Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,195
2	Betty	1,371
3	Barbara	893
4	Shirley	705
5	Martha	630
6	Annie	611
7	Dorothy	599
8	Patricia	489
9	Carolyn	451
10	Frances	373
11	Margaret	350
12	Elizabeth	320
13	Nancy	318
14	Sarah	307
15	Joyce	290
16	Helen	285
17	Willie	283
18	Virginia	280
19	Ruby	278
20	Mildred	277
21	Evelyn	275
22	Peggy	274
23	Doris	264
24	Linda	230
25	Alice	223

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sara	220
27	Louise	216
28	Gloria	210
29	Sandra	203
30	Mattie	200
31	Juanita	194
32	Emma	188
33	Lillie	183
34	Rosa	168
35	Janice	167
36	Joan	166
37	Geraldine	154
38	Julia	152
39	Ann	149
40	Annette	148
40	Ruth	148
42	Hazel	147
43	Bernice	146
43	Thelma	146
45	Marie	144
46	Gladys	141
47	Margie	139
47	Minnie	139
49	Edna	137
50	Christine	136
51	Catherine	135
52	Charlotte	132
53	Bobbie	131
54	Jo	129
55	Glenda	128
56	Jean	127
56	Patsy	127
58	Jeanette	126
59	Sylvia	125
60	Clara	123
61	Carol	121
62	Ella	120
62	Ethel	120
62	Lois	120
65	Norma	119
66	Johnnie	114
67	Mamie	113
68	Bertha	110
69	Beverly	106
70	Fannie	104
70	Joann	104
72	Carrie	102
73	Laura	101
73	Nellie	101
75	Hattie	98
75	Lillian	98
77	Eleanor	97
77	Geneva	97
77	Jane	97
77	Judith	97
77	Vivian	97
82	Bessie	93
83	Ida	91
84	Jessie	90
84	Josephine	90
86	Vera	89
87	Eva	88
87	Mae	88
87	Rebecca	88
90	Daisy	87
91	Georgia	85
92	Emily	83
93	Anna	82
94	Bonnie	81
94	Edith	81
94	Grace	81
94	Lula	81
98	Lucille	80
99	Irene	79
100	Essie	78