Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,651
2	Mary	4,598
3	Barbara	4,537
4	Patricia	4,482
5	Susan	4,302
6	Kathleen	3,316
7	Carol	2,818
8	Nancy	2,649
9	Margaret	2,103
10	Diane	2,098
11	Karen	2,014
12	Sharon	1,960
13	Deborah	1,932
14	Sandra	1,918
15	Donna	1,837
16	Judith	1,747
17	Christine	1,603
18	Elizabeth	1,522
19	Joan	1,461
20	Janet	1,256
21	Joanne	1,160
22	Ellen	1,120
23	Catherine	1,075
24	Gail	1,061
25	Ann	980

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eileen	976
27	Jane	950
28	Marilyn	922
29	Pamela	921
30	Maureen	915
31	Cheryl	889
31	Cynthia	889
33	Marie	888
34	Elaine	857
35	Lorraine	838
36	Jean	809
37	Janice	805
38	Theresa	802
39	Carolyn	794
40	Joyce	788
41	Bonnie	783
42	Frances	773
43	Virginia	751
44	Dorothy	737
45	Anne	708
45	Lynn	708
47	Helen	688
48	Gloria	674
49	Laura	672
50	Suzanne	662
51	Phyllis	660
52	Maria	658
53	Shirley	651
54	Jacqueline	646
55	Beverly	610
56	Brenda	603
57	Rose	595
58	Judy	585
59	Ruth	577
60	Diana	568
61	Kathryn	551
62	Alice	538
63	Paula	520
64	Valerie	511
65	Rosemary	510
66	Joann	508
67	Betty	496
68	Jo	495
69	Katherine	492
70	Arlene	488
71	Marcia	480
72	Geraldine	478
73	Michele	477
74	Wendy	473
75	Sheila	468
76	Rita	461
77	Irene	450
78	Jeanne	446
79	Martha	438
80	Louise	431
81	Anna	415
82	Maryann	401
83	Kathy	399
84	Andrea	393
85	Lois	389
86	Sally	388
87	Constance	386
88	Denise	377
88	Roberta	377
90	Marlene	373
91	Angela	372
92	Evelyn	365
93	Leslie	358
93	Stephanie	358
95	Josephine	337
96	Victoria	335
97	Dolores	329
98	Yvonne	324
99	Francine	322
100	Carole	319