Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,905
2	Mary	4,213
3	Patricia	4,195
4	Barbara	3,002
5	Deborah	2,963
6	Susan	2,921
7	Kathleen	2,497
8	Karen	2,191
9	Carol	2,161
10	Nancy	2,127
11	Donna	2,028
12	Sandra	1,727
13	Diane	1,605
14	Sharon	1,542
15	Margaret	1,454
16	Judith	1,351
17	Janet	1,211
18	Christine	1,154
19	Elizabeth	1,087
20	Debra	1,032
21	Cynthia	999
22	Joyce	901
23	Janice	853
24	Joan	816
25	Bonnie	805

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	801
27	Cheryl	798
28	Beverly	795
29	Denise	758
30	Shirley	725
31	Pamela	711
32	Jane	689
33	Brenda	683
34	Ruth	652
35	Ann	648
36	Joanne	632
37	Gail	630
38	Kathy	620
39	Dorothy	606
40	Elaine	601
41	Kathryn	566
42	Jean	564
43	Darlene	551
44	Eileen	544
45	Theresa	543
46	Helen	540
47	Jacqueline	533
48	Marilyn	528
49	Gloria	515
50	Carolyn	510
51	Rebecca	498
51	Virginia	498
53	Marie	485
54	Judy	475
55	Rose	471
56	Frances	462
57	Suzanne	444
58	Betty	423
59	Sally	408
60	Anne	406
61	Ellen	402
62	Diana	401
63	Paula	384
64	Maureen	380
65	Lois	379
66	Phyllis	378
67	Connie	373
68	Constance	371
69	Anna	365
70	Martha	357
70	Rita	357
72	Cathy	354
72	Lorraine	354
74	Rosemary	347
75	Marlene	335
76	Victoria	334
77	Marcia	328
78	Alice	324
79	Roberta	321
80	Lynn	319
81	Jo	302
82	Dolores	301
83	Joann	300
84	Doris	293
85	Vicki	287
86	Maryann	286
87	Marsha	284
88	Jeanne	278
89	Sherry	275
90	Sheila	274
91	Katherine	273
92	Peggy	271
93	Louise	269
94	Andrea	264
95	Arlene	263
95	Valerie	263
97	Regina	262
98	Geraldine	261
99	Michele	251
100	Charlotte	244