Most popular girls’ names in California, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,198
2	Karen	3,136
3	Susan	3,123
4	Linda	3,103
5	Lisa	2,682
6	Cynthia	2,535
7	Patricia	2,527
8	Debra	2,291
9	Deborah	2,134
10	Donna	2,061
11	Sandra	1,906
12	Julie	1,867
13	Lori	1,857
14	Pamela	1,853
15	Debbie	1,774
16	Laura	1,665
17	Nancy	1,660
18	Cheryl	1,640
19	Elizabeth	1,604
20	Kathleen	1,595
21	Kathy	1,574
22	Diane	1,543
23	Cindy	1,528
24	Denise	1,498
25	Carol	1,480

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Barbara	1,475
27	Sharon	1,418
28	Teresa	1,352
29	Robin	1,174
30	Michelle	1,163
31	Janet	1,151
32	Kim	1,085
33	Diana	1,081
34	Brenda	1,079
35	Kimberly	1,060
36	Terri	1,052
37	Theresa	1,011
38	Maria	997
39	Tammy	991
40	Catherine	915
41	Rebecca	882
42	Kelly	841
43	Margaret	820
44	Laurie	810
45	Cathy	806
46	Christine	777
47	Leslie	766
48	Judy	758
49	Tina	753
50	Valerie	742
51	Rhonda	711
52	Jennifer	706
53	Janice	698
54	Kathryn	694
55	Carolyn	678
56	Annette	674
56	Katherine	674
58	Paula	642
59	Anna	594
60	Stephanie	582
61	Victoria	580
62	Dawn	577
63	Ann	567
64	Wendy	566
65	Martha	563
66	Renee	557
67	Gloria	550
68	Vicki	539
69	Jill	534
70	Suzanne	531
71	Lynn	524
72	Connie	516
73	Michele	506
74	Peggy	502
74	Sherry	502
76	Sylvia	493
77	Terry	484
78	Beverly	477
79	Anne	468
80	Dana	463
81	Yolanda	455
82	Joyce	453
83	Sheila	450
84	Bonnie	448
84	Tamara	448
86	Tracy	445
87	Anita	440
87	Shirley	440
89	Virginia	439
90	Darlene	434
91	Carrie	433
92	Colleen	428
93	Rose	424
94	Gail	415
95	Elaine	412
96	Yvonne	400
97	Teri	391
98	Becky	387
99	Judith	386
100	Roberta	383