Top 100 baby girl names for births in British Columbia (Canada) during year 1945

Year

Rank	Name	Births
1	1Patricia	281
2	2Carol	252
3	3Margaret	228
4	4Mary	225
5	5Barbara	220
6	6Judith	208
7	7Sharon	185
8	8Linda	179
9	9Donna	175
10	10Sandra	155
11	11Shirley	152
12	12Diane	119
13	13Elizabeth	111
14	14Karen	109
15	15Marilyn	103
16	16Kathleen	97
17	17Janet	94
18	18Joan	94
19	19Dorothy	88
20	20Susan	88
21	21Gail	87
22	22Frances	75
23	23Gloria	75
24	24Darlene	74
25	25Dianne	74
26	26Helen	71
27	27Beverley	70
28	28Maureen	69
29	29Heather	67
30	30Wendy	65
31	31Sheila	64
32	32Marie	57
33	33Lynda	55
34	34Beverly	54
35	35Cheryl	53
36	36Marlene	52
37	37Joanne	51
38	38Lorraine	51
39	39Bonnie	50
40	40Catherine	50
41	41Doreen	50
42	42Sylvia	49
43	43Jean	47
44	44Diana	45
45	45Valerie	45
46	46Marion	44
47	47Betty	43
48	48Elaine	43
49	49Judy	43
50	50Joyce	42
51	51Nancy	42
52	52Roberta	42
53	53Evelyn	41
54	54Janice	41
55	55Eileen	40
56	56Irene	39
57	57Louise	39
58	58Norma	39
59	59Brenda	38
60	60Lois	37
61	61Arlene	36
62	62Carole	36
63	63Lorna	36
64	64Ruth	36
65	65Carolyn	35
66	66Jacqueline	35
67	67Anne	34
68	68Lynne	33
69	69Florence	32
70	70June	32
71	71Lynn	31
72	72Alice	30
73	73Caroline	30
74	74Marjorie	30
75	75Audrey	29
76	76Phyllis	29
77	77Pamela	28
78	78Charlotte	27
79	79Katherine	26
80	80Theresa	26
81	81Bonita	25
82	82Eleanor	25
83	83Laura	25
84	84Leslie	25
85	85Rita	25
86	86Rose	25
87	87Vicki	25
88	88Jane	24
89	89Bernice	23
90	90Geraldine	23
91	91Leona	23
92	92Lillian	23
93	93Sally	23
94	94Anna	22
95	95Gladys	22
96	96Yvonne	22
97	97Colleen	21
98	98Penny	21
99	99Agnes	19
100	100Anita	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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