Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,471
2	Susan	5,110
3	Patricia	4,882
4	Deborah	4,566
5	Linda	4,374
6	Barbara	3,722
7	Nancy	2,903
8	Kathleen	2,882
9	Karen	2,855
10	Debra	2,715
11	Donna	2,603
12	Diane	2,551
13	Carol	2,234
14	Elizabeth	1,883
15	Margaret	1,666
16	Denise	1,608
17	Sharon	1,599
18	Sandra	1,568
19	Cynthia	1,533
20	Janet	1,421
21	Pamela	1,398
22	Joan	1,340
23	Catherine	1,238
24	Robin	1,177
25	Judith	1,151

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gail	1,115
27	Joanne	1,099
28	Maria	1,074
29	Ellen	1,054
30	Theresa	1,033
31	Ann	1,012
32	Laura	980
33	Cheryl	961
34	Maureen	926
35	Jo	919
36	Eileen	917
37	Rose	875
38	Christine	872
39	Michele	854
40	Lynn	843
41	Anne	840
42	Lorraine	835
43	Jean	828
44	Marie	820
45	Marilyn	794
46	Jane	793
47	Joyce	779
48	Janice	727
49	Bonnie	714
50	Elaine	710
51	Lisa	693
52	Wendy	691
53	Laurie	658
54	Brenda	638
55	Paula	629
56	Jacqueline	628
57	Virginia	615
58	Valerie	613
59	Marian	579
60	Dorothy	578
61	Helen	577
62	Frances	576
63	Suzanne	573
64	Evelyn	569
65	Kathy	561
66	Beverly	559
67	Gloria	557
68	Diana	547
68	Michelle	547
70	Kathryn	543
71	Judy	540
72	Andrea	513
73	Sheila	509
74	Phyllis	499
75	Katherine	497
76	Carmen	493
77	Ruth	490
78	Leslie	484
79	Carolyn	477
80	Amy	471
81	Darlene	457
81	Joann	457
83	Alice	456
83	Teresa	456
85	Dawn	451
86	Victoria	443
87	Anna	436
88	Jeanne	427
89	Angela	411
89	Rebecca	411
91	Jill	410
92	Roberta	408
93	Martha	407
94	Lori	405
95	Cathy	403
96	Rita	398
96	Yvonne	398
98	Shirley	390
99	Miriam	379
100	Betty	377