Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,409
2	Barbara	705
3	Betty	645
4	Dorothy	502
5	Shirley	465
6	Patricia	429
7	Gloria	349
8	Carolyn	308
9	Linda	305
10	Helen	239
11	Joyce	236
12	Margaret	222
13	Doris	221
14	Geraldine	210
15	Alice	201
15	Rose	201
17	Martha	196
18	Annie	186
19	Sandra	185
20	Elizabeth	184
21	Carol	182
22	Frances	169
22	Marie	169
24	Brenda	160
25	Virginia	145

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Audrey	144
27	Evelyn	142
28	Beverly	141
28	Bobbie	141
30	Patsy	138
30	Peggy	138
32	Juanita	137
33	Sylvia	136
34	Willie	135
35	Joan	134
36	Ethel	132
37	Judy	129
37	Ruby	129
39	Jo	128
40	Anna	127
40	Judith	127
40	Mildred	127
43	Janice	126
44	Ruth	123
45	Nancy	120
46	Yvonne	119
47	Catherine	117
48	Laura	116
49	Lois	115
50	Emma	113
51	Thelma	109
52	Ella	107
52	Jean	107
54	Ann	103
54	Rita	103
56	Margie	101
57	Louise	99
58	Jeanette	98
59	Norma	97
59	Theresa	97
61	Hazel	96
62	Elaine	95
62	Lucille	95
64	Edna	94
64	Wanda	94
66	Marilyn	92
67	Delores	91
67	Jane	91
69	Lillie	90
69	Sarah	90
71	Joann	89
71	Rosie	89
73	Bertha	86
73	Lillian	86
75	Clara	85
75	Gladys	85
77	Dolores	81
77	Julia	81
77	Loretta	81
80	Bonnie	80
80	Gail	80
80	Ida	80
83	Maxine	77
84	Jacqueline	76
85	Gayle	75
85	Glenda	75
87	Velma	74
88	Jessie	73
88	Vivian	73
90	Charlotte	71
90	Rosa	71
92	Eva	69
92	Katherine	69
94	Gwendolyn	68
95	Carrie	67
96	Billie	66
96	Irene	66
96	Vera	66
99	Josephine	64
100	Diane	62
100	Kathleen	62