Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,421
2	Mary	1,729
3	Susan	1,612
4	Patricia	1,383
5	Kathleen	1,314
6	Nancy	1,155
7	Donna	1,134
8	Barbara	1,045
9	Carol	913
10	Diane	882
11	Sandra	829
12	Judith	816
13	Karen	790
14	Deborah	721
15	Elizabeth	646
16	Christine	632
17	Margaret	589
18	Janet	585
19	Maureen	509
20	Janice	496
21	Ann	495
22	Sharon	469
23	Jane	465
24	Joanne	458
25	Cynthia	457

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gail	456
27	Elaine	442
28	Pamela	438
29	Jean	435
30	Paula	422
31	Joan	416
32	Cheryl	389
33	Joyce	374
34	Catherine	369
35	Anne	346
36	Ellen	337
37	Marie	314
38	Marilyn	312
39	Beverly	296
40	Jeanne	283
41	Dorothy	274
41	Virginia	274
43	Suzanne	256
44	Eileen	251
45	Helen	241
46	Carolyn	235
47	Martha	228
48	Lorraine	226
49	Dianne	225
50	Katherine	223
51	Ruth	222
52	Sheila	221
52	Theresa	221
54	Brenda	218
55	Frances	214
56	Shirley	194
57	Louise	183
58	Kathryn	177
59	Marcia	174
60	Jacqueline	173
61	Rosemary	163
62	Phyllis	161
63	Rita	146
63	Roberta	146
65	Claire	144
65	Geraldine	144
67	Lois	143
68	Marjorie	140
69	Bonnie	139
70	Charlene	137
71	Laura	134
72	Sally	133
73	Alice	127
74	Gloria	126
75	Carole	125
75	Denise	125
77	Leslie	124
77	Pauline	124
79	Irene	120
80	Valerie	119
81	Diana	118
81	Wendy	118
83	Constance	113
84	Lynda	110
85	Andrea	107
86	Michele	103
87	Priscilla	102
88	Arlene	101
88	Evelyn	101
90	Joann	98
90	June	98
90	Marsha	98
93	Rose	93
94	Betty	90
94	Eleanor	90
94	Jo	90
97	Lynn	88
98	Charlotte	87
99	Lynne	86
100	Judy	85
100	Marion	85