Most popular girls’ names in California, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,759
2	Mary	3,460
3	Patricia	3,145
4	Susan	2,831
5	Barbara	2,700
6	Sharon	2,202
7	Carol	2,201
8	Sandra	2,168
9	Nancy	2,133
10	Kathleen	1,999
11	Donna	1,688
12	Karen	1,613
13	Judy	1,335
14	Pamela	1,304
15	Diane	1,289
16	Judith	1,227
17	Margaret	1,136
18	Janet	1,107
19	Cheryl	1,093
20	Carolyn	1,042
21	Janice	983
22	Christine	926
23	Shirley	907
24	Gloria	896
25	Marilyn	851

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cynthia	747
27	Virginia	715
28	Joyce	704
29	Diana	697
30	Beverly	695
31	Elizabeth	651
32	Kathy	646
33	Bonnie	642
34	Betty	635
34	Joan	635
36	Gail	552
37	Catherine	544
38	Dorothy	527
39	Martha	524
40	Frances	498
41	Lynda	494
42	Suzanne	493
43	Maria	489
44	Connie	476
45	Kathryn	474
45	Paula	474
47	Ann	465
48	Peggy	461
49	Helen	459
50	Laura	447
51	Alice	442
52	Jean	438
53	Lynn	437
53	Phyllis	437
55	Jane	429
56	Jo	415
57	Sally	406
58	Katherine	392
59	Darlene	390
60	Brenda	388
61	Sue	382
62	Joanne	381
63	Cathy	379
64	Marsha	372
65	Sherry	369
66	Vicki	367
67	Deborah	365
68	Julie	352
69	Ruth	350
69	Sheila	350
71	Dolores	348
72	Irene	343
73	Rose	340
74	Roberta	339
75	Elaine	335
76	Yolanda	334
77	Marie	333
78	Victoria	328
79	Janis	326
80	Rebecca	324
81	Claudia	320
81	Jeanne	320
81	Terry	320
84	Sylvia	319
85	Teresa	318
86	Rita	312
87	Anita	311
88	Jacqueline	305
89	Charlene	298
89	Ellen	298
91	Charlotte	297
92	Carole	295
93	Norma	290
94	Yvonne	283
95	Toni	272
96	Leslie	269
97	Pat	268
98	Theresa	261
99	Gayle	258
99	Louise	258