Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,109
2	Mary	1,711
3	Susan	1,660
4	Patricia	1,493
5	Kathleen	1,373
6	Nancy	1,156
7	Donna	1,097
8	Barbara	1,020
9	Deborah	947
10	Carol	922
11	Diane	840
12	Karen	782
13	Judith	700
14	Christine	684
15	Sandra	680
16	Elizabeth	641
17	Janet	621
18	Margaret	557
19	Janice	545
20	Gail	502
21	Ann	493
22	Maureen	490
23	Sharon	482
24	Cynthia	477
25	Jane	454

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joanne	453
27	Joan	449
28	Jean	427
29	Cheryl	419
30	Elaine	418
31	Pamela	401
32	Paula	393
33	Catherine	390
34	Ellen	377
35	Anne	364
36	Joyce	354
37	Marie	317
38	Marilyn	293
39	Jeanne	281
40	Denise	279
41	Beverly	269
42	Eileen	252
43	Dorothy	246
44	Virginia	242
45	Martha	240
46	Ruth	224
47	Sheila	216
48	Suzanne	215
49	Marcia	214
50	Brenda	209
51	Dianne	205
52	Carolyn	203
53	Katherine	201
54	Theresa	194
55	Helen	190
56	Lorraine	188
57	Frances	181
58	Jacqueline	180
59	Louise	173
60	Roberta	167
61	Rosemary	166
62	Kathryn	163
63	Wendy	149
64	Shirley	147
65	Marjorie	143
66	Sally	140
67	Alice	139
68	Bonnie	137
69	Laura	136
69	Phyllis	136
71	Marsha	133
72	Irene	132
73	Claire	129
74	Charlene	128
75	Constance	126
75	Leslie	126
77	Rita	123
78	Gloria	117
79	Andrea	113
80	Diana	111
80	Valerie	111
82	Pauline	110
83	Lynne	109
84	Darlene	108
84	Geraldine	108
86	Lois	107
87	Arlene	105
87	June	105
87	Lynn	105
90	Joann	104
90	Michele	104
92	Stephanie	99
93	Eleanor	98
94	Jo	95
95	Kathy	90
96	Rose	89
96	Sarah	89
98	Debra	88
99	Judy	87
99	Priscilla	87