Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Marie	2,169
2	Lisa	1,649
3	Mary	1,548
4	Karen	1,532
5	Susan	1,368
6	Sandra	1,100
7	Deborah	991
8	Linda	961
9	Patricia	944
10	Christine	909
11	Kimberly	853
12	Catherine	803
13	Donna	711
14	Brenda	693
15	Kelly	688
16	Nancy	684
17	Jennifer	663
18	Heather	660
19	Wendy	654
20	Elizabeth	653
21	Barbara	617
22	Tracey	595
23	Maria	592
24	Cheryl	588
25	Sharon	570

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Laura	565
27	Angela	562
28	Jacqueline	548
29	Kimberley	526
30	Carol	501
31	Joanne	487
32	Janet	480
33	Cynthia	462
34	Lori	451
35	Margaret	447
36	Michelle	439
37	Julie	437
38	Shelley	435
39	Diane	423
40	Michele	419
41	Laurie	409
42	Denise	392
43	Pamela	391
44	Darlene	384
45	Tammy	379
45	Teresa	379
47	Kathleen	376
48	Cindy	363
49	Katherine	352
50	Janice	351
51	Sherry	339
52	Anna	336
53	Carolyn	331
54	Suzanne	325
55	Andrea	304
56	Anne	302
57	Tracy	294
58	Colleen	288
59	Bonnie	287
60	Lynn	284
61	Paula	271
62	Ann	269
63	Baby	263
63	Debra	263
63	Leslie	263
66	Judith	255
67	Sheila	252
68	Dawn	249
69	Diana	240
70	Rhonda	231
71	Jane	226
72	Theresa	224
73	Helen	223
74	Robin	213
75	Victoria	210
76	Maureen	209
77	Kim	204
77	Lorraine	204
79	Charlene	201
80	Annette	198
81	Tina	196
82	Valerie	194
83	Caroline	183
84	Alison	181
85	Dianne	176
85	Kathryn	176
87	Stephanie	175
88	Louise	171
89	Elaine	168
90	Anita	166
90	Christina	166
92	Monica	159
93	Rita	152
94	Jill	148
95	Connie	146
96	Gail	145
97	Lynda	143
97	Marilyn	143
97	Sarah	143
100	Joan	140
100	Nicole	140
100	Penny	140
100	Ruth	140
100	Shirley	140