Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,755
2	Mary	2,506
3	Marie	2,391
4	Susan	1,388
5	Barbara	1,247
6	Patricia	1,218
7	Margaret	1,119
8	Judith	1,102
9	Sharon	1,048
10	Carol	922
11	Donna	898
12	Nancy	874
13	Sandra	847
14	Brenda	723
15	Elizabeth	712
16	Catherine	581
17	Karen	575
18	Diane	510
19	Shirley	496
20	Bonnie	495
21	Lynda	491
22	Janet	485
23	Marilyn	451
24	Joan	435
25	Wendy	419

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gail	397
27	Heather	380
28	Janice	379
29	Helen	372
30	Cheryl	339
30	Kathleen	339
32	Jane	323
33	Ruth	316
34	Deborah	299
34	Valerie	299
36	Joanne	286
37	Carolyn	281
37	Dianne	281
39	Suzanne	280
40	Sheila	273
41	Pamela	267
42	Betty	266
43	Dorothy	264
44	Baby	261
45	Gloria	252
45	Kathryn	252
47	Christine	251
48	Frances	242
49	Anne	235
50	Jacqueline	232
51	Beverley	231
52	Judy	230
53	Maureen	225
54	Marlene	218
55	Jean	215
56	Elaine	214
57	Lorraine	210
58	Beverly	208
59	Joyce	191
60	Darlene	189
61	Marion	182
62	Lynn	179
63	Ann	177
64	Lois	168
65	Diana	167
66	Constance	166
67	Katherine	161
68	Theresa	148
69	Evelyn	146
70	Rosemary	145
71	Norma	143
72	Louise	142
73	Rose	139
74	Pauline	136
75	Irene	133
76	Marjorie	128
77	Colleen	123
78	Lynne	121
79	Phyllis	120
80	Eleanor	119
81	Alice	116
81	Janis	116
81	Victoria	116
81	Virginia	116
85	Ellen	114
86	Laura	111
87	Cynthia	110
87	Sylvia	110
89	Lillian	108
90	Gayle	106
90	Sharron	106
92	Doris	102
93	Audrey	99
93	June	99
93	Teresa	99
96	Paula	98
97	Denise	96
98	Jennifer	92
99	Rita	91
100	Lorna	90