Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,351
2	Linda	2,229
3	Patricia	1,255
4	Barbara	1,169
5	Brenda	1,127
6	Betty	1,114
7	Sandra	858
8	Shirley	856
9	Carolyn	683
10	Judy	667
11	Martha	664
12	Nancy	639
13	Dorothy	610
14	Annie	553
15	Gloria	532
16	Margaret	451
17	Janice	431
18	Carol	428
19	Joyce	417
20	Frances	344
21	Elizabeth	338
22	Peggy	337
23	Helen	331
24	Susan	330
25	Sarah	322

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	310
27	Glenda	303
28	Donna	292
29	Patsy	270
30	Alice	261
31	Doris	249
32	Beverly	244
33	Diane	243
34	Cheryl	240
34	Willie	240
36	Evelyn	238
37	Ruby	237
38	Sharon	235
39	Jo	222
40	Wanda	220
41	Judith	213
42	Joan	212
43	Phyllis	210
44	Ann	195
44	Rebecca	195
46	Mattie	186
46	Mildred	186
48	Sara	184
49	Gail	176
50	Catherine	173
50	Charlotte	173
52	Gwendolyn	171
53	Geraldine	170
54	Jane	166
55	Cynthia	164
56	Connie	160
57	Janet	159
58	Juanita	158
58	Julia	158
60	Lillie	157
61	Bonnie	156
62	Lynda	155
63	Sylvia	152
64	Louise	148
65	Bernice	147
66	Rosa	146
67	Marilyn	143
68	Jacqueline	142
69	Emma	140
70	Marie	139
71	Vivian	138
72	Dianne	136
73	Delores	134
73	Ruth	134
75	Edna	133
75	Sheila	133
77	Elaine	132
78	Margie	131
79	Sherry	130
80	Annette	128
81	Christine	127
81	Ethel	127
81	Laura	127
84	Hazel	124
85	Katherine	123
86	Joann	122
86	Johnnie	122
88	Minnie	119
89	Clara	115
90	Rita	113
91	Thelma	112
92	Bobbie	110
93	Ella	109
94	Jean	108
94	Pamela	108
96	Karen	107
96	Rose	107
98	Ellen	105
98	Kathryn	105
98	Norma	105