Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,318
2	Linda	1,173
3	Betty	1,147
4	Barbara	979
5	Patricia	865
6	Sandra	678
7	Shirley	669
8	Martha	667
9	Brenda	614
10	Dorothy	609
11	Carolyn	600
12	Annie	562
13	Nancy	431
14	Margaret	411
15	Elizabeth	387
16	Gloria	378
17	Joyce	367
18	Judy	348
19	Frances	331
20	Carol	320
21	Virginia	302
22	Peggy	297
23	Sarah	293
24	Janice	276
25	Helen	274

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Willie	249
27	Ruby	242
28	Glenda	237
29	Doris	233
30	Mildred	226
31	Evelyn	218
32	Mattie	216
33	Alice	201
34	Joan	191
35	Louise	187
36	Juanita	180
37	Judith	172
38	Beverly	171
39	Ann	164
40	Rosa	163
41	Jo	161
42	Geraldine	158
43	Catherine	156
43	Johnnie	156
43	Lillie	156
46	Emma	155
46	Sara	155
48	Susan	153
49	Sharon	149
50	Patsy	147
51	Bonnie	143
51	Donna	143
51	Ruth	143
54	Charlotte	142
55	Julia	138
56	Diane	131
57	Bobbie	128
57	Rebecca	128
57	Wanda	128
60	Christine	125
61	Cheryl	124
61	Jane	124
63	Gladys	123
64	Ethel	122
65	Marie	117
66	Bernice	116
67	Carole	115
67	Janet	115
67	Lynda	115
70	Phyllis	113
71	Sylvia	112
72	Carrie	110
72	Minnie	110
72	Vivian	110
75	Ella	109
75	Joann	109
77	Hazel	108
78	Edna	107
79	Margie	104
79	Thelma	104
81	Annette	102
81	Bessie	102
81	Lois	102
84	Gail	100
85	Connie	99
85	Jean	99
87	Clara	97
87	Eva	97
89	Delores	95
89	Gwendolyn	95
89	Josephine	95
89	Susie	95
93	Marilyn	94
93	Sue	94
95	Edith	92
96	Faye	89
96	Laura	89
96	Lillian	89
99	Ida	85
99	Marjorie	85