Most popular girls’ names in California, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	5,388
2	Susan	3,260
3	Mary	3,131
4	Patricia	3,049
5	Kathleen	2,311
6	Barbara	2,270
7	Nancy	2,076
8	Sandra	2,017
9	Deborah	1,992
10	Karen	1,867
11	Sharon	1,816
12	Carol	1,737
13	Pamela	1,462
14	Christine	1,361
15	Donna	1,355
16	Diane	1,214
17	Janet	1,170
18	Margaret	1,101
19	Cynthia	1,083
20	Janice	952
21	Judith	929
22	Cheryl	903
23	Elizabeth	865
24	Shirley	838
25	Gloria	825

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Judy	811
27	Carolyn	810
28	Catherine	770
29	Kathryn	677
30	Marilyn	674
31	Diana	658
32	Kathy	628
33	Virginia	620
34	Gail	603
35	Debra	601
36	Joyce	587
37	Brenda	586
38	Rebecca	584
39	Maria	582
40	Beverly	579
41	Laura	565
42	Martha	563
43	Katherine	539
44	Paula	522
45	Joan	515
46	Bonnie	508
47	Peggy	501
48	Victoria	499
49	Betty	488
50	Denise	484
51	Teresa	475
52	Theresa	462
53	Suzanne	448
54	Frances	444
55	Sally	440
56	Marsha	438
57	Ann	426
58	Lynn	423
59	Vicki	417
60	Cathy	406
61	Alice	395
62	Helen	390
63	Sherry	389
64	Jacqueline	388
65	Connie	384
65	Irene	384
67	Jane	371
68	Elaine	370
69	Sylvia	366
70	Stephanie	359
71	Jean	357
72	Robin	356
73	Joanne	353
74	Rita	351
75	Dorothy	350
76	Wendy	347
77	Julie	339
78	Darlene	338
79	Rose	331
80	Ruth	329
81	Jo	325
82	Yolanda	324
83	Lynda	321
83	Marie	321
85	Christina	313
86	Terry	311
87	Marcia	305
88	Yvonne	304
89	Sheila	299
90	Maureen	298
91	Phyllis	296
92	Jeanne	295
92	Michele	295
94	Anita	291
95	Leslie	289
96	Valerie	288
97	Lorraine	285
98	Roberta	281
99	Colleen	280
100	Ellen	269
100	Norma	269