	30
64	64Rosemary	30
65	65Geraldine	29
66	66June	29
67	67Phyllis	29
68	68Darlene	28
69	69Norma	28
70	70Ellen	27
71	71Lynda	27
72	72Carolyn	25
73	73Edith	25
74	74Myrna	25
75	75Virginia	25
76	76Lillian	23
77	77Bernice	22
78	78Edna	22
79	79Elsie	22
80	80Katherine	22
81	81Yvonne	22
82	82Constance	21
83	83Hazel	21
84	84Janice	21
85	85Laura	21
86	86Lynne	21
87	87Louise	20
88	88Beatrice	19
89	89Eileen	19
90	90Leona	19
91	91Lorna	19
92	92Pauline	19
93	93Vera	19
94	94Judy	18
95	95Annie	17
96	96Ethel	17
97	97Georgina	17
98	98Jeanette	17
99	99Sharron	17
100	100Verna	17

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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