Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,314
2	Betty	1,275
3	Barbara	1,098
4	Linda	837
5	Patricia	757
6	Dorothy	665
7	Martha	646
8	Shirley	644
9	Annie	641
10	Carolyn	598
11	Sandra	593
12	Brenda	456
13	Margaret	429
14	Joyce	377
15	Nancy	375
16	Elizabeth	360
17	Sarah	340
18	Helen	331
19	Frances	321
20	Willie	297
21	Gloria	296
22	Peggy	292
23	Ruby	287
24	Doris	286
25	Virginia	279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carol	260
27	Glenda	257
28	Judy	245
29	Mildred	239
30	Evelyn	233
31	Patsy	229
32	Janice	225
33	Alice	218
34	Mattie	217
35	Louise	211
36	Sara	207
37	Lillie	205
38	Ann	197
39	Joan	192
40	Juanita	182
41	Charlotte	172
42	Emma	170
43	Catherine	162
44	Judith	161
45	Marie	159
46	Rosa	158
47	Ruth	156
48	Sylvia	146
49	Johnnie	145
50	Bernice	143
51	Jo	139
52	Edna	137
53	Beverly	136
53	Bobbie	136
55	Hazel	134
55	Rebecca	134
57	Bonnie	133
58	Julia	129
59	Carrie	128
60	Clara	127
60	Geraldine	127
60	Minnie	127
63	Annette	126
64	Christine	125
65	Ella	120
66	Lois	116
67	Carole	115
67	Jane	115
67	Joann	115
67	Margie	115
71	Laura	107
72	Gladys	106
72	Jean	106
74	Vivian	105
74	Wanda	105
76	Bessie	104
77	Ethel	103
77	Eva	103
77	Lillian	103
77	Thelma	103
81	Nellie	101
82	Jeanette	96
82	Norma	96
84	Hattie	95
85	Ida	93
85	Susan	93
87	Anne	92
87	Mamie	92
89	Mae	91
90	Ellen	90
90	Gwendolyn	90
92	Phyllis	89
93	Jessie	88
94	Fannie	87
94	Faye	87
96	Delores	86
96	Donna	86
96	Emily	86
96	Jacqueline	86
100	Bertha	85
100	Daisy	85
100	Lula	85