Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,708
2	Mary	1,858
3	Patricia	1,755
4	Susan	1,518
5	Nancy	1,304
6	Barbara	1,250
7	Carol	1,244
8	Kathleen	1,236
9	Donna	1,193
10	Judith	1,097
11	Sandra	1,034
12	Diane	852
13	Margaret	731
14	Karen	694
15	Elizabeth	643
16	Janet	575
17	Ann	555
18	Janice	547
19	Jean	541
20	Joan	534
21	Maureen	531
22	Jane	519
23	Elaine	503
24	Joanne	496
25	Gail	488

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cynthia	474
27	Paula	451
28	Pamela	448
29	Joyce	445
30	Cheryl	444
31	Christine	432
32	Sharon	417
33	Marilyn	397
34	Ellen	386
35	Marie	384
36	Anne	377
37	Dorothy	374
38	Beverly	354
39	Deborah	329
40	Catherine	321
41	Virginia	316
42	Jeanne	302
43	Lorraine	294
44	Carolyn	291
45	Frances	279
45	Helen	279
47	Sheila	275
48	Suzanne	271
49	Ruth	267
50	Eileen	261
51	Theresa	241
52	Martha	235
52	Rosemary	235
54	Shirley	221
55	Dianne	215
55	Jacqueline	215
57	Phyllis	209
58	Louise	207
59	Roberta	206
60	Marcia	205
61	Alice	204
62	Geraldine	198
63	Katherine	197
64	Marjorie	196
65	Claire	189
66	Lois	179
67	Rita	169
68	Bonnie	160
69	Brenda	155
69	Pauline	155
71	Irene	151
71	Kathryn	151
73	Sally	149
74	Leslie	145
75	Carole	144
76	Priscilla	143
77	Arlene	142
77	Constance	142
79	Denise	140
80	Marsha	136
81	June	135
82	Diana	134
83	Judy	130
83	Rose	130
85	Gloria	129
86	Betty	127
86	Eleanor	127
88	Andrea	125
89	Charlene	118
89	Joann	118
91	Lynda	115
92	Laura	114
93	Marion	111
94	Evelyn	102
94	Janis	102
96	Norma	100
97	Charlotte	97
97	Jo	97
99	Lynne	95
99	Maryann	95