Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,064
2	Linda	1,890
3	Patricia	1,271
4	Brenda	1,120
5	Barbara	1,051
6	Betty	848
7	Sandra	797
8	Shirley	720
9	Deborah	621
10	Judy	620
11	Carolyn	600
12	Martha	581
13	Nancy	550
14	Gloria	515
15	Dorothy	505
16	Janice	497
17	Susan	486
18	Annie	443
19	Margaret	410
20	Wanda	386
21	Elizabeth	376
22	Carol	365
23	Donna	344
24	Joyce	341
25	Sharon	340

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beverly	303
27	Peggy	290
28	Glenda	289
29	Cynthia	279
30	Sarah	270
31	Virginia	264
32	Frances	254
33	Helen	246
34	Rebecca	244
35	Kathy	238
35	Pamela	238
37	Catherine	234
38	Diane	230
39	Jo	209
40	Connie	199
41	Gail	197
42	Janet	195
43	Karen	193
44	Alice	192
45	Doris	186
45	Willie	186
47	Bonnie	185
47	Evelyn	185
49	Sherry	183
50	Cheryl	180
51	Phyllis	178
52	Ann	177
53	Charlotte	176
54	Gwendolyn	171
55	Ruby	168
56	Juanita	164
57	Christine	162
58	Dianne	160
58	Teresa	160
60	Judith	159
61	Elaine	150
62	Jacqueline	149
63	Lillie	145
64	Emma	144
64	Jane	144
64	Patsy	144
64	Sheila	144
68	Joan	143
69	Laura	139
69	Marilyn	139
71	Rosa	138
72	Sylvia	137
73	Rita	136
74	Geraldine	134
75	Mildred	132
76	Cathy	128
76	Sara	128
78	Kathryn	126
78	Marie	126
80	Julia	125
80	Mattie	125
82	Marsha	124
83	Ruth	117
83	Theresa	117
85	Vivian	116
86	Katherine	109
86	Louise	109
86	Rose	109
89	Lynda	108
89	Marcia	108
91	Delores	105
91	Jean	105
93	Debra	103
93	Edna	103
93	Ethel	103
96	Angela	99
96	Margie	99
98	Unknown	97
99	Bernice	94
99	Jacquelyn	94