Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1944

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Sharon	261
2	2Patricia	252
3	3Mary	230
4	4Margaret	225
5	5Judith	221
6	6Barbara	218
7	7Linda	208
8	8Carol	206
9	9Donna	156
10	10Sandra	154
11	11Marilyn	153
12	12Diane	148
13	13Elizabeth	129
14	14Shirley	121
15	15Joan	112
16	16Susan	94
17	17Gail	92
18	18Karen	92
19	19Kathleen	90
20	20Dorothy	82
21	21Janet	80
22	22Marie	80
23	23Darlene	73
24	24Helen	73
25	25Maureen	64
26	26Wendy	64
27	27Carole	61
28	28Gloria	60
29	29Marlene	60
30	30Frances	56
31	31Irene	55
32	32Carolyn	54
33	33Jean	54
34	34Marjorie	52
35	35Beverley	51
36	36Dianne	51
37	37Evelyn	51
38	38Elaine	50
39	39Heather	50
40	40Lorraine	50
41	41Lynda	50
42	42Bonnie	49
43	43Catherine	49
44	44Cheryl	49
45	45Sylvia	49
46	46Louise	48
47	47Sheila	48
48	48Doreen	47
49	49Nancy	47
50	50Norma	47
51	51Valerie	46
52	52Joyce	45
53	53Joanne	44
54	54Marion	44
55	55Arlene	43
56	56Beverly	43
57	57Judy	43
58	58Diana	42
59	59Betty	41
60	60Roberta	41
61	61Ruth	39
62	62Alice	38
63	63Lynne	38
64	64Brenda	37
65	65Anne	36
66	66Pamela	35
67	67Geraldine	33
68	68Janice	33
69	69Phyllis	33
70	70Caroline	32
71	71Eileen	32
72	72Virginia	31
73	73Katherine	30
74	74Lois	30
75	75Ann	29
76	76Jacqueline	29
77	77Lillian	29
78	78Edith	28
79	79Lynn	28
80	80Audrey	25
81	81Elsie	25
82	82June	25
83	83Leslie	25
84	84Lorna	25
85	85Georgina	24
86	86Rose	24
87	87Yvonne	24
88	88Victoria	23
89	89Vivian	23
90	90Bonita	22
91	91Charlotte	22
92	92Martha	22
93	93Violet	22
94	94Florence	21
95	95Anita	20
96	96Beatrice	20
97	97Christine	20
98	98Ellen	20
99	99Pauline	20
100	100Bernice	19

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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