Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	5,272
2	Susan	5,095
3	Patricia	4,104
4	Karen	3,762
5	Linda	3,564
6	Deborah	3,433
7	Barbara	3,177
8	Nancy	2,923
9	Donna	2,922
10	Debra	2,896
11	Diane	2,623
11	Kathleen	2,623
13	Cynthia	2,323
14	Elizabeth	2,171
15	Carol	2,120
16	Sharon	1,747
17	Denise	1,611
18	Margaret	1,530
19	Lisa	1,510
20	Sandra	1,397
21	Cheryl	1,388
22	Catherine	1,349
23	Cindy	1,343
24	Theresa	1,295
25	Laura	1,275

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janet	1,255
27	Robin	1,228
28	Pamela	1,222
29	Christine	1,166
30	Maria	1,154
31	Kim	1,116
32	Joanne	1,099
33	Ann	1,096
34	Ellen	1,092
35	Maureen	994
36	Joan	976
37	Kathy	953
38	Brenda	939
39	Gail	934
40	Eileen	932
41	Lori	916
42	Judith	882
43	Laurie	848
44	Lynn	844
45	Jean	841
46	Anne	838
47	Michele	815
48	Debbie	798
49	Diana	786
50	Jane	760
51	Marie	755
52	Lorraine	741
53	Rose	722
54	Darlene	710
55	Evelyn	696
56	Janice	687
57	Bonnie	677
58	Julie	676
59	Amy	670
60	Cathy	658
61	Valerie	654
62	Michelle	653
63	Jo	636
64	Carolyn	634
65	Wendy	621
66	Joyce	618
67	Judy	610
68	Leslie	607
69	Suzanne	586
70	Teresa	580
71	Dawn	572
72	Andrea	570
73	Elaine	559
74	Paula	545
75	Virginia	540
76	Jacqueline	527
76	Jeanne	527
78	Victoria	525
79	Katherine	523
80	Doreen	522
81	Dorothy	519
82	Kathryn	516
83	Angela	513
84	Helen	495
85	Anna	475
86	Beth	472
86	Carmen	472
88	Sheila	468
89	Marianne	458
89	Stephanie	458
91	Colleen	454
92	Ruth	446
93	Frances	444
94	Jill	443
95	Marilyn	436
96	Gloria	435
97	Tina	430
98	Renee	419
99	Annette	416
100	Rebecca	415