Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1942

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sharon	262
2	2Margaret	246
3	3Patricia	217
4	4Mary	185
5	5Carol	184
6	6Barbara	164
7	7Donna	157
8	8Judith	148
9	9Shirley	131
10	10Joan	122
11	11Marilyn	119
12	12Sandra	117
13	13Elizabeth	102
14	14Linda	102
15	15Dorothy	97
16	16Diane	95
17	17Karen	93
18	18Gloria	82
19	19Carole	74
20	20Frances	72
21	21Maureen	68
22	22Kathleen	64
23	23Helen	60
24	24Joyce	59
25	25Janet	57
26	26Gail	55
27	27Marlene	54
28	28Sheila	52
29	29Lorraine	50
30	30Susan	50
31	31Jean	49
32	32Carolyn	48
33	33Irene	48
34	34Beverley	47
35	35Heather	47
36	36Marie	47
37	37Beverly	46
38	38Darlene	46
39	39Doreen	46
40	40Nancy	46
41	41Marion	45
42	42Sylvia	45
43	43Wendy	45
44	44Catherine	44
45	45Roberta	44
46	46Diana	43
47	47Dianne	43
48	48Ruth	42
49	49Phyllis	39
50	50Elaine	38
51	51Alice	37
52	52Arlene	37
53	53Joanne	37
54	54Ann	36
55	55Lorna	36
56	56Marjorie	36
57	57Evelyn	35
58	58Lois	35
59	59Betty	34
60	60Florence	34
61	61Bonnie	33
62	62Virginia	33
63	63Anne	32
64	64Myrna	32
65	65Norma	32
66	66Audrey	31
67	67Caroline	31
68	68Ellen	31
69	69Eleanor	29
70	70Geraldine	29
71	71Jacqueline	29
72	72Eileen	28
73	73Louise	27
74	74Edith	26
75	75Valerie	26
76	76Yvonne	26
77	77June	25
78	78Lillian	24
79	79Rita	24
80	80Rose	24
81	81Colleen	23
82	82Lynne	23
83	83Judy	22
84	84Janice	21
85	85Jeanette	21
86	86Leona	21
87	87Marilynn	20
88	88Rosemary	20
89	89Bernice	19
90	90Brenda	19
91	91Edna	19
92	92Julia	19
93	93Katherine	19
94	94Agnes	18
95	95Anna	18
96	96Charlotte	18
97	97Doris	18
98	98Georgina	18
99	99Laura	18
100	100Loretta	18

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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