Most popular girls’ names in Florida, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,481
2	Mary	1,156
3	Patricia	1,020
4	Barbara	788
5	Sandra	522
6	Susan	494
7	Deborah	493
8	Brenda	461
9	Shirley	455
10	Nancy	441
11	Sharon	431
12	Betty	387
12	Carol	387
14	Carolyn	385
15	Cynthia	319
16	Donna	317
17	Gloria	313
18	Karen	306
19	Margaret	299
20	Joyce	280
21	Martha	274
22	Pamela	268
23	Janice	264
24	Elizabeth	263
25	Dorothy	232

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Judy	222
27	Beverly	205
28	Kathleen	199
29	Janet	196
30	Diane	192
31	Wanda	178
32	Judith	166
33	Gwendolyn	165
34	Cheryl	162
35	Catherine	161
36	Kathy	156
37	Gail	155
38	Bonnie	150
39	Annie	148
39	Rebecca	148
41	Frances	146
42	Marilyn	141
43	Peggy	140
44	Virginia	139
45	Helen	138
46	Alice	131
47	Joan	125
48	Sheila	124
49	Charlotte	123
50	Glenda	122
51	Doris	121
52	Ann	118
52	Evelyn	118
54	Kathryn	116
55	Laura	113
56	Christine	112
57	Sherry	111
58	Jacqueline	110
59	Jo	108
60	Diana	106
61	Phyllis	105
61	Sarah	105
63	Sylvia	104
64	Rose	101
65	Paula	100
66	Katherine	99
66	Marsha	99
68	Theresa	97
69	Yvonne	92
70	Connie	91
70	Debra	91
72	Ruth	88
72	Suzanne	88
74	Marcia	87
75	Cathy	86
75	Juanita	86
77	Dianne	85
78	Jane	83
79	Joann	82
79	Vivian	82
81	Jacquelyn	81
81	Marie	81
81	Teresa	81
84	Delores	80
85	Constance	78
85	Geraldine	78
87	Jean	76
88	Ruby	75
89	Elaine	73
90	Ellen	72
91	Willie	70
92	Lois	69
93	Julia	68
93	Norma	68
95	Rita	66
96	Louise	65
97	Lynda	64
98	Ethel	63
98	Irene	63
100	Mildred	62