Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Donna	1,901
2	Susan	1,644
3	Mary	1,569
4	Patricia	1,539
5	Karen	1,394
6	Linda	1,308
7	Nancy	1,092
8	Barbara	1,090
9	Kathleen	1,019
10	Deborah	981
11	Diane	924
12	Debra	833
13	Cynthia	823
14	Lisa	789
15	Sharon	752
16	Carol	710
17	Elizabeth	671
18	Cheryl	601
19	Denise	595
20	Margaret	533
21	Laura	504
22	Sandra	494
23	Kathy	487
24	Robin	482
25	Theresa	478

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Debbie	469
27	Janet	462
28	Catherine	424
28	Pamela	424
30	Lori	407
31	Kim	394
32	Joanne	392
33	Michele	391
34	Cindy	377
35	Christine	351
35	Maureen	351
37	Ellen	348
38	Judith	345
39	Joan	340
40	Eileen	324
41	Lynn	321
42	Maria	313
43	Ann	306
44	Anne	302
45	Dawn	301
46	Gail	296
47	Janice	292
48	Valerie	290
49	Brenda	287
50	Jean	275
51	Michelle	274
52	Joyce	273
53	Jane	259
54	Laurie	252
55	Cathy	249
56	Wendy	245
57	Beth	238
57	Darlene	238
59	Marie	229
60	Joann	226
61	Teresa	224
62	Carolyn	223
63	Jill	220
64	Judy	213
65	Lorraine	208
66	Bonnie	207
67	Suzanne	206
68	Amy	203
69	Dorothy	202
70	Beverly	199
71	Colleen	195
72	Kathryn	193
73	Diana	187
74	Elaine	185
75	Leslie	184
76	Virginia	182
77	Andrea	176
78	Jeanne	174
79	Doreen	171
80	Helen	170
81	Anna	166
81	Rose	166
83	Kimberly	165
84	Renee	164
85	Jacqueline	161
86	Annette	160
86	Katherine	160
88	Maryann	157
89	Paula	152
90	Frances	151
90	Ruth	151
92	Jennifer	146
92	Jo	146
92	Victoria	146
95	Terry	143
96	Angela	141
97	Phyllis	139
98	Sheila	136
99	Terri	134
100	Julie	130