Most popular girls’ names in Pennsylvania, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,696
2	Susan	3,510
3	Karen	2,816
4	Linda	2,769
5	Patricia	2,708
6	Deborah	2,338
7	Barbara	2,185
8	Donna	2,155
9	Debra	2,048
10	Cynthia	1,974
11	Diane	1,859
12	Kathleen	1,809
13	Nancy	1,604
14	Cheryl	1,602
15	Carol	1,562
16	Kathy	1,506
17	Sharon	1,374
18	Pamela	1,360
19	Lisa	1,346
20	Denise	1,286
21	Sandra	1,229
22	Cindy	1,191
23	Margaret	1,007
24	Elizabeth	997
25	Brenda	974

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kimberly	913
27	Debbie	904
28	Janet	865
29	Christine	851
30	Theresa	822
31	Robin	803
32	Kim	764
33	Lori	711
34	Catherine	694
35	Darlene	689
36	Judith	676
37	Joanne	664
38	Joan	646
39	Joyce	642
40	Ann	641
41	Bonnie	620
42	Cathy	598
43	Michele	584
44	Judy	582
45	Janice	576
46	Beth	563
47	Lynn	541
48	Julie	522
49	Jane	502
50	Michelle	501
51	Valerie	499
52	Laura	477
53	Tammy	473
54	Beverly	470
55	Rebecca	465
56	Teresa	463
57	Jean	456
58	Terri	453
59	Ruth	449
60	Amy	442
61	Leslie	434
62	Tina	431
63	Carolyn	428
64	Paula	426
65	Maureen	420
66	Gail	417
67	Peggy	413
68	Kathryn	411
69	Anne	402
70	Diana	399
71	Elaine	397
71	Wendy	397
73	Annette	395
74	Eileen	391
75	Marie	378
75	Rose	378
77	Colleen	370
78	Shirley	362
79	Dorothy	359
79	Ellen	359
81	Renee	349
82	Suzanne	339
83	Joann	337
83	Sherry	337
85	Helen	334
86	Betty	326
87	Vicki	323
88	Laurie	322
89	Anna	321
90	Sue	320
91	Dawn	316
92	Virginia	313
93	Stephanie	310
94	Anita	309
95	Maria	307
96	Jill	302
97	Victoria	300
98	Jacqueline	298
99	Lorraine	296
100	Jo	294