Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,451
2	Mary	2,445
3	Linda	2,157
4	Patricia	1,632
5	Susan	1,611
6	Barbara	1,134
7	Margaret	1,083
8	Deborah	1,050
9	Nancy	1,024
10	Judith	973
11	Brenda	938
12	Donna	915
13	Carol	866
14	Catherine	830
15	Elizabeth	825
16	Karen	821
17	Sharon	797
18	Sandra	763
19	Janice	641
20	Janet	627
21	Bonnie	617
22	Diane	591
23	Wendy	538
24	Shirley	494
25	Gail	467

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marilyn	438
27	Heather	422
28	Joan	421
29	Kathleen	398
30	Anne	375
31	Kathryn	364
32	Jane	362
33	Helen	344
33	Lynda	344
35	Joanne	335
36	Pamela	334
37	Ruth	327
38	Dianne	311
39	Valerie	299
40	Christine	298
41	Cheryl	288
42	Baby	282
43	Darlene	253
44	Judy	251
45	Suzanne	250
46	Beverley	247
47	Sheila	246
48	Dorothy	236
49	Betty	234
49	Elaine	234
51	Ann	233
52	Gloria	230
53	Carolyn	229
53	Maureen	229
55	Beverly	227
55	Katherine	227
57	Debra	223
58	Marlene	221
59	Lois	213
59	Lynn	213
61	Frances	207
62	Joyce	206
63	Colleen	203
64	Jean	202
65	Lorraine	194
66	Irene	191
67	Jacqueline	188
68	Diana	186
69	Louise	178
70	Theresa	165
71	Constance	160
72	Denise	156
73	Victoria	154
74	Laura	153
75	Marion	142
75	Rosemary	142
77	Evelyn	139
78	Jennifer	137
79	Norma	135
80	June	126
81	Pauline	124
82	Alice	119
83	Ellen	113
84	Marjorie	111
84	Paula	111
86	Anna	110
87	Rose	108
88	Cynthia	107
88	Lynne	107
88	Phyllis	107
91	Christina	105
91	Doreen	105
93	Maria	104
93	Martha	104
93	Teresa	104
96	Penny	102
97	Rita	101
98	Janis	100
99	Wanda	97
100	Doris	95