Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1947

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	3,054
2	Marie	2,643
3	Mary	2,588
4	Barbara	1,654
5	Patricia	1,587
6	Sharon	1,309
7	Margaret	1,254
8	Susan	1,102
9	Judith	1,094
10	Carol	1,058
11	Sandra	1,021
12	Donna	951
13	Nancy	817
14	Lynda	776
15	Elizabeth	696
16	Shirley	653
17	Karen	574
18	Marilyn	551
19	Diane	535
20	Joan	499
21	Janet	444
22	Bonnie	429
23	Gail	412
24	Catherine	395
25	Helen	393

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brenda	390
27	Heather	377
28	Cheryl	346
29	Carolyn	335
29	Dianne	335
31	Janice	323
32	Ruth	312
33	Dorothy	309
34	Betty	308
35	Gloria	299
36	Jane	294
37	Beverley	292
38	Sheila	290
39	Kathleen	278
40	Frances	268
41	Jean	267
42	Joanne	265
43	Joyce	263
44	Maureen	255
45	Wendy	248
46	Beverly	239
47	Marlene	236
48	Anne	228
49	Elaine	227
50	Baby	225
51	Pamela	219
52	Lois	215
53	Marion	211
54	Ann	209
55	Jacqueline	205
56	Lynn	204
57	Suzanne	202
58	Kathryn	193
59	Lorraine	192
60	Diana	190
61	Darlene	186
62	Valerie	184
63	Marjorie	181
64	Evelyn	177
64	Judy	177
66	Norma	170
67	Doreen	169
68	Rose	168
69	Rosemary	166
70	June	157
71	Christine	156
72	Alice	150
73	Irene	148
73	Pauline	148
75	Eleanor	144
76	Constance	141
77	Sharron	132
77	Virginia	132
79	Phyllis	131
80	Louise	128
81	Katherine	123
81	Sylvia	123
83	Ellen	118
84	Carole	115
85	Lynne	112
86	Laura	110
87	Doris	109
88	Theresa	104
89	Edith	102
89	Florence	102
89	Geraldine	102
89	Victoria	102
93	Janis	97
93	Lorna	97
95	Audrey	96
95	Gayle	96
97	Eileen	95
98	Arlene	94
99	Caroline	92
99	Leslie	92