Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,972
2	Linda	1,563
3	Patricia	1,345
4	Deborah	1,260
5	Brenda	1,107
6	Barbara	976
7	Betty	723
8	Shirley	651
9	Sandra	640
10	Susan	574
11	Judy	569
12	Carolyn	562
13	Nancy	550
14	Janice	534
15	Martha	526
16	Debra	502
17	Gloria	472
18	Wanda	461
19	Donna	450
20	Sharon	415
21	Dorothy	410
22	Kathy	407
23	Carol	403
24	Elizabeth	386
25	Pamela	384

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cynthia	374
27	Annie	367
28	Joyce	362
29	Margaret	361
30	Beverly	352
31	Rebecca	346
32	Peggy	327
33	Karen	286
34	Diane	275
35	Virginia	267
36	Janet	258
37	Sarah	249
38	Teresa	244
39	Catherine	241
39	Sheila	241
41	Glenda	240
42	Cheryl	237
43	Gwendolyn	233
44	Frances	229
45	Connie	224
46	Cathy	221
47	Jo	214
48	Helen	209
49	Gail	200
50	Bonnie	199
51	Alice	198
52	Patsy	192
52	Ruby	192
54	Phyllis	177
55	Sherry	175
56	Evelyn	174
57	Judith	171
58	Katherine	170
59	Marilyn	169
60	Marsha	168
61	Doris	167
61	Elaine	167
61	Vicki	167
64	Vickie	165
65	Christine	161
66	Dianne	157
67	Willie	153
68	Joan	152
69	Charlotte	150
70	Laura	145
71	Jane	144
72	Juanita	141
73	Geraldine	139
74	Jacqueline	137
75	Sylvia	136
76	Ann	134
77	Vivian	132
78	Rose	131
79	Kathryn	126
80	Paula	124
81	Rita	122
82	Rosa	121
83	Unknown	120
84	Delores	119
85	Theresa	118
86	Mildred	116
86	Sara	116
88	Marie	115
89	Angela	113
89	Julia	113
91	Emma	111
92	Ruth	109
93	Mattie	105
94	Denise	103
95	Belinda	99
95	Kathleen	99
95	Lillie	99
98	Lynn	98
99	Yvonne	97
100	Jean	96
100	Rhonda	96