Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	5,679
2	Linda	5,431
3	Mary	4,732
4	Susan	4,550
5	Barbara	4,304
6	Kathleen	3,286
7	Deborah	3,230
8	Nancy	2,729
9	Diane	2,556
10	Karen	2,495
11	Carol	2,446
12	Donna	2,044
13	Christine	2,030
14	Margaret	1,890
15	Sharon	1,760
16	Elizabeth	1,669
17	Sandra	1,634
18	Judith	1,421
19	Janet	1,410
20	Joan	1,380
21	Denise	1,378
22	Gail	1,285
23	Ellen	1,205
24	Catherine	1,193
25	Pamela	1,083

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ann	1,072
27	Joanne	1,033
28	Cynthia	1,031
29	Debra	974
30	Eileen	943
31	Jane	906
32	Janice	904
33	Theresa	873
34	Lorraine	860
35	Maureen	844
36	Jean	843
37	Joyce	837
38	Cheryl	814
39	Marie	808
40	Anne	803
41	Bonnie	795
42	Laura	781
43	Virginia	760
44	Maria	759
45	Elaine	753
46	Frances	747
47	Marilyn	732
48	Jacqueline	684
49	Rose	671
50	Brenda	653
51	Beverly	651
52	Gloria	645
52	Lynn	645
54	Carolyn	632
55	Dorothy	626
56	Kathryn	593
57	Phyllis	588
58	Suzanne	585
59	Wendy	575
60	Robin	573
61	Helen	572
62	Judy	556
62	Michele	556
64	Katherine	542
65	Valerie	534
66	Paula	521
67	Arlene	516
68	Alice	505
69	Shirley	502
70	Joann	500
71	Evelyn	499
72	Rosemary	494
73	Diana	490
74	Sheila	480
75	Rita	472
76	Ruth	471
77	Jo	469
78	Marcia	461
79	Kathy	452
80	Irene	442
81	Betty	440
82	Andrea	434
83	Geraldine	433
84	Victoria	432
85	Jeanne	425
86	Roberta	414
87	Anna	410
88	Laurie	404
89	Martha	395
90	Francine	376
90	Yvonne	376
92	Sally	371
92	Stephanie	371
94	Angela	370
94	Louise	370
96	Darlene	365
97	Carmen	362
98	Teresa	354
99	Maryann	349
100	Lois	348