Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	2,518
2	Amanda	1,472
3	Sarah	1,361
4	Melissa	1,358
5	Michelle	935
6	Lisa	927
7	Stephanie	769
8	Laura	759
9	Amy	711
10	Erin	706
11	Nicole	696
12	Jessica	645
13	Andrea	607
14	Heather	599
15	Marie	597
16	Julie	592
17	Angela	571
18	Rebecca	557
19	Christine	554
20	Kelly	541
21	Christina	507
22	Shannon	505
23	Melanie	499
24	Elizabeth	474
25	Lindsay	449

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Crystal	432
27	Kimberly	407
28	Katherine	395
29	Tara	394
30	Natalie	381
31	Tanya	380
32	Karen	374
33	Rachel	330
34	Mary	321
35	Danielle	315
36	Sara	303
37	Catherine	274
37	Krista	274
39	Patricia	269
40	Emily	266
41	Pamela	250
42	Cheryl	249
43	Stacey	236
44	Maria	233
45	Tracy	230
46	Alison	222
47	Tammy	217
48	Natasha	216
49	Sandra	209
50	Tina	207
51	Kristin	206
52	Tiffany	203
53	Jacqueline	201
54	Allison	200
55	Carrie	197
55	Kathleen	197
57	Vanessa	196
58	Kathryn	193
59	Amber	189
59	Kristen	189
59	Samantha	189
62	April	187
63	Julia	184
64	Anna	180
65	Megan	179
66	Nancy	176
67	Sabrina	175
68	Dawn	165
69	Susan	158
70	Kimberley	155
70	Lauren	155
72	Jamie	153
72	Kristina	153
74	Alicia	150
75	Lori	147
75	Meghan	147
77	Erica	143
77	Leah	143
79	Nadia	139
80	Dana	136
81	Courtney	135
82	Ashley	134
83	Chantal	133
83	Linda	133
85	Denise	132
85	Kristy	132
87	Tamara	130
87	Victoria	130
89	Cindy	128
89	Suzanne	128
89	Wendy	128
92	Colleen	127
93	Holly	124
93	Lesley	124
95	Joanne	119
95	Margaret	119
95	Tania	119
95	Valerie	119
99	Katie	118
99	Leanne	118