Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,768
2	Mary	4,848
3	Patricia	3,962
4	Barbara	3,818
5	Carol	3,278
6	Sandra	2,540
7	Nancy	2,475
8	Susan	2,357
9	Donna	2,154
10	Kathleen	2,146
11	Judith	2,019
12	Karen	1,765
13	Margaret	1,758
14	Sharon	1,460
15	Diane	1,343
16	Janet	1,220
17	Elizabeth	1,100
18	Joan	1,065
18	Joyce	1,065
20	Cheryl	1,022
21	Shirley	956
22	Bonnie	903
23	Dorothy	897
24	Beverly	880
25	Jane	832

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carolyn	822
27	Judy	816
28	Ruth	807
29	Jean	801
30	Janice	789
31	Joanne	776
32	Gloria	756
33	Catherine	753
34	Elaine	745
35	Betty	743
36	Virginia	713
37	Christine	702
38	Eileen	671
39	Ann	663
40	Marilyn	658
41	Helen	655
42	Cynthia	651
43	Darlene	634
44	Frances	630
45	Marie	615
46	Suzanne	611
47	Jacqueline	562
48	Phyllis	545
49	Lois	526
50	Rose	517
51	Rosemary	512
52	Gail	494
53	Deborah	491
54	Kathryn	484
55	Sally	472
56	Anna	471
56	Pamela	471
58	Connie	470
58	Lorraine	470
60	Alice	457
60	Theresa	457
62	Brenda	443
63	Martha	442
64	Geraldine	440
65	Rita	420
66	Carole	417
67	Ellen	416
68	Joann	403
69	Anne	392
70	Constance	385
70	Diana	385
72	Doris	382
73	Dolores	380
74	Charlotte	364
75	Marlene	362
76	Kathy	344
77	Jeanne	342
78	Maryann	341
79	Rebecca	340
80	Paula	334
81	Roberta	330
82	Maureen	325
83	Louise	319
84	Lynn	317
85	Peggy	316
86	Jo	315
86	Marjorie	315
88	Arlene	314
88	Evelyn	314
90	Sherry	307
91	Andrea	290
92	Marcia	280
93	Loretta	262
94	Marsha	261
95	Sheila	260
96	Sarah	255
97	Eleanor	248
98	Anita	247
99	Dianne	245
100	Bernadette	239
100	Kay	239