Most popular girls’ names in Arkansas, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,114
2	Linda	744
3	Betty	670
4	Carolyn	559
5	Barbara	550
6	Shirley	449
7	Patricia	357
8	Dorothy	316
9	Sharon	284
10	Sandra	258
11	Joyce	256
12	Martha	244
12	Patsy	244
14	Judy	239
15	Margaret	224
16	Nancy	216
17	Brenda	210
18	Wanda	207
19	Helen	186
20	Peggy	175
21	Carol	173
22	Ruby	169
23	Doris	162
24	Glenda	159
24	Gloria	159

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	158
27	Bonnie	148
28	Donna	145
29	Alice	144
30	Frances	135
31	Ruth	131
32	Elizabeth	126
33	Jo	123
33	Judith	123
33	Marilyn	123
36	Phyllis	121
37	Janice	114
38	Emma	112
39	Norma	110
40	Evelyn	104
41	Bobbie	99
42	Wilma	97
43	Mildred	93
44	Willie	91
45	Annie	89
46	Janet	88
47	Billie	87
48	Charlotte	86
49	Joan	85
50	Anna	84
51	Sue	80
52	Georgia	76
52	Thelma	76
54	Lois	75
55	Sarah	74
56	Clara	73
57	Juanita	72
58	Susan	71
59	Jane	70
60	Ann	69
60	Ethel	69
62	Jean	65
62	Rosie	65
64	Catherine	64
64	Louise	64
64	Paula	64
67	Velma	63
68	Beverly	62
68	Rebecca	62
68	Rose	62
71	Rita	60
72	Lillie	59
73	Alma	58
73	Geraldine	58
73	Maxine	58
76	Bettye	57
76	Connie	57
76	Julia	57
76	Margie	57
80	Edna	56
81	Jessie	54
81	Karen	54
81	Sherry	54
84	Erma	53
84	Hazel	53
84	Loretta	53
84	Mattie	53
84	Ruthie	53
89	Geneva	51
90	Johnnie	50
90	Mae	50
92	Delores	48
92	Ellen	48
92	Katherine	48
95	Kay	47
95	Marie	47
97	Bertha	46
98	Cheryl	45
98	Minnie	45
100	Bernice	44
100	Christine	44
100	Diane	44
100	Ida	44
100	Lola	44
100	Vera	44