Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	6,217
2	Mary	4,441
3	Barbara	3,589
4	Patricia	3,354
5	Carol	2,832
6	Susan	2,598
7	Kathleen	2,185
8	Sandra	2,167
9	Nancy	2,156
10	Donna	1,816
11	Karen	1,767
12	Margaret	1,643
13	Judith	1,448
14	Sharon	1,434
15	Diane	1,304
16	Cheryl	1,036
17	Janet	1,031
18	Elizabeth	1,010
19	Deborah	954
20	Joyce	912
21	Bonnie	889
22	Shirley	837
23	Joan	833
24	Beverly	804
25	Cynthia	761

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dorothy	734
27	Christine	726
28	Carolyn	714
29	Ruth	704
30	Jane	700
31	Catherine	692
32	Joanne	690
33	Jean	670
34	Gloria	656
35	Betty	654
35	Janice	654
37	Elaine	649
38	Judy	637
39	Helen	617
40	Eileen	598
41	Ann	595
42	Pamela	593
43	Virginia	589
44	Marie	563
45	Darlene	538
46	Marilyn	535
47	Theresa	531
48	Frances	493
49	Suzanne	490
50	Brenda	486
51	Kathryn	484
52	Phyllis	453
53	Jacqueline	445
53	Lois	445
55	Rose	408
56	Connie	407
57	Gail	406
58	Diana	403
59	Marlene	394
60	Sally	387
61	Ellen	381
61	Rosemary	381
63	Anna	378
63	Martha	378
65	Lorraine	369
66	Rita	366
67	Paula	364
68	Dolores	362
69	Kathy	361
70	Alice	355
71	Anne	344
72	Maureen	342
73	Charlotte	340
73	Constance	340
75	Joann	335
76	Geraldine	330
77	Maryann	322
78	Carole	320
79	Doris	315
80	Rebecca	310
81	Jeanne	297
82	Louise	294
83	Peggy	291
84	Lynn	286
85	Arlene	282
86	Roberta	280
87	Sherry	278
88	Jo	269
89	Marsha	267
90	Marcia	266
91	Evelyn	257
91	Regina	257
93	Marjorie	250
94	Cathy	246
95	Dianne	241
95	Sheila	241
97	Katherine	222
98	Anita	219
98	Yvonne	219
100	Andrea	215
100	Bernadette	215