Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,536
2	Marie	2,531
3	Susan	1,877
4	Linda	1,841
5	Deborah	1,670
6	Patricia	1,479
7	Barbara	1,205
8	Nancy	1,070
9	Margaret	1,017
10	Donna	999
11	Karen	986
12	Elizabeth	984
13	Brenda	979
14	Catherine	969
15	Sharon	895
16	Debra	888
17	Carol	879
18	Sandra	860
19	Judith	840
20	Janet	763
21	Wendy	716
22	Janice	663
23	Diane	639
24	Marilyn	589
25	Heather	514

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joanne	506
27	Christine	461
28	Cheryl	455
29	Gail	451
30	Kathleen	443
31	Pamela	435
32	Bonnie	431
33	Joan	425
34	Anne	422
35	Shirley	421
36	Jane	412
37	Kathryn	389
38	Helen	374
39	Darlene	353
40	Ruth	334
41	Katherine	326
42	Beverly	318
43	Suzanne	311
44	Lynda	305
45	Valerie	286
46	Dianne	283
47	Judy	277
48	Ann	276
49	Baby	275
50	Sheila	269
51	Carolyn	262
51	Lynn	262
53	Maureen	258
54	Marlene	255
55	Elaine	244
56	Cynthia	239
57	Dorothy	232
58	Denise	227
59	Laura	226
60	Jacqueline	225
61	Colleen	219
62	Betty	216
63	Gloria	215
64	Irene	214
65	Diana	205
66	Joyce	203
67	Jean	200
68	Lorraine	199
69	Frances	197
70	Rosemary	191
71	Jennifer	190
72	Louise	184
73	Anna	183
74	Theresa	176
75	Victoria	172
76	Beverley	170
77	Teresa	163
78	Lois	161
79	Paula	154
80	Leslie	148
81	Pauline	147
82	Maria	145
82	Rita	145
84	Evelyn	142
85	Marion	141
86	Dale	139
87	Ellen	136
87	Norma	136
89	Doris	134
90	Arlene	132
90	Virginia	132
92	Constance	130
93	Rose	128
94	Laurie	122
94	Yvonne	122
96	Shelley	121
97	Julie	117
98	Dawn	115
99	Peggy	114
100	Martha	111