Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,914
2	Patricia	4,764
3	Linda	4,709
4	Susan	4,665
5	Barbara	4,084
6	Deborah	4,074
7	Kathleen	2,979
8	Nancy	2,833
9	Diane	2,677
10	Karen	2,621
11	Carol	2,247
12	Donna	2,125
13	Debra	1,997
14	Margaret	1,868
15	Elizabeth	1,780
16	Sharon	1,649
17	Denise	1,545
18	Cynthia	1,531
19	Janet	1,454
20	Joan	1,442
21	Sandra	1,436
22	Pamela	1,368
23	Judith	1,221
24	Gail	1,216
25	Christine	1,185

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Joanne	1,185
27	Catherine	1,149
28	Ellen	1,086
29	Ann	1,056
30	Theresa	932
31	Maria	890
32	Maureen	877
33	Laura	871
34	Jane	869
35	Anne	861
36	Eileen	854
37	Cheryl	844
38	Robin	839
39	Janice	831
40	Marilyn	830
41	Marie	825
42	Jean	799
43	Rose	778
44	Jo	772
45	Joyce	768
45	Lorraine	768
47	Lynn	736
48	Jacqueline	711
49	Michele	689
50	Virginia	673
51	Bonnie	670
52	Frances	651
53	Paula	637
54	Suzanne	617
55	Valerie	616
56	Brenda	601
57	Elaine	600
58	Dorothy	591
59	Laurie	581
60	Kathryn	571
61	Beverly	567
62	Judy	563
63	Helen	557
64	Wendy	553
65	Sheila	550
66	Gloria	542
67	Andrea	523
68	Phyllis	521
69	Kathy	518
70	Carolyn	506
71	Evelyn	501
72	Diana	496
73	Katherine	492
74	Jeanne	489
75	Lisa	481
76	Joann	477
77	Victoria	463
78	Ruth	462
79	Teresa	440
80	Michelle	438
81	Carmen	430
82	Angela	428
83	Amy	426
84	Alice	425
85	Martha	424
86	Roberta	411
87	Darlene	410
87	Leslie	410
89	Rita	408
90	Shirley	406
91	Arlene	399
91	Marcia	399
93	Yvonne	395
94	Anna	387
95	Betty	384
96	Cathy	383
96	Jill	383
98	Irene	381
99	Stephanie	376
100	Rebecca	367