Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,425
2	Marie	2,408
3	Linda	2,378
4	Susan	1,472
5	Patricia	1,303
6	Barbara	1,192
7	Margaret	1,114
8	Judith	997
9	Nancy	954
10	Sharon	920
11	Brenda	913
12	Donna	894
13	Carol	868
14	Sandra	788
15	Catherine	709
15	Elizabeth	709
17	Karen	650
18	Bonnie	567
19	Shirley	548
20	Janet	545
21	Diane	519
22	Deborah	517
23	Wendy	516
24	Janice	508
25	Marilyn	493

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joan	460
26	Lynda	460
28	Heather	421
29	Jane	370
30	Helen	363
31	Gail	355
32	Cheryl	315
33	Ruth	314
34	Joanne	303
35	Kathleen	302
36	Dianne	296
37	Kathryn	294
38	Christine	273
39	Pamela	270
40	Anne	268
41	Beverley	266
42	Carolyn	261
43	Betty	257
43	Maureen	257
45	Valerie	256
46	Dorothy	252
47	Suzanne	249
48	Baby	236
49	Sheila	235
50	Judy	230
51	Darlene	228
51	Elaine	228
53	Marlene	224
54	Gloria	223
55	Joyce	218
56	Beverly	217
57	Katherine	214
58	Lynn	213
59	Frances	209
60	Jean	203
61	Diana	193
61	Lois	193
63	Irene	186
64	Ann	183
65	Jacqueline	179
66	Lorraine	171
67	Marion	169
68	Rosemary	155
69	Constance	153
70	Laura	149
71	Theresa	147
72	Colleen	146
73	Louise	145
74	Pauline	138
75	Rose	136
76	Norma	132
77	Ellen	127
78	Evelyn	123
79	Virginia	122
80	Arlene	117
81	Marjorie	116
82	June	115
83	Phyllis	113
83	Rita	113
83	Wanda	113
86	Lynne	111
87	Denise	108
87	Jennifer	108
89	Doreen	106
90	Cynthia	103
90	Martha	103
90	Victoria	103
93	Doris	102
94	Alice	99
94	Eleanor	99
96	Sylvia	97
97	Anna	93
98	Janis	92
99	Lorna	89
100	Teresa	87