Most popular girls’ names in California, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Lisa	3,769
2	Susan	3,134
3	Karen	3,041
4	Linda	2,743
5	Mary	2,717
6	Sandra	2,184
7	Patricia	2,150
8	Julie	2,135
9	Cynthia	2,132
10	Lori	2,090
11	Laura	2,045
12	Deborah	1,830
13	Elizabeth	1,762
14	Donna	1,664
15	Debra	1,648
16	Denise	1,597
17	Pamela	1,569
18	Cheryl	1,565
19	Nancy	1,560
20	Debbie	1,546
21	Teresa	1,545
22	Kathleen	1,478
23	Barbara	1,469
23	Kimberly	1,469
25	Michelle	1,449

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Diane	1,404
27	Robin	1,370
28	Sharon	1,368
29	Brenda	1,360
30	Cindy	1,355
31	Kathy	1,284
32	Carol	1,282
33	Kelly	1,243
34	Maria	1,190
35	Janet	1,188
36	Jennifer	1,174
37	Tammy	1,136
38	Diana	1,135
39	Kim	1,081
40	Tina	1,046
41	Rebecca	1,023
42	Theresa	994
43	Laurie	973
44	Terri	937
45	Christine	914
46	Catherine	871
47	Tracy	869
48	Rhonda	847
49	Margaret	803
50	Leslie	799
51	Michele	763
52	Valerie	761
53	Wendy	749
54	Stephanie	747
55	Carolyn	724
56	Suzanne	710
57	Cathy	688
58	Jacqueline	674
59	Angela	657
60	Annette	630
61	Katherine	619
62	Dawn	604
63	Jill	600
64	Renee	597
65	Judy	585
66	Paula	574
67	Connie	566
68	Janice	564
69	Christina	550
70	Dana	543
70	Martha	543
72	Anna	536
73	Gloria	530
74	Ann	526
75	Vicki	525
76	Sherry	516
76	Victoria	516
78	Sylvia	511
79	Lynn	503
80	Yvonne	497
81	Kathryn	483
82	Teri	481
83	Yolanda	479
84	Sheila	458
85	Carrie	450
86	Tamara	448
87	Andrea	442
87	Virginia	442
89	Monica	441
90	Bonnie	440
91	Gina	439
92	Colleen	437
93	Anne	416
94	Sheri	414
94	Terry	414
96	Joyce	413
97	Ruth	410
98	Anita	396
99	Rose	383
100	Regina	382