Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,809
2	Mary	2,776
3	Deborah	2,110
4	Susan	1,946
5	Linda	1,636
6	Patricia	1,513
7	Barbara	1,165
8	Nancy	1,154
9	Karen	1,151
10	Debra	1,107
11	Catherine	1,069
12	Donna	984
13	Brenda	940
14	Sandra	936
15	Margaret	928
16	Sharon	849
17	Elizabeth	806
18	Carol	796
19	Judith	786
20	Wendy	758
21	Janice	749
22	Janet	732
23	Diane	654
24	Marilyn	626
25	Heather	522

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cheryl	516
27	Joanne	493
28	Christine	450
29	Kathleen	432
30	Joan	421
31	Bonnie	414
32	Kathryn	411
33	Gail	405
34	Jane	396
35	Anne	394
36	Pamela	392
37	Helen	391
38	Darlene	368
38	Shirley	368
40	Katherine	358
41	Beverly	353
42	Cynthia	310
42	Ruth	310
44	Maureen	291
44	Suzanne	291
46	Baby	285
47	Dianne	283
48	Judy	282
49	Ann	273
49	Lynn	273
51	Valerie	269
52	Jacqueline	265
53	Marlene	264
54	Sheila	260
55	Denise	259
56	Lynda	256
57	Elaine	254
58	Maria	247
59	Laura	246
60	Anna	220
60	Dorothy	220
62	Lorraine	218
63	Louise	215
64	Carolyn	208
65	Jean	207
66	Marian	206
66	Rosemary	206
68	Frances	203
69	Diana	202
70	Jennifer	195
71	Betty	194
72	Teresa	191
73	Joyce	186
74	Colleen	185
74	Irene	185
76	Theresa	181
77	Gloria	178
78	Rose	177
79	Victoria	173
80	Laurie	172
81	Marion	170
82	Beverley	167
83	Leslie	166
84	Dale	153
85	Ellen	150
86	Lois	147
86	Pauline	147
88	Evelyn	145
89	Constance	144
90	Shelley	143
91	Rita	141
92	Sherry	140
93	Robin	130
93	Sylvia	130
95	Peggy	127
96	Doris	126
97	Jo-Anne	124
97	Yvonne	124
99	Julie	123
100	June	121