Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	5,140
2	Mary	5,117
3	Deborah	4,566
4	Patricia	4,421
5	Linda	4,062
6	Barbara	3,446
7	Nancy	3,161
8	Debra	3,142
9	Karen	3,063
10	Kathleen	2,976
11	Diane	2,745
12	Donna	2,691
13	Carol	2,234
14	Elizabeth	1,916
15	Margaret	1,697
16	Denise	1,619
17	Sharon	1,590
18	Cynthia	1,526
19	Sandra	1,496
20	Pamela	1,441
21	Catherine	1,345
22	Janet	1,334
23	Cheryl	1,256
24	Joan	1,203
25	Robin	1,196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Theresa	1,151
27	Ann	1,143
28	Judith	1,140
29	Ellen	1,090
30	Maria	1,081
31	Laura	1,064
32	Christine	1,019
32	Joanne	1,019
34	Gail	1,011
35	Lisa	951
36	Maureen	925
37	Rose	916
38	Eileen	893
39	Jo	870
40	Lynn	861
41	Anne	824
42	Michele	806
43	Bonnie	802
44	Jean	801
45	Marie	763
46	Janice	761
47	Wendy	759
48	Lorraine	737
49	Jane	733
49	Laurie	733
51	Joyce	700
52	Valerie	672
53	Evelyn	650
54	Kathy	644
55	Kim	626
56	Brenda	623
57	Elaine	621
57	Paula	621
59	Virginia	616
60	Suzanne	604
61	Lori	593
62	Jacqueline	590
63	Amy	586
64	Diana	585
65	Marilyn	584
66	Katherine	572
67	Frances	565
68	Helen	560
68	Kathryn	560
70	Michelle	556
71	Dorothy	552
72	Teresa	535
73	Cathy	525
74	Carmen	521
74	Gloria	521
76	Judy	505
77	Beverly	504
78	Jeanne	498
79	Dawn	496
79	Sheila	496
81	Darlene	491
82	Carolyn	480
83	Andrea	477
83	Phyllis	477
85	Anna	474
86	Leslie	472
87	Victoria	467
88	Ruth	466
89	Angela	453
90	Jill	452
91	Colleen	440
92	Joann	430
93	Stephanie	428
94	Alice	424
95	Renee	416
96	Debbie	394
97	Yvonne	390
98	Beth	387
99	Martha	386
100	Betty	384