Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,130
2	Susan	1,992
3	Patricia	1,638
4	Deborah	1,609
5	Linda	1,603
6	Donna	1,509
7	Kathleen	1,355
8	Nancy	1,246
9	Karen	1,144
10	Debra	1,064
11	Diane	968
12	Barbara	915
13	Carol	810
14	Cynthia	683
15	Elizabeth	673
16	Judith	640
17	Pamela	604
18	Denise	599
19	Janet	598
20	Paula	592
21	Sandra	584
22	Cheryl	581
23	Gail	537
24	Ann	518
25	Joanne	506

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Margaret	495
27	Joan	491
28	Maureen	481
29	Jane	437
30	Anne	427
31	Catherine	423
32	Jean	420
32	Sharon	420
34	Janice	406
35	Marie	355
36	Joyce	347
37	Ellen	332
38	Robin	325
39	Christine	320
40	Elaine	310
41	Theresa	274
42	Jeanne	269
43	Brenda	249
44	Marian	242
45	Eileen	235
46	Marilyn	233
47	Suzanne	230
48	Jo	229
49	Lisa	227
50	Beverly	219
51	Martha	218
52	Virginia	211
53	Dorothy	209
54	Katherine	205
55	Dianne	204
56	Sheila	200
57	Wendy	190
58	Marcia	184
59	Laurie	182
60	Kathryn	180
61	Ruth	174
62	Michele	173
63	Lorraine	170
64	Valerie	169
65	Marianne	168
65	Rose	168
67	Bonnie	166
67	Lynne	166
67	Roberta	166
70	Leslie	165
71	Laura	164
72	Jacqueline	161
72	Lynn	161
74	Maria	156
75	Frances	154
76	Darlene	152
77	Helen	151
78	Carolyn	148
79	Michelle	146
80	Louise	145
81	Andrea	143
82	Kathy	135
83	Charlene	127
84	Sally	124
85	Claire	120
86	Julie	119
87	Teresa	114
88	Joann	112
89	Shirley	111
90	Lois	109
91	Diana	108
92	Colleen	107
92	Rita	107
94	Marjorie	106
95	Phyllis	104
96	June	103
96	Rebecca	103
98	Cathy	98
99	Alice	97
99	Jill	97