Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,098
2	Linda	1,278
3	Betty	1,098
4	Barbara	966
5	Patricia	948
6	Shirley	680
7	Sandra	645
8	Brenda	637
9	Carolyn	590
10	Martha	579
11	Annie	564
12	Dorothy	562
13	Nancy	433
14	Judy	432
15	Margaret	407
16	Gloria	376
17	Elizabeth	339
18	Carol	333
19	Frances	305
20	Joyce	301
21	Janice	298
22	Sarah	284
23	Virginia	279
24	Peggy	273
25	Helen	271

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Willie	253
27	Doris	242
28	Evelyn	228
29	Glenda	219
29	Ruby	219
31	Mildred	205
32	Susan	197
33	Alice	184
34	Ann	176
34	Louise	176
34	Patsy	176
37	Beverly	172
38	Judith	171
39	Joan	163
39	Sara	163
41	Emma	161
42	Mattie	160
43	Juanita	157
44	Donna	153
45	Rosa	152
46	Christine	145
46	Ruth	145
48	Diane	139
49	Jo	137
50	Catherine	133
50	Geraldine	133
52	Charlotte	132
52	Lillie	132
54	Sharon	130
55	Bonnie	128
55	Wanda	128
57	Jane	127
57	Marie	127
59	Sylvia	122
60	Cheryl	121
60	Laura	121
62	Edna	117
62	Ethel	117
62	Johnnie	117
62	Phyllis	117
66	Rebecca	114
67	Lynda	113
68	Dianne	112
69	Bobbie	111
69	Vivian	111
71	Julia	108
72	Minnie	107
73	Gail	106
73	Margie	106
75	Ellen	102
75	Jeanette	102
77	Jean	101
78	Ella	100
78	Hazel	100
80	Bernice	98
81	Gwendolyn	96
82	Faye	95
83	Carrie	94
83	Marilyn	94
83	Thelma	94
86	Bessie	93
86	Connie	93
88	Annette	92
88	Gladys	92
90	Elaine	91
90	Lillian	91
92	Rose	87
93	Janet	86
94	Clara	85
94	Eva	85
94	Ida	85
94	Janie	85
94	Sue	85
99	Anne	84
99	Lois	84