Most popular girls’ names in Florida, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,667
2	Mary	1,237
3	Patricia	961
4	Barbara	880
5	Sandra	619
6	Betty	547
7	Carolyn	468
8	Sharon	430
9	Carol	427
9	Shirley	427
11	Nancy	403
12	Susan	396
13	Gloria	331
14	Donna	318
15	Dorothy	309
16	Margaret	296
17	Judy	281
18	Brenda	272
19	Martha	271
20	Elizabeth	250
21	Janice	248
22	Joyce	239
23	Judith	226
24	Cynthia	200
25	Karen	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Diane	186
27	Pamela	182
28	Helen	177
29	Beverly	171
30	Alice	166
31	Janet	165
32	Frances	162
33	Peggy	161
34	Annie	160
35	Cheryl	159
35	Virginia	159
37	Marilyn	148
38	Catherine	142
39	Bonnie	141
40	Joan	140
41	Jo	134
41	Sylvia	134
43	Kathleen	131
43	Phyllis	131
45	Wanda	124
46	Gail	122
47	Ann	121
48	Evelyn	119
48	Glenda	119
48	Gwendolyn	119
51	Christine	118
52	Ruth	117
53	Kathryn	109
54	Jane	108
54	Sarah	108
56	Delores	107
56	Rebecca	107
58	Jacqueline	101
58	Jean	101
60	Charlotte	99
61	Doris	98
62	Connie	96
63	Suzanne	95
64	Laura	93
65	Julia	90
65	Rose	90
65	Sheila	90
68	Lynda	88
69	Marsha	87
70	Diana	86
71	Deborah	83
71	Katherine	83
71	Sherry	83
74	Vivian	82
75	Marie	81
75	Norma	81
75	Paula	81
78	Rosa	80
79	Louise	79
80	Constance	76
80	Juanita	76
80	Willie	76
83	Jacquelyn	75
84	Geraldine	72
85	Ruby	70
86	Joann	69
87	Yvonne	68
88	Elaine	67
88	Ellen	67
90	Dianne	65
91	Annette	64
92	Anita	63
93	Anne	62
93	Kathy	62
93	Mildred	62
93	Sara	62
93	Theresa	62
98	Lois	60
99	Hazel	59
99	Jeanette	59