Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,029
2	Linda	3,908
3	Patricia	3,674
4	Deborah	3,583
5	Susan	3,381
6	Barbara	2,763
7	Karen	2,377
8	Kathleen	2,263
9	Nancy	2,192
10	Donna	2,054
11	Debra	1,964
12	Diane	1,821
13	Carol	1,785
14	Cynthia	1,643
15	Sandra	1,586
16	Sharon	1,560
17	Margaret	1,334
18	Janet	1,259
19	Pamela	1,120
20	Elizabeth	1,074
21	Denise	1,067
22	Judith	1,034
23	Christine	966
24	Joan	865
24	Joyce	865

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kathy	806
27	Janice	803
28	Beverly	793
29	Cheryl	787
30	Bonnie	761
31	Catherine	741
32	Joanne	705
33	Brenda	653
34	Ann	641
35	Jane	613
36	Theresa	607
37	Darlene	599
38	Gail	593
39	Ruth	569
40	Rebecca	566
41	Jean	555
42	Shirley	540
43	Marilyn	527
44	Paula	524
45	Elaine	514
46	Rose	511
47	Jacqueline	504
48	Eileen	502
49	Kathryn	498
50	Dorothy	496
51	Marie	490
52	Judy	481
53	Suzanne	465
54	Robin	457
55	Helen	451
56	Cathy	442
57	Gloria	436
58	Virginia	433
59	Lynn	414
60	Michele	410
61	Maureen	405
62	Betty	399
62	Carolyn	399
64	Jo	397
65	Anne	395
66	Ellen	378
66	Lois	378
68	Diana	376
69	Frances	356
70	Sally	355
71	Sheila	352
72	Martha	349
73	Lorraine	347
74	Valerie	344
75	Rita	339
76	Roberta	335
77	Constance	327
78	Connie	323
79	Marcia	317
80	Marsha	315
81	Teresa	314
82	Andrea	296
83	Cindy	293
83	Joann	293
85	Anna	286
86	Alice	281
87	Colleen	279
88	Victoria	278
89	Marlene	277
90	Wendy	276
91	Charlene	272
91	Louise	272
93	Maria	268
94	Sherry	263
95	Phyllis	262
96	Laura	261
97	Regina	258
98	Rosemary	254
99	Doris	251
100	Wanda	249