Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	2,439
2	Melissa	1,452
3	Amanda	1,370
4	Sarah	1,212
5	Lisa	1,109
6	Michelle	928
7	Nicole	691
8	Amy	690
9	Kelly	665
10	Laura	650
11	Angela	621
12	Julie	619
13	Andrea	610
14	Marie	603
15	Heather	588
16	Christine	585
17	Stephanie	581
18	Erin	568
19	Shannon	562
20	Melanie	536
21	Jessica	533
22	Rebecca	450
23	Christina	446
24	Karen	443
25	Elizabeth	434

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Crystal	426
27	Tanya	398
28	Kimberly	397
29	Tara	389
30	Natalie	380
31	Katherine	364
32	Lindsay	346
33	Rachel	327
34	Cheryl	318
35	Mary	293
36	Danielle	285
37	Tammy	277
38	Stacey	258
39	Catherine	252
40	Maria	251
41	Krista	250
42	Sandra	249
43	Patricia	242
44	Carrie	239
45	Sara	238
46	Tracy	236
47	Kathryn	231
48	Emily	230
49	Pamela	229
50	Samantha	227
51	Jacqueline	221
52	Vanessa	212
53	Susan	206
54	Allison	205
55	Alison	204
56	April	197
57	Tina	194
58	Megan	188
59	Kathleen	184
60	Anna	183
60	Dawn	183
62	Sabrina	179
63	Kristy	175
64	Nancy	171
65	Natasha	167
66	Lori	162
67	Suzanne	159
68	Kimberley	158
69	Wendy	148
70	Carolyn	147
70	Cindy	147
72	Holly	143
73	Julia	141
74	Amber	140
74	Jamie	140
76	Denise	139
77	Linda	138
78	Leanne	137
79	Alicia	136
80	Jaime	131
81	Teresa	130
82	Nadia	129
83	Valerie	128
84	Monica	127
85	Lesley	126
86	Diana	125
86	Leslie	125
88	Kristina	123
89	Lauren	122
89	Tamara	122
91	Margaret	120
91	Robin	120
93	Anne	119
94	Tania	118
95	Meghan	116
96	Erica	115
96	Renee	115
98	Colleen	114
99	Janice	113
99	Victoria	113