Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	1,924
2	Mary	1,754
3	Patricia	1,734
4	Linda	1,660
5	Deborah	1,552
6	Kathleen	1,303
7	Nancy	1,252
8	Donna	1,210
9	Karen	1,049
10	Diane	981
11	Barbara	921
12	Carol	808
13	Debra	792
14	Cynthia	748
15	Elizabeth	666
16	Judith	645
17	Sandra	613
18	Janet	597
19	Denise	571
20	Joanne	565
21	Pamela	564
22	Gail	557
23	Christine	553
24	Ann	523
25	Paula	513

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Margaret	507
27	Maureen	501
28	Joan	493
29	Cheryl	471
30	Sharon	444
31	Jane	440
32	Janice	430
33	Anne	423
34	Catherine	401
35	Jean	393
36	Ellen	377
37	Elaine	368
38	Joyce	325
39	Marilyn	290
40	Marie	278
41	Jeanne	259
42	Suzanne	242
43	Sheila	238
44	Dianne	233
44	Theresa	233
46	Beverly	232
47	Brenda	231
48	Robin	229
49	Eileen	227
50	Martha	224
51	Dorothy	213
52	Roberta	208
53	Virginia	195
54	Jo	194
54	Lorraine	194
56	Jacqueline	189
57	Kathryn	186
58	Katherine	177
59	Helen	172
60	Carolyn	170
61	Laura	164
62	Ruth	163
63	Frances	160
64	Marcia	159
65	Leslie	154
66	Rose	153
67	Bonnie	152
68	Lisa	151
69	Claire	150
70	Wendy	149
71	Michelle	147
72	Laurie	146
72	Valerie	146
74	Lynn	141
75	Louise	139
76	Michele	137
77	Darlene	135
77	Lynne	135
79	Shirley	130
80	Sally	127
81	Charlene	125
82	Rosemary	119
82	Teresa	119
84	Andrea	117
85	June	115
86	Maria	111
87	Marjorie	110
88	Lois	107
89	Alice	105
89	Gloria	105
89	Phyllis	105
92	Rita	103
93	Joann	102
94	Kathy	100
95	Cathy	96
96	Pauline	95
97	Irene	94
98	Diana	93
99	Marianne	92
100	Judy	90