Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	5,092
2	Mary	5,062
3	Patricia	4,270
4	Deborah	4,098
5	Linda	3,797
6	Karen	3,516
7	Barbara	3,263
8	Nancy	3,142
9	Debra	3,084
10	Donna	3,018
11	Kathleen	2,860
12	Diane	2,645
13	Carol	2,091
14	Cynthia	1,998
15	Elizabeth	1,914
16	Sharon	1,766
17	Margaret	1,557
18	Denise	1,553
19	Sandra	1,433
20	Cheryl	1,413
21	Janet	1,317
22	Catherine	1,303
23	Pamela	1,228
24	Theresa	1,222
25	Robin	1,178

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Laura	1,158
27	Lisa	1,148
28	Maria	1,141
29	Joan	1,119
30	Christine	1,096
31	Ann	1,065
32	Ellen	997
33	Joanne	989
34	Kim	984
35	Judith	979
36	Maureen	978
37	Gail	960
38	Anne	920
39	Laurie	881
40	Jean	844
41	Eileen	831
42	Lynn	822
43	Jo	814
44	Rose	804
45	Jane	800
46	Michele	798
47	Lorraine	774
48	Bonnie	758
48	Marie	758
50	Valerie	717
51	Kathy	715
51	Lori	715
53	Wendy	696
54	Joyce	680
55	Janice	677
56	Cindy	663
57	Brenda	662
58	Evelyn	646
59	Elaine	621
60	Darlene	617
60	Suzanne	617
62	Amy	613
63	Michelle	600
64	Diana	581
65	Paula	560
66	Cathy	554
67	Dawn	553
67	Jacqueline	553
69	Helen	548
70	Katherine	540
71	Andrea	536
72	Kathryn	535
73	Marilyn	534
74	Virginia	532
75	Carmen	531
76	Teresa	524
77	Sheila	498
78	Frances	496
79	Anna	491
80	Debbie	487
81	Dorothy	486
82	Carolyn	485
82	Judy	485
84	Ruth	481
84	Victoria	481
86	Jeanne	479
87	Colleen	475
88	Leslie	467
89	Doreen	466
90	Angela	463
91	Beverly	449
92	Gloria	442
93	Phyllis	436
94	Jill	434
95	Julie	432
96	Renee	424
97	Joann	411
97	Stephanie	411
99	Alice	401
100	Beth	397