Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	5,849
2	Mary	4,350
3	Patricia	3,414
4	Barbara	3,168
5	Susan	2,759
6	Kathleen	2,478
7	Carol	2,439
8	Nancy	2,135
9	Sandra	1,969
10	Donna	1,864
11	Karen	1,806
12	Margaret	1,622
13	Sharon	1,540
14	Judith	1,492
15	Deborah	1,457
16	Diane	1,339
17	Janet	1,115
18	Elizabeth	1,039
19	Christine	961
20	Joyce	845
21	Shirley	843
22	Joan	840
23	Cynthia	821
24	Bonnie	803
25	Beverly	777

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cheryl	761
27	Catherine	705
28	Janice	703
29	Jane	691
30	Ruth	683
31	Dorothy	673
32	Joanne	663
33	Pamela	653
34	Carolyn	644
35	Gloria	635
36	Jean	630
37	Brenda	626
38	Judy	600
39	Ann	587
40	Helen	555
41	Elaine	551
42	Virginia	548
43	Betty	546
44	Darlene	538
45	Kathryn	524
46	Marilyn	519
47	Eileen	497
48	Theresa	494
49	Suzanne	482
50	Marie	478
51	Frances	474
51	Kathy	474
53	Jacqueline	460
54	Rebecca	449
55	Phyllis	441
56	Rose	437
57	Gail	428
58	Lois	423
59	Rita	404
60	Ellen	380
61	Constance	377
62	Diana	376
63	Connie	372
64	Sally	369
65	Lorraine	363
66	Alice	353
66	Paula	353
68	Martha	352
69	Rosemary	350
70	Anna	342
71	Anne	331
71	Doris	331
73	Marlene	329
74	Geraldine	320
75	Maureen	319
76	Dolores	317
77	Charlotte	316
77	Joann	316
79	Jeanne	304
80	Louise	294
81	Roberta	290
82	Lynn	289
83	Peggy	287
84	Maryann	277
84	Sherry	277
86	Marsha	276
87	Carole	273
88	Regina	269
88	Victoria	269
90	Katherine	265
91	Jo	261
91	Marcia	261
93	Cathy	257
94	Dianne	254
95	Arlene	249
96	Marjorie	246
97	Evelyn	238
98	Bernadette	237
99	Sarah	230
100	Laura	221