Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,908
2	Mary	2,364
3	Susan	2,046
4	Deborah	1,631
5	Karen	1,599
6	Linda	1,495
7	Catherine	1,342
8	Sandra	1,281
9	Patricia	1,243
10	Donna	1,216
11	Nancy	1,132
12	Brenda	1,045
13	Barbara	959
14	Elizabeth	835
15	Debra	793
16	Cheryl	779
17	Carol	777
18	Margaret	765
19	Sharon	755
20	Janet	720
21	Cynthia	718
22	Wendy	707
23	Diane	691
24	Joanne	671
25	Lori	653

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christine	593
26	Heather	593
28	Janice	584
29	Cindy	551
30	Kathleen	548
31	Katherine	517
32	Maria	495
33	Laurie	491
34	Judith	473
35	Laura	469
36	Pamela	462
37	Anne	460
38	Darlene	448
39	Kathryn	417
40	Lynn	392
41	Kimberly	391
42	Teresa	362
43	Anna	351
44	Denise	350
45	Jane	346
46	Shelley	340
47	Baby	337
48	Kelly	331
49	Lorraine	326
50	Shirley	316
51	Helen	314
51	Kim	314
53	Valerie	310
54	Bonnie	306
54	Diana	306
56	Marilyn	296
57	Joan	295
58	Julie	294
59	Jennifer	292
59	Suzanne	292
61	Kimberley	291
62	Gail	288
63	Lisa	285
63	Maureen	285
65	Sheila	284
66	Beverly	271
67	Ruth	269
68	Ann	267
69	Colleen	259
70	Carolyn	256
71	Theresa	247
72	Leslie	242
73	Elaine	241
74	Judy	235
75	Angela	234
76	Jacqueline	231
77	Lynda	230
78	Louise	229
79	Dianne	215
79	Sherry	215
81	Dawn	206
82	Michele	204
83	Tammy	199
84	Tracy	197
85	Rosemary	195
86	Victoria	192
87	Cathy	185
88	Michelle	179
89	Betty	176
90	Dorothy	174
91	Kathy	173
92	Rita	169
93	Rhonda	164
94	Anita	160
94	Paula	160
96	Debbie	158
96	Penny	158
98	Julia	156
99	Marlene	154
99	Sylvia	154