Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,100
2	Betty	1,384
3	Barbara	901
4	Shirley	787
5	Annie	709
6	Dorothy	651
7	Martha	556
8	Patricia	413
9	Carolyn	371
10	Margaret	354
11	Elizabeth	353
12	Frances	329
13	Doris	320
13	Willie	320
15	Helen	315
16	Sarah	300
17	Ruby	296
17	Virginia	296
19	Mattie	266
20	Joyce	262
21	Evelyn	258
22	Peggy	256
23	Louise	252
24	Mildred	240
25	Alice	234

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruth	207
27	Nancy	204
28	Lillie	201
29	Sara	196
30	Emma	184
31	Juanita	183
32	Gloria	180
33	Bobbie	175
34	Catherine	172
34	Hazel	172
36	Ann	171
37	Thelma	161
38	Gladys	154
39	Minnie	153
40	Rosa	150
41	Edna	149
42	Annette	147
42	Bernice	147
44	Geraldine	137
44	Jean	137
44	Joan	137
47	Christine	135
48	Clara	134
49	Julia	132
49	Sylvia	132
51	Marie	130
52	Beverly	126
52	Carol	126
52	Johnnie	126
55	Ella	124
56	Jessie	120
57	Bessie	119
58	Lillian	117
58	Lois	117
60	Jo	111
61	Norma	110
62	Patsy	109
63	Shelby	108
63	Vivian	108
65	Ethel	107
65	Ida	107
67	Charlotte	105
67	Geneva	105
67	Laura	105
70	Bertha	103
70	Nellie	103
72	Lula	101
72	Margie	101
74	Carrie	100
74	Eva	100
74	Janice	100
74	Jeanette	100
78	Eleanor	99
78	Sandra	99
80	Alma	98
80	Susie	98
82	Fannie	97
82	Hattie	97
84	Mae	96
85	Joann	94
86	Josephine	93
87	Marjorie	90
88	Georgia	88
89	Faye	86
89	Linda	86
89	Pauline	86
92	Edith	83
92	Rose	83
94	Jane	81
95	Yvonne	80
96	Grace	79
96	Mamie	79
98	Cora	76
98	Emily	76
98	June	76