Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,176
2	Betty	1,281
3	Barbara	954
4	Martha	649
5	Shirley	636
6	Annie	614
7	Patricia	593
8	Dorothy	575
9	Carolyn	464
10	Linda	437
11	Frances	364
12	Margaret	350
13	Joyce	347
14	Elizabeth	346
15	Sandra	328
16	Helen	325
17	Sarah	310
18	Nancy	300
19	Virginia	289
20	Doris	285
21	Gloria	279
22	Willie	269
23	Peggy	259
24	Ruby	257
25	Mildred	243

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	235
27	Alice	225
28	Evelyn	220
29	Sara	218
30	Brenda	190
31	Lillie	189
32	Mattie	188
33	Emma	177
34	Janice	173
35	Geraldine	168
36	Patsy	163
37	Carol	160
38	Juanita	157
39	Edna	154
40	Ann	151
40	Ruth	151
42	Jean	150
43	Vivian	147
44	Clara	146
44	Glenda	146
46	Bernice	144
47	Thelma	143
48	Catherine	142
49	Charlotte	141
49	Hazel	141
51	Christine	138
51	Joan	138
53	Annette	136
54	Margie	135
55	Jo	133
56	Minnie	132
57	Rebecca	130
58	Gladys	129
59	Beverly	126
60	Ethel	124
60	Johnnie	124
62	Bertha	123
62	Bobbie	123
62	Rosa	123
65	Julia	122
66	Judith	118
66	Marie	118
68	Judy	117
69	Lois	115
70	Sylvia	114
71	Lillian	113
72	Eleanor	111
73	Norma	110
74	Joann	108
75	Nellie	107
76	Carrie	106
77	Faye	104
78	Eva	103
78	Laura	103
80	Jessie	102
81	Ella	101
82	Hattie	100
82	Mamie	100
84	Bonnie	97
85	Jeanette	95
85	Mae	95
85	Wanda	95
88	Emily	93
89	Geneva	91
89	Georgia	91
91	Ida	90
92	Rose	87
92	Wilma	87
94	Bessie	84
94	Marilyn	84
96	Grace	83
96	Gwendolyn	83
98	Fannie	81
99	Anna	80
99	Jane	80
99	Vera	80