Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,957
2	Marie	2,665
3	Mary	2,474
4	Barbara	1,441
5	Patricia	1,340
6	Susan	1,313
7	Margaret	1,230
8	Sharon	1,076
9	Judith	1,034
10	Carol	978
11	Sandra	951
12	Nancy	908
13	Donna	841
14	Elizabeth	720
15	Lynda	582
16	Karen	563
17	Marilyn	507
18	Shirley	500
19	Brenda	486
20	Diane	467
21	Catherine	465
22	Janet	450
23	Bonnie	449
24	Joan	424
25	Heather	418

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gail	386
27	Helen	360
28	Ruth	348
29	Wendy	337
30	Janice	329
31	Cheryl	328
32	Kathleen	315
33	Dianne	303
34	Beverley	296
35	Sheila	285
36	Carolyn	283
37	Jane	281
38	Joanne	280
39	Betty	271
40	Jean	255
41	Dorothy	253
42	Baby	245
43	Gloria	242
44	Elaine	234
45	Frances	233
46	Maureen	230
47	Anne	225
47	Suzanne	225
49	Lorraine	219
50	Marlene	217
51	Joyce	216
51	Pamela	216
53	Lois	209
54	Lynn	207
55	Beverly	202
56	Valerie	197
57	Ann	192
57	Jacqueline	192
59	Christine	190
60	Deborah	187
61	Kathryn	178
62	Marion	177
63	Darlene	171
64	Rosemary	160
65	Judy	151
66	Diana	147
67	Evelyn	144
67	June	144
69	Marjorie	141
70	Norma	140
71	Theresa	139
72	Rose	137
73	Doreen	134
74	Louise	133
75	Constance	132
76	Virginia	131
77	Lynne	129
78	Carole	127
79	Ellen	124
80	Phyllis	120
81	Eleanor	118
81	Pauline	118
83	Janis	112
83	Laura	112
85	Katherine	111
86	Colleen	108
87	Irene	107
87	Sharron	107
87	Sylvia	107
90	Victoria	103
91	Alice	101
92	Audrey	97
92	Leslie	97
92	Lillian	97
95	Doris	93
95	Gayle	93
95	Jo-Anne	93
98	Florence	90
99	Denise	88
100	Lorna	87