Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,633
2	Deborah	1,465
3	Linda	1,233
4	Patricia	1,178
5	Debra	1,005
6	Brenda	931
7	Susan	805
8	Barbara	775
9	Pamela	705
10	Sandra	683
11	Cynthia	659
12	Donna	642
13	Shirley	605
14	Kathy	566
15	Betty	539
16	Sharon	538
17	Nancy	521
18	Carolyn	489
19	Janice	487
20	Wanda	467
21	Karen	458
22	Teresa	440
23	Gloria	436
24	Judy	430
25	Carol	410

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beverly	371
26	Martha	371
28	Elizabeth	365
29	Diane	355
30	Dorothy	341
31	Cheryl	337
32	Janet	333
33	Joyce	321
34	Rebecca	319
35	Cathy	315
36	Connie	313
37	Vickie	280
38	Annie	279
39	Catherine	277
39	Margaret	277
41	Peggy	274
42	Sherry	254
43	Sheila	252
44	Jo	240
45	Angela	238
46	Phyllis	235
47	Marilyn	230
48	Vicki	222
49	Gwendolyn	221
50	Virginia	218
51	Debbie	204
52	Laura	200
53	Helen	199
54	Bonnie	194
55	Gail	190
56	Rhonda	186
56	Sarah	186
58	Katherine	179
59	Alice	174
60	Glenda	173
61	Robin	171
62	Theresa	170
63	Frances	167
64	Dianne	158
65	Marsha	154
66	Kathryn	153
67	Rose	152
68	Joan	149
69	Rita	148
70	Elaine	147
71	Ann	145
71	Denise	145
71	Vivian	145
74	Ruby	144
75	Evelyn	141
76	Doris	138
76	Jacqueline	138
76	Lisa	138
79	Paula	137
80	Shelia	136
81	Christine	131
82	Jane	129
83	Terri	126
84	Unknown	124
85	Charlotte	120
86	Julia	117
87	Anita	116
87	Jennifer	116
89	Kathleen	114
90	Lynn	113
91	Judith	111
91	Patsy	111
91	Terry	111
91	Willie	111
91	Yvonne	111
96	Sylvia	108
97	Bernice	106
98	Jeanette	101
99	Geraldine	100
100	Ruth	99