Most popular girls’ names in Illinois, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,871
2	Linda	3,710
3	Patricia	2,941
4	Susan	2,627
5	Deborah	2,587
6	Barbara	2,303
7	Nancy	2,199
8	Kathleen	1,898
9	Karen	1,720
10	Debra	1,608
11	Carol	1,550
12	Pamela	1,452
13	Diane	1,421
14	Donna	1,385
15	Sharon	1,372
16	Sandra	1,311
17	Christine	1,242
18	Janet	1,234
19	Cynthia	1,165
20	Judith	1,008
21	Margaret	944
22	Janice	901
23	Brenda	782
24	Cheryl	766
24	Elizabeth	766

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Denise	749
27	Joyce	659
28	Catherine	657
28	Kathy	657
30	Gail	631
31	Joan	589
32	Carolyn	571
33	Marilyn	548
34	Rebecca	513
35	Jane	509
36	Peggy	504
37	Bonnie	496
38	Jean	494
39	Paula	491
40	Judy	486
41	Shirley	479
42	Connie	467
43	Beverly	463
44	Kathryn	455
45	Jacqueline	448
46	Laura	445
47	Lynn	429
48	Gloria	417
49	Ann	416
50	Betty	414
51	Diana	407
52	Vicki	406
53	Cathy	393
54	Sheila	384
55	Marsha	381
56	Ruth	371
57	Marcia	368
58	Rita	365
59	Theresa	364
60	Katherine	361
61	Victoria	359
62	Martha	355
63	Ellen	343
64	Rose	342
65	Phyllis	334
66	Jo	325
67	Dorothy	321
68	Sally	315
69	Darlene	309
70	Virginia	305
71	Valerie	302
72	Teresa	299
73	Julie	293
74	Helen	290
75	Roberta	281
76	Joanne	274
77	Vickie	273
78	Alice	272
79	Maureen	261
80	Sherry	256
81	Jeanne	251
82	Jill	244
83	Anne	241
84	Rhonda	240
85	Wendy	235
86	Constance	229
87	Elaine	228
88	Frances	225
89	Marie	224
90	Suzanne	222
91	Anita	219
92	Sue	216
93	Michelle	205
94	Doris	204
95	Andrea	198
96	Gayle	197
97	Renee	191
98	Claudia	190
99	Yvonne	189
100	Lois	188