Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,981
2	Linda	1,747
3	Patricia	1,365
4	Brenda	1,244
5	Deborah	936
6	Barbara	923
7	Betty	826
8	Sandra	739
9	Shirley	664
10	Carolyn	598
11	Susan	589
12	Janice	570
13	Nancy	568
14	Martha	541
15	Judy	539
16	Gloria	519
17	Dorothy	470
18	Wanda	445
19	Donna	440
20	Annie	429
21	Margaret	402
22	Elizabeth	395
23	Carol	392
24	Sharon	371
25	Peggy	335

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joyce	330
27	Pamela	305
28	Beverly	304
29	Cynthia	297
30	Kathy	289
31	Debra	273
32	Rebecca	268
33	Glenda	263
34	Diane	258
35	Karen	257
36	Virginia	256
37	Frances	246
38	Helen	235
39	Connie	231
40	Catherine	230
40	Sarah	230
42	Gail	216
43	Gwendolyn	210
43	Jo	210
45	Teresa	204
46	Janet	202
47	Alice	195
47	Cheryl	195
49	Bonnie	190
50	Phyllis	189
51	Doris	188
52	Joan	184
53	Sheila	178
54	Cathy	177
55	Charlotte	173
56	Dianne	164
56	Willie	164
58	Evelyn	163
58	Marilyn	163
60	Christine	161
60	Judith	161
62	Laura	160
63	Ruby	153
64	Vickie	152
65	Sherry	144
66	Vicki	143
67	Juanita	142
67	Katherine	142
67	Sylvia	142
70	Jacqueline	138
71	Mildred	137
72	Kathryn	136
72	Vivian	136
74	Elaine	135
74	Geraldine	135
76	Patsy	132
77	Rosa	130
78	Marsha	129
79	Ann	128
79	Rose	128
81	Jacquelyn	127
82	Sara	124
83	Marie	123
84	Mattie	122
85	Jane	121
85	Lillie	121
85	Paula	121
88	Julia	119
89	Ruth	118
90	Johnnie	114
90	Rita	114
92	Bobbie	108
92	Lynda	108
94	Edna	104
95	Janie	101
96	Angela	99
96	Anita	99
98	Emma	98
98	Louise	98
98	Margie	98