Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,895
2	Mary	2,612
3	Susan	2,063
4	Deborah	1,915
5	Karen	1,648
6	Catherine	1,425
7	Linda	1,390
8	Patricia	1,334
9	Brenda	1,196
10	Nancy	1,151
11	Debra	1,131
12	Barbara	1,048
13	Sandra	971
14	Donna	952
15	Margaret	873
16	Cynthia	870
17	Carol	852
18	Sharon	831
19	Elizabeth	792
20	Wendy	753
21	Janet	727
22	Cheryl	700
23	Diane	669
24	Cindy	641
24	Janice	641

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joanne	592
27	Judith	581
28	Christine	577
29	Heather	556
30	Katherine	487
31	Kathleen	467
32	Kathryn	458
33	Maria	442
34	Pamela	423
35	Kim	419
36	Anne	418
37	Denise	414
38	Darlene	400
39	Joan	382
40	Jane	379
41	Bonnie	371
42	Laurie	369
43	Lynn	357
44	Marilyn	350
45	Laura	349
46	Baby	323
47	Gail	318
48	Dianne	315
48	Lorraine	315
50	Helen	306
51	Teresa	305
52	Shirley	304
53	Lori	301
54	Ann	293
55	Suzanne	290
56	Diana	287
57	Anna	283
57	Ruth	283
59	Carolyn	274
60	Judy	269
60	Maureen	269
62	Julie	268
63	Leslie	257
63	Valerie	257
65	Beverly	244
65	Colleen	244
65	Elaine	244
68	Sheila	243
69	Jennifer	238
70	Theresa	223
71	Lynda	221
72	Kimberley	219
73	Jacqueline	213
73	Shelley	213
75	Victoria	211
76	Louise	210
77	Dorothy	206
78	Rosemary	200
79	Kimberly	194
80	Sherry	190
81	Cathy	180
82	Marlene	179
83	Jean	177
84	Robin	176
85	Betty	175
86	Joyce	174
87	Irene	171
88	Frances	169
89	Angela	168
89	Sylvia	168
91	Marianne	159
91	Marion	159
93	Rita	157
94	Dawn	156
95	Pauline	153
96	Anita	149
97	Kathy	144
98	Jill	140
99	Lisa	139
100	Rose	138