Most popular girls’ names in California, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,272
2	Mary	3,220
3	Susan	3,180
4	Patricia	2,925
5	Kathleen	2,348
6	Barbara	2,295
7	Nancy	2,063
8	Sandra	2,029
9	Sharon	1,860
10	Carol	1,779
11	Karen	1,734
12	Pamela	1,393
13	Donna	1,369
14	Christine	1,345
15	Deborah	1,331
16	Diane	1,237
17	Margaret	1,196
18	Janet	1,144
19	Judith	1,089
20	Cynthia	1,009
21	Judy	971
22	Janice	921
23	Cheryl	916
24	Gloria	877
25	Carolyn	842

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shirley	838
27	Elizabeth	752
28	Marilyn	727
29	Catherine	726
30	Kathy	691
31	Diana	688
32	Virginia	654
33	Joyce	625
34	Kathryn	616
35	Beverly	606
36	Brenda	591
37	Bonnie	570
38	Maria	569
39	Laura	559
40	Gail	558
41	Betty	554
42	Joan	549
43	Katherine	536
44	Martha	529
44	Peggy	529
46	Rebecca	521
47	Victoria	482
48	Lynn	476
49	Paula	472
50	Suzanne	465
50	Teresa	465
52	Frances	442
53	Cathy	438
54	Connie	433
55	Vicki	431
56	Ann	423
57	Sally	417
57	Theresa	417
59	Helen	415
60	Alice	412
61	Irene	396
61	Joanne	396
63	Marsha	387
64	Ruth	384
65	Jane	382
66	Dorothy	381
67	Rita	379
68	Terry	370
69	Stephanie	368
70	Julie	351
71	Jacqueline	348
72	Jean	344
72	Yolanda	344
74	Lynda	338
74	Sylvia	338
76	Phyllis	336
77	Michele	335
78	Jo	334
78	Sherry	334
80	Denise	331
81	Elaine	326
82	Darlene	324
83	Anita	323
83	Roberta	323
85	Rose	320
86	Marie	316
87	Christina	312
88	Jeanne	301
89	Charlene	299
90	Claudia	297
91	Leslie	296
91	Wendy	296
93	Valerie	291
94	Yvonne	282
95	Dolores	271
95	Sheila	271
97	Norma	270
98	Ellen	269
99	Marcia	267
100	Janis	261