Most popular girls’ names in California, 1960

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Karen	3,169
2	Susan	3,145
3	Lisa	3,116
4	Mary	3,100
5	Linda	2,883
6	Cynthia	2,332
7	Patricia	2,320
8	Sandra	2,102
9	Debra	2,013
10	Lori	2,002
11	Laura	1,986
12	Deborah	1,924
13	Julie	1,872
14	Donna	1,856
15	Debbie	1,677
16	Elizabeth	1,673
17	Cheryl	1,623
18	Nancy	1,622
19	Pamela	1,613
20	Teresa	1,589
21	Barbara	1,584
22	Denise	1,576
23	Diane	1,432
24	Kathy	1,400
25	Cindy	1,391

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kathleen	1,386
27	Kimberly	1,360
28	Carol	1,358
29	Sharon	1,326
30	Brenda	1,304
31	Michelle	1,278
32	Robin	1,231
33	Janet	1,172
33	Kelly	1,172
35	Maria	1,139
36	Kim	1,135
37	Diana	1,079
38	Tammy	1,038
39	Theresa	1,012
40	Laurie	992
41	Terri	965
42	Rebecca	916
43	Tina	890
44	Catherine	877
45	Jennifer	871
46	Margaret	814
47	Christine	813
48	Rhonda	776
49	Leslie	752
50	Cathy	750
51	Tracy	741
52	Carolyn	697
53	Annette	682
53	Valerie	682
55	Stephanie	674
56	Judy	663
57	Wendy	657
58	Janice	654
59	Renee	653
60	Katherine	646
61	Paula	626
62	Jill	623
63	Suzanne	610
64	Anna	609
65	Sherry	586
66	Gloria	585
67	Victoria	582
68	Dawn	581
69	Kathryn	576
69	Michele	576
71	Ann	575
72	Lynn	571
73	Vicki	566
74	Connie	558
75	Martha	553
76	Sylvia	540
77	Yolanda	524
78	Teri	505
79	Joyce	488
80	Angela	483
81	Carrie	479
82	Anita	474
83	Colleen	471
84	Tamara	468
85	Andrea	464
86	Terry	463
87	Christina	459
88	Beverly	456
89	Sheila	455
90	Dana	453
91	Monica	443
91	Yvonne	443
93	Peggy	437
94	Virginia	434
95	Bonnie	420
96	Ruth	413
97	Sandy	411
98	Anne	409
99	Darlene	398
100	Rose	397