Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	7,542
2	Patricia	5,456
3	Barbara	5,200
4	Mary	4,968
5	Susan	3,981
6	Carol	3,642
7	Kathleen	2,947
8	Nancy	2,855
9	Diane	2,323
10	Sandra	2,275
11	Judith	2,231
12	Margaret	2,202
13	Sharon	2,077
14	Karen	1,993
15	Donna	1,838
16	Joan	1,822
17	Elizabeth	1,628
18	Janet	1,264
19	Ellen	1,182
20	Christine	1,173
21	Ann	1,160
22	Marilyn	1,152
23	Lorraine	1,144
24	Gail	1,124
25	Catherine	1,108

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jane	1,107
27	Eileen	1,057
28	Marie	1,049
29	Joyce	1,043
30	Joanne	1,038
31	Cheryl	1,024
32	Dorothy	982
33	Maureen	973
34	Jean	956
35	Elaine	946
36	Virginia	944
37	Carolyn	912
38	Phyllis	911
39	Bonnie	900
40	Frances	883
41	Janice	865
42	Cynthia	844
43	Pamela	840
44	Judy	831
45	Theresa	768
46	Helen	742
47	Suzanne	723
48	Gloria	721
49	Lynn	710
50	Beverly	674
51	Rose	671
52	Jacqueline	665
53	Arlene	657
54	Joann	652
55	Anne	647
56	Laura	644
57	Alice	640
58	Deborah	639
59	Geraldine	633
60	Rosemary	624
61	Shirley	619
62	Ruth	596
63	Betty	592
64	Diana	574
65	Paula	561
66	Maria	543
66	Sheila	543
68	Louise	532
69	Rita	529
70	Irene	528
70	Roberta	528
72	Kathryn	525
73	Jeanne	518
74	Katherine	503
75	Martha	498
76	Marcia	489
77	Lois	486
78	Jo	477
79	Maryann	432
80	Michele	430
81	Brenda	428
81	Dolores	428
83	Carole	422
84	Evelyn	419
85	Anita	416
86	Marjorie	413
87	Andrea	405
88	Anna	404
89	Angela	403
90	Sally	402
91	Constance	400
92	Marsha	376
93	Josephine	370
94	Leslie	356
95	June	346
96	Marlene	343
97	Rosemarie	336
98	Lucille	327
99	Kathy	323
100	Francine	321