Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,555
2	Barbara	761
3	Betty	638
4	Linda	466
4	Patricia	466
6	Dorothy	455
7	Shirley	452
8	Gloria	406
9	Carolyn	391
10	Joyce	298
11	Margaret	250
12	Helen	234
13	Marie	224
14	Sandra	223
15	Martha	219
16	Brenda	212
16	Elizabeth	212
18	Carol	200
18	Geraldine	200
20	Doris	197
21	Alice	195
22	Rose	193
23	Patsy	192
24	Beverly	184
25	Annie	182

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Frances	182
27	Judy	178
28	Ruby	166
29	Peggy	161
30	Virginia	158
31	Judith	152
32	Audrey	147
33	Mildred	141
34	Catherine	139
35	Sylvia	137
36	Ethel	135
37	Jo	132
38	Evelyn	131
38	Nancy	131
38	Ruth	131
38	Willie	131
42	Anna	128
42	Janice	128
44	Lois	126
45	Joan	125
46	Dolores	119
47	Elaine	118
48	Lillie	115
49	Ann	112
50	Rita	111
51	Bonnie	110
52	Norma	109
53	Clara	108
54	Theresa	107
54	Yvonne	107
56	Bobbie	100
57	Gail	99
57	Joann	99
59	Kathleen	97
59	Sarah	97
61	Jean	96
61	Louise	96
63	Delores	95
64	Emma	94
65	Jeanette	93
66	Ella	92
66	Glenda	92
66	Margie	92
69	Marilyn	91
70	Juanita	89
70	Laura	89
72	Katherine	84
73	Bertha	83
74	Hazel	82
74	Thelma	82
76	Charlotte	81
77	Ida	80
78	Janet	79
79	Edna	78
79	Gladys	78
79	Lucille	78
82	Georgia	77
82	Irma	77
82	Wanda	77
85	Diane	76
86	Julia	75
87	Rosie	71
88	Joy	70
89	Jane	69
89	Loretta	69
89	Susan	69
92	Billie	68
92	Carrie	68
94	Gwendolyn	67
94	Irene	67
94	Jessie	67
97	Florence	66
98	Jacqueline	65
98	Johnnie	65
100	Bessie	64
100	Eva	64