Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,401
2	Deborah	3,899
3	Linda	3,588
4	Susan	3,449
5	Patricia	3,423
6	Barbara	2,609
7	Karen	2,586
8	Debra	2,547
9	Donna	2,276
10	Nancy	2,073
11	Kathleen	2,050
12	Diane	1,906
13	Carol	1,861
14	Cynthia	1,754
15	Sandra	1,504
16	Sharon	1,414
17	Margaret	1,265
18	Janet	1,214
19	Denise	1,179
20	Pamela	1,174
21	Elizabeth	1,051
22	Cheryl	994
23	Judith	989
24	Kathy	832
25	Joan	811

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joyce	784
27	Beverly	746
28	Catherine	735
29	Janice	733
30	Brenda	689
31	Christine	687
32	Bonnie	670
33	Ann	667
34	Theresa	666
35	Robin	657
36	Gail	621
37	Joanne	600
38	Ruth	585
39	Marian	573
40	Darlene	572
41	Jane	568
42	Jean	555
43	Michele	540
44	Elaine	523
45	Rose	512
46	Rebecca	511
47	Marie	498
48	Marilyn	486
49	Dorothy	485
50	Kathryn	479
51	Jo	478
51	Shirley	478
53	Paula	471
54	Eileen	468
55	Lynn	465
56	Maureen	453
57	Judy	448
58	Virginia	435
59	Anne	432
60	Jacqueline	406
61	Carolyn	403
62	Helen	398
62	Suzanne	398
64	Betty	397
65	Cathy	394
66	Lisa	392
67	Cindy	389
68	Gloria	385
69	Diana	368
70	Rita	358
71	Lois	356
72	Wendy	352
73	Teresa	345
74	Connie	342
75	Ellen	337
76	Frances	335
77	Sally	333
78	Anna	329
78	Lorraine	329
80	Sheila	327
80	Vicki	327
82	Valerie	325
83	Joann	324
84	Michelle	320
85	Constance	318
86	Roberta	315
87	Martha	304
88	Victoria	298
89	Marcia	291
90	Maria	288
91	Alice	286
92	Andrea	279
92	Beth	279
94	Sherry	277
95	Phyllis	274
96	Laura	273
97	Marlene	266
98	Marianne	264
99	Leslie	259
100	Maryann	257