Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,044
2	Patricia	4,761
3	Mary	4,740
4	Barbara	4,340
5	Susan	4,148
6	Kathleen	3,163
7	Carol	2,676
8	Nancy	2,632
9	Deborah	2,450
10	Karen	2,200
11	Diane	2,157
12	Margaret	1,890
13	Christine	1,870
14	Donna	1,798
15	Sharon	1,792
16	Sandra	1,784
17	Elizabeth	1,616
18	Judith	1,450
19	Joan	1,396
20	Janet	1,390
21	Gail	1,230
22	Catherine	1,149
23	Ellen	1,103
24	Joanne	1,095
25	Cynthia	988

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ann	987
27	Pamela	970
28	Eileen	937
29	Jane	912
30	Lorraine	893
31	Cheryl	883
32	Marie	865
33	Joyce	861
34	Maureen	856
35	Bonnie	834
35	Denise	834
37	Janice	809
38	Jean	802
39	Marilyn	796
40	Theresa	776
41	Frances	772
42	Elaine	766
43	Anne	752
44	Maria	747
45	Laura	712
46	Virginia	710
47	Dorothy	686
48	Carolyn	685
49	Lynn	676
50	Helen	644
51	Jacqueline	639
52	Brenda	625
53	Shirley	597
54	Gloria	593
55	Suzanne	591
56	Joann	582
57	Rose	567
58	Phyllis	542
59	Alice	541
60	Judy	540
61	Katherine	532
62	Beverly	531
63	Irene	530
63	Ruth	530
65	Wendy	525
66	Diana	517
67	Arlene	511
68	Paula	507
69	Valerie	502
70	Sheila	494
71	Kathryn	489
72	Rosemary	479
73	Marcia	477
74	Michele	476
75	Martha	468
76	Jeanne	466
77	Rita	463
78	Kathy	460
79	Evelyn	436
80	Debra	417
81	Betty	407
81	Josephine	407
83	Louise	403
84	Yvonne	398
85	Geraldine	390
86	Angela	389
87	Lois	388
88	Roberta	383
89	Stephanie	375
90	Jo	374
91	Andrea	369
92	Maryann	364
92	Robin	364
94	Constance	361
95	Marsha	352
96	Victoria	347
97	Anna	345
98	Sally	333
99	Darlene	324
99	Dolores	324