Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,183
2	Betty	1,358
3	Barbara	900
4	Annie	702
5	Shirley	695
6	Dorothy	656
7	Martha	637
8	Carolyn	420
9	Margaret	387
10	Patricia	386
11	Frances	358
12	Joyce	323
13	Helen	317
14	Ruby	307
15	Sarah	306
16	Elizabeth	304
17	Doris	295
18	Evelyn	284
19	Mildred	274
20	Peggy	272
21	Willie	270
22	Virginia	250
23	Nancy	246
24	Louise	237
25	Sara	218

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	217
27	Mattie	207
28	Gloria	201
29	Juanita	186
30	Emma	181
31	Carol	178
32	Ruth	172
33	Lillie	169
34	Sandra	165
35	Thelma	162
36	Catherine	161
37	Clara	158
37	Hazel	158
39	Bobbie	157
40	Ann	149
41	Bernice	148
41	Edna	148
41	Geraldine	148
44	Jean	145
45	Rosa	136
45	Sylvia	136
47	Joan	135
48	Annette	133
48	Ethel	133
50	Gladys	132
51	Linda	130
52	Patsy	129
53	Julia	128
53	Lois	128
55	Beverly	126
55	Mamie	126
55	Margie	126
58	Christine	124
58	Janice	124
60	Jo	122
60	Minnie	122
62	Lillian	119
63	Marie	118
64	Eva	117
64	Johnnie	117
66	Laura	116
67	Carrie	115
67	Norma	115
69	Bertha	104
69	Hattie	104
69	Jeanette	104
72	Bessie	103
72	Jane	103
74	Ella	102
75	Eleanor	100
76	Geneva	99
76	Shelby	99
78	Glenda	98
79	Emily	96
79	Joann	96
79	Mae	96
82	Jessie	95
83	Charlotte	93
84	Nellie	92
85	Georgia	91
85	Grace	91
85	Marjorie	91
88	Rose	90
89	Daisy	89
90	Vivian	88
91	Irene	87
91	Pauline	87
91	Rebecca	87
94	Delores	85
95	Fannie	84
96	Katherine	82
97	Anne	81
98	Susie	80
99	Jacqueline	78
100	Alma	77
100	Edith	77