Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,253
2	Linda	1,497
3	Patricia	1,156
4	Betty	1,086
5	Barbara	1,073
6	Brenda	974
7	Sandra	766
8	Shirley	756
9	Martha	669
10	Carolyn	666
11	Dorothy	626
12	Annie	538
13	Judy	520
14	Nancy	498
15	Gloria	467
16	Carol	417
17	Margaret	408
18	Janice	386
19	Joyce	375
20	Elizabeth	347
21	Virginia	324
22	Frances	319
23	Peggy	316
24	Helen	308
25	Susan	299

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	276
27	Beverly	261
28	Ruby	260
29	Glenda	253
30	Evelyn	252
31	Doris	235
32	Willie	232
33	Patsy	226
34	Alice	210
35	Sharon	207
36	Joan	203
37	Mildred	201
38	Cheryl	196
39	Jo	191
40	Lillie	183
41	Judith	180
42	Diane	177
42	Donna	177
42	Louise	177
45	Ann	173
45	Wanda	173
47	Mattie	172
48	Geraldine	167
49	Rebecca	164
50	Sara	161
51	Catherine	159
51	Emma	159
53	Jane	157
54	Sylvia	152
55	Connie	151
56	Julia	150
57	Laura	149
58	Marilyn	147
59	Christine	144
60	Gail	143
61	Charlotte	140
62	Ruth	137
63	Juanita	136
64	Rosa	132
65	Janet	131
65	Marie	131
65	Phyllis	131
68	Gwendolyn	130
68	Vivian	130
70	Bonnie	129
70	Elaine	129
72	Bobbie	128
73	Dianne	127
74	Margie	122
75	Minnie	117
76	Bernice	115
77	Clara	114
78	Ethel	112
79	Gladys	111
80	Hazel	109
80	Janie	109
80	Johnnie	109
80	Lillian	109
84	Cynthia	108
85	Katherine	107
85	Lynda	107
85	Sue	107
88	Annette	105
88	Carrie	105
88	Delores	105
88	Thelma	105
92	Edna	104
93	Sherry	101
94	Sheila	100
95	Jacqueline	99
96	Jean	98
96	Joann	98
98	Ellen	96
98	Mae	96
100	Ella	92