Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,946
2	Barbara	4,997
3	Mary	4,720
4	Patricia	4,707
5	Susan	4,192
6	Kathleen	3,149
7	Carol	3,003
8	Nancy	2,688
9	Karen	2,074
10	Margaret	2,022
11	Diane	2,017
12	Sandra	1,914
13	Sharon	1,847
14	Donna	1,752
15	Judith	1,743
16	Elizabeth	1,532
17	Joan	1,448
18	Christine	1,346
19	Janet	1,146
20	Deborah	1,132
21	Ellen	1,084
22	Catherine	1,059
23	Ann	1,042
24	Lorraine	1,005
25	Gail	997

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joanne	980
27	Maureen	979
28	Marie	969
29	Jane	968
30	Cheryl	966
30	Eileen	966
32	Pamela	930
33	Joyce	896
34	Virginia	880
35	Frances	879
36	Marilyn	876
37	Jean	870
38	Bonnie	842
39	Elaine	840
40	Cynthia	834
41	Theresa	820
42	Dorothy	799
43	Carolyn	794
44	Janice	783
45	Phyllis	740
46	Anne	735
47	Helen	730
48	Judy	723
49	Gloria	715
50	Rose	660
51	Jacqueline	645
52	Suzanne	643
53	Beverly	631
54	Lynn	628
54	Maria	628
56	Shirley	605
57	Ruth	592
58	Laura	591
59	Diana	567
60	Alice	566
61	Betty	558
62	Rosemary	555
63	Joann	552
64	Paula	541
65	Arlene	515
65	Geraldine	515
67	Sheila	510
68	Katherine	505
69	Martha	472
70	Louise	466
71	Jo	463
71	Kathryn	463
73	Marcia	450
74	Brenda	447
75	Rita	446
76	Lois	444
77	Evelyn	437
78	Andrea	431
79	Jeanne	426
80	Irene	422
81	Roberta	413
82	Angela	398
83	Constance	394
84	Carole	393
85	Sally	392
86	Marsha	389
87	Maryann	383
88	Dolores	371
88	Michele	371
90	Valerie	369
91	Anna	366
92	Josephine	343
93	Marlene	333
94	Anita	332
95	Francine	331
95	Stephanie	331
97	Denise	329
98	Kathy	327
99	Leslie	324
100	Lynne	323