Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,871
2	Susan	4,481
3	Donna	3,915
4	Patricia	3,775
5	Linda	3,337
6	Karen	3,217
7	Deborah	2,708
8	Nancy	2,663
9	Barbara	2,655
10	Kathleen	2,571
11	Elizabeth	2,341
11	Lisa	2,341
13	Diane	2,260
14	Debra	2,153
15	Carol	1,781
16	Cynthia	1,710
17	Sharon	1,569
18	Denise	1,567
19	Laura	1,532
20	Margaret	1,476
21	Sandra	1,452
22	Cheryl	1,419
23	Theresa	1,384
24	Robin	1,329
25	Lori	1,293

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Pamela	1,280
27	Maria	1,194
28	Janet	1,193
29	Catherine	1,182
30	Christine	1,162
31	Ann	1,082
32	Joanne	1,077
33	Debbie	1,064
34	Kathy	1,053
35	Kim	1,010
36	Maureen	959
37	Eileen	951
37	Ellen	951
39	Cindy	931
40	Michele	930
41	Laurie	893
42	Anne	883
43	Joan	835
44	Michelle	827
45	Brenda	820
46	Valerie	800
47	Lynn	797
48	Dawn	794
49	Julie	762
50	Judith	760
51	Jean	743
52	Marie	730
53	Amy	709
54	Diana	706
55	Evelyn	699
56	Gail	698
57	Wendy	694
58	Janice	675
59	Darlene	666
60	Cathy	650
61	Lorraine	625
62	Teresa	622
63	Suzanne	618
64	Jane	600
65	Judy	596
66	Colleen	589
67	Rose	581
68	Carolyn	580
69	Leslie	563
70	Angela	560
71	Bonnie	559
71	Tina	559
73	Annette	558
74	Joyce	554
75	Joann	536
76	Andrea	530
77	Katherine	522
78	Beth	520
79	Elaine	517
80	Kathryn	514
81	Paula	513
82	Anna	495
83	Tammy	485
84	Renee	483
85	Jacqueline	481
86	Carmen	479
87	Jeanne	478
87	Sheila	478
89	Jill	475
90	Virginia	465
91	Doreen	461
92	Jennifer	460
93	Frances	457
94	Victoria	453
95	Helen	451
96	Stephanie	446
97	Regina	442
98	Dorothy	432
99	Ruth	426
100	Kimberly	418