Most popular girls’ names in Massachusetts, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	1,988
2	Mary	1,753
3	Donna	1,719
4	Patricia	1,355
5	Karen	1,317
6	Linda	1,312
7	Kathleen	1,202
8	Nancy	1,101
9	Deborah	1,064
10	Lisa	973
11	Diane	943
12	Debra	924
13	Cheryl	912
14	Elizabeth	801
15	Cynthia	778
16	Barbara	683
17	Carol	680
18	Sandra	607
19	Pamela	592
20	Ann	566
21	Sharon	525
22	Denise	520
23	Joanne	519
24	Maureen	506
25	Robin	497

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christine	495
26	Janet	495
28	Judith	473
29	Catherine	450
30	Paula	444
31	Laura	441
31	Margaret	441
33	Anne	426
34	Brenda	408
35	Theresa	398
36	Jane	379
37	Ellen	374
38	Jean	369
39	Laurie	364
40	Kathy	357
41	Joan	342
42	Michelle	334
43	Janice	331
44	Lori	329
45	Gail	326
46	Marie	308
47	Debbie	304
48	Julie	299
49	Cindy	292
50	Suzanne	280
51	Lynn	265
52	Kim	263
53	Elaine	247
54	Darlene	237
55	Eileen	233
56	Joyce	225
56	Wendy	225
58	Michele	221
59	Jeanne	220
60	Lynne	217
61	Katherine	208
62	Cathy	207
63	Amy	205
64	Kimberly	202
64	Teresa	202
66	Kathryn	201
67	Carolyn	197
68	Sheila	196
69	Beth	195
70	Dawn	193
71	Andrea	192
72	Doreen	182
73	Valerie	170
74	Maria	167
74	Martha	167
76	Leslie	163
77	Dianne	160
78	Virginia	158
79	Bonnie	157
80	Judy	154
81	Jennifer	150
82	Colleen	147
83	Dorothy	143
84	Beverly	139
85	Tammy	138
86	Lorraine	135
87	Sarah	134
88	Tina	132
89	Jill	129
90	Marianne	128
91	Rebecca	127
92	Jacqueline	126
93	Diana	125
94	Annette	123
95	Helen	118
96	Charlene	117
97	Ruth	114
97	Sally	114
99	Lauren	112
100	Joann	108