Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,577
2	Marie	2,408
3	Linda	2,136
4	Susan	1,755
5	Patricia	1,460
6	Deborah	1,365
7	Barbara	1,242
8	Nancy	1,088
9	Margaret	1,048
10	Brenda	998
11	Judith	979
12	Elizabeth	929
13	Catherine	923
14	Donna	919
15	Sharon	886
16	Karen	880
17	Carol	874
18	Sandra	774
19	Janice	731
20	Janet	696
21	Diane	663
22	Wendy	565
23	Bonnie	527
24	Marilyn	521
25	Heather	474

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joan	456
27	Joanne	454
28	Gail	445
29	Kathryn	444
30	Shirley	439
31	Kathleen	418
32	Christine	416
33	Debra	413
34	Anne	400
35	Jane	397
36	Helen	376
37	Cheryl	346
38	Lynda	342
39	Pamela	336
40	Valerie	320
41	Darlene	316
42	Ruth	303
43	Sheila	298
44	Dianne	294
45	Katherine	292
46	Ann	275
47	Beverly	268
48	Suzanne	266
49	Judy	257
50	Baby	251
51	Marlene	246
52	Maureen	244
53	Dorothy	236
54	Lynn	233
55	Betty	232
55	Carolyn	232
57	Beverley	227
58	Jacqueline	221
59	Joyce	220
60	Irene	218
61	Elaine	211
62	Jean	207
63	Laura	206
64	Diana	204
65	Gloria	202
66	Frances	198
67	Colleen	195
68	Theresa	194
69	Lorraine	191
70	Lois	190
71	Rosemary	189
72	Denise	180
73	Victoria	176
74	Jennifer	174
74	Marion	174
76	Louise	173
77	Pauline	164
78	Cynthia	149
79	Teresa	144
80	Constance	137
81	Anna	134
82	Ellen	133
83	June	132
84	Evelyn	129
84	Rose	129
86	Alice	128
87	Norma	127
88	Virginia	121
89	Lynne	119
90	Leslie	118
91	Martha	117
92	Penny	115
92	Rita	115
94	Marjorie	114
95	Maria	113
95	Paula	113
97	Doris	112
98	Catharine	110
99	Laurie	107
100	Shelley	106