Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,413
2	Mary	1,817
3	Susan	1,648
4	Patricia	1,491
5	Kathleen	1,350
6	Nancy	1,278
7	Barbara	1,235
8	Donna	1,186
9	Carol	1,061
10	Judith	892
11	Sandra	872
12	Karen	764
13	Diane	758
14	Elizabeth	649
15	Margaret	630
16	Janet	563
17	Deborah	531
18	Ann	520
19	Maureen	512
20	Cynthia	510
21	Jane	487
22	Elaine	472
23	Joan	469
24	Christine	455
25	Gail	452

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joanne	448
26	Paula	448
28	Jean	443
29	Cheryl	427
29	Janice	427
31	Pamela	409
32	Sharon	395
33	Joyce	387
34	Anne	361
35	Marie	354
36	Ellen	346
37	Dorothy	336
38	Catherine	333
39	Beverly	326
40	Marilyn	302
41	Jeanne	288
42	Sheila	277
43	Virginia	267
44	Frances	265
45	Lorraine	258
46	Suzanne	253
47	Carolyn	251
47	Ruth	251
49	Martha	249
50	Helen	243
51	Eileen	238
51	Theresa	238
53	Marcia	225
54	Dianne	217
55	Rosemary	197
56	Brenda	189
57	Louise	183
58	Roberta	179
59	Phyllis	175
60	Katherine	174
61	Marjorie	170
62	Jacqueline	169
63	Pauline	164
63	Shirley	164
65	Rita	159
66	Alice	154
66	Lois	154
68	Claire	153
69	Bonnie	144
70	Geraldine	143
71	Kathryn	142
71	Sally	142
73	Laura	138
74	Carole	134
74	Eleanor	134
76	Irene	133
77	Charlene	132
78	Denise	129
79	Gloria	128
80	Andrea	126
81	Diana	125
82	Judy	123
83	Evelyn	121
84	Constance	120
84	Rose	120
86	Priscilla	108
87	Betty	106
88	Marsha	105
89	June	101
90	Arlene	97
91	Doris	96
91	Lucille	96
93	Charlotte	95
93	Leslie	95
95	Joann	94
96	Lynda	93
96	Maria	93
98	Lynne	91
99	Valerie	89
100	Marianne	87