Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	2,099
2	Mary	1,881
3	Deborah	1,741
4	Patricia	1,681
5	Linda	1,586
6	Donna	1,434
7	Nancy	1,391
8	Debra	1,324
9	Kathleen	1,249
10	Karen	1,182
11	Diane	1,091
12	Barbara	815
13	Carol	799
14	Elizabeth	730
15	Cheryl	726
16	Cynthia	686
17	Judith	622
18	Sandra	601
19	Pamela	594
20	Janet	585
21	Ann	566
22	Denise	557
23	Paula	532
24	Margaret	517
25	Gail	491

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sharon	485
27	Maureen	477
28	Joanne	471
29	Catherine	461
30	Joan	456
31	Anne	424
32	Jean	423
33	Christine	417
33	Jane	417
35	Janice	412
36	Elaine	369
37	Ellen	366
38	Robin	342
39	Lisa	327
40	Joyce	323
41	Theresa	317
42	Marie	282
43	Brenda	274
44	Sheila	240
45	Lynn	238
46	Jo	230
47	Bonnie	225
47	Eileen	225
49	Jeanne	219
49	Laurie	219
49	Lynne	219
52	Katherine	214
53	Dorothy	204
54	Suzanne	202
55	Wendy	201
56	Laura	192
56	Rose	192
58	Darlene	189
59	Beverly	188
59	Dianne	188
61	Kathryn	180
61	Virginia	180
63	Leslie	178
64	Martha	177
65	Lorraine	175
66	Michelle	171
67	Michele	170
68	Marcia	169
69	Ruth	164
70	Andrea	163
70	Valerie	163
72	Cathy	154
73	Helen	153
74	Doreen	152
75	Roberta	149
76	Kathy	147
77	Maria	146
78	Carolyn	144
78	Marilyn	144
80	Charlene	140
81	Julie	135
82	Jacqueline	131
83	Louise	128
84	Kim	127
85	Beth	126
86	Teresa	120
87	Colleen	118
88	Joann	116
89	Diana	115
90	Lori	114
91	Amy	113
92	Rita	112
93	Claire	111
93	Dawn	111
95	Marianne	109
95	Sarah	109
97	Frances	108
98	Stephanie	107
99	Phyllis	103
100	June	100