Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,284
2	Linda	2,210
3	Brenda	1,322
4	Patricia	1,182
5	Barbara	1,118
6	Betty	989
7	Sandra	797
8	Shirley	746
9	Carolyn	673
10	Martha	622
11	Dorothy	563
12	Judy	552
13	Annie	541
14	Gloria	520
15	Nancy	508
16	Margaret	415
17	Janice	413
17	Susan	413
19	Elizabeth	403
20	Carol	384
21	Joyce	380
22	Peggy	356
23	Donna	312
23	Virginia	312
25	Frances	308

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wanda	292
27	Helen	282
28	Glenda	274
28	Sarah	274
30	Beverly	265
31	Cynthia	252
32	Sharon	249
33	Willie	248
34	Cheryl	246
35	Ruby	230
36	Evelyn	226
37	Rebecca	212
38	Doris	204
39	Alice	202
40	Diane	199
41	Mildred	196
42	Patsy	192
43	Jo	191
43	Phyllis	191
45	Connie	183
46	Deborah	178
46	Gwendolyn	178
48	Ann	176
49	Mattie	173
50	Joan	168
51	Bonnie	166
51	Catherine	166
51	Pamela	166
54	Dianne	165
55	Sara	164
56	Lynda	163
57	Gail	161
58	Teresa	160
59	Charlotte	158
59	Christine	158
59	Rosa	158
62	Juanita	155
63	Louise	153
64	Judith	151
65	Laura	148
65	Lillie	148
67	Emma	147
68	Geraldine	146
69	Marilyn	142
70	Elaine	141
71	Jane	136
72	Sherry	134
73	Bernice	133
73	Vivian	133
75	Julia	132
76	Marie	130
77	Janet	126
78	Delores	125
79	Karen	122
80	Ruth	118
81	Johnnie	115
82	Jacqueline	111
82	Sheila	111
84	Minnie	109
85	Edna	107
86	Joann	106
86	Marsha	106
88	Margie	105
89	Annette	103
90	Paula	101
90	Sylvia	101
92	Rita	100
93	Katherine	98
94	Clara	97
95	Rose	96
96	Ethel	95
97	Gladys	94
97	Theresa	94
99	Bertha	93
99	Ella	93