Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,175
2	Betty	1,173
3	Barbara	936
4	Patricia	687
5	Linda	621
6	Dorothy	619
7	Martha	616
8	Shirley	615
9	Annie	587
10	Carolyn	481
11	Sandra	450
12	Margaret	388
13	Elizabeth	344
14	Joyce	343
15	Sarah	324
16	Helen	323
17	Virginia	319
18	Peggy	312
19	Frances	307
20	Brenda	306
21	Nancy	299
22	Ruby	290
23	Doris	278
23	Willie	278
25	Mildred	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	255
27	Alice	245
27	Gloria	245
29	Mattie	222
30	Janice	212
31	Louise	200
32	Judy	198
33	Emma	195
34	Carol	189
35	Patsy	186
36	Sara	178
37	Juanita	168
37	Rosa	168
39	Charlotte	163
40	Glenda	161
40	Lillie	161
42	Ann	159
43	Geraldine	158
44	Catherine	153
45	Edna	151
46	Johnnie	148
46	Marie	148
48	Bernice	146
49	Clara	145
50	Ruth	142
51	Christine	141
52	Vivian	139
53	Annette	138
54	Gladys	136
54	Judith	136
54	Minnie	136
57	Rebecca	130
58	Nellie	129
59	Joan	127
59	Julia	127
61	Jean	126
61	Jo	126
63	Sylvia	123
64	Bobbie	122
64	Hazel	122
64	Thelma	122
67	Beverly	121
68	Wanda	117
69	Eva	116
70	Ella	115
71	Eleanor	113
72	Bertha	112
73	Jeanette	111
74	Ida	110
75	Bessie	108
76	Joann	106
77	Bonnie	105
77	Norma	105
79	Carrie	104
79	Jessie	104
81	Margie	102
82	Hattie	101
82	Jane	101
84	Lillian	100
85	Laura	98
86	Faye	97
87	Edith	95
87	Georgia	95
87	Lois	95
90	Fannie	93
91	Josephine	92
92	Delores	91
92	Ethel	91
92	Mae	91
95	Emily	90
96	Lula	85
96	Marilyn	85
98	Rose	84
99	Geneva	83
100	Jacqueline	81
100	Mamie	81