Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,251
2	Linda	2,059
3	Patricia	1,252
4	Brenda	1,221
5	Barbara	1,100
6	Betty	944
7	Sandra	855
8	Shirley	815
9	Carolyn	618
10	Judy	610
11	Martha	597
12	Dorothy	552
13	Annie	542
14	Gloria	516
15	Janice	497
16	Nancy	496
17	Susan	469
18	Margaret	468
19	Carol	388
20	Peggy	373
21	Elizabeth	369
22	Joyce	365
23	Deborah	361
24	Donna	357
25	Sharon	323

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wanda	308
27	Beverly	294
28	Sarah	289
29	Glenda	280
30	Helen	270
31	Virginia	253
32	Frances	251
33	Rebecca	248
34	Jo	229
35	Cynthia	221
35	Diane	221
37	Ruby	217
37	Willie	217
39	Alice	213
40	Catherine	212
40	Evelyn	212
42	Connie	204
43	Kathy	192
44	Charlotte	187
44	Cheryl	187
46	Patsy	186
47	Doris	182
48	Gwendolyn	181
49	Phyllis	179
50	Bonnie	177
51	Geraldine	173
51	Judith	173
51	Pamela	173
54	Gail	171
55	Karen	168
56	Rosa	164
57	Mildred	159
58	Joan	157
59	Lillie	154
60	Christine	151
60	Dianne	151
62	Ann	150
63	Emma	148
64	Mattie	144
65	Lynda	141
66	Laura	140
67	Marie	139
67	Sara	139
69	Cathy	138
69	Janet	138
71	Teresa	137
72	Elaine	136
72	Marilyn	136
74	Julia	135
75	Edna	133
76	Jane	132
76	Sherry	132
78	Sheila	131
79	Vivian	130
80	Juanita	129
81	Rita	126
82	Ruth	122
83	Jacqueline	121
83	Margie	121
85	Kathryn	119
86	Delores	118
86	Johnnie	118
88	Joann	112
89	Ethel	111
90	Carrie	110
91	Marsha	109
92	Louise	108
92	Vicki	108
94	Sylvia	107
94	Theresa	107
96	Minnie	104
97	Bernice	102
97	Katherine	102
99	Ella	101
100	Jacquelyn	100