Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,640
2	Barbara	764
3	Betty	685
4	Linda	671
5	Patricia	589
6	Carolyn	498
7	Dorothy	486
8	Shirley	462
9	Gloria	388
10	Sandra	367
11	Judy	321
12	Joyce	314
13	Carol	299
14	Margaret	287
15	Brenda	273
16	Helen	233
17	Martha	227
18	Elizabeth	220
19	Rose	204
20	Alice	196
21	Sharon	188
22	Beverly	187
23	Doris	186
23	Judith	186
25	Marie	184

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	175
27	Diane	166
28	Geraldine	165
29	Nancy	163
30	Janice	152
31	Virginia	148
32	Joan	147
33	Kathleen	146
34	Cheryl	145
35	Patsy	142
36	Annie	141
37	Elaine	140
38	Catherine	139
39	Wanda	137
40	Evelyn	136
41	Ruby	134
42	Ethel	132
43	Peggy	127
43	Ruth	127
45	Ann	122
46	Donna	120
46	Willie	120
48	Karen	119
49	Anna	118
49	Bobbie	118
49	Susan	118
52	Janet	117
53	Bonnie	115
54	Sylvia	113
55	Charlotte	112
55	Jean	112
57	Lois	109
58	Louise	108
58	Rita	108
60	Audrey	106
60	Sarah	106
62	Glenda	105
62	Mildred	105
64	Juanita	104
65	Gail	102
65	Marilyn	102
65	Theresa	102
68	Katherine	101
69	Gwendolyn	100
70	Jo	99
71	Jacqueline	96
72	Lillie	95
72	Yvonne	95
74	Laura	93
74	Margie	93
76	Dianne	91
76	Emma	91
78	Dolores	90
79	Bertha	88
79	Delores	88
79	Norma	88
82	Diana	87
82	Georgia	87
82	Jane	87
85	Clara	86
86	Julia	83
87	Jeanette	82
88	Ella	80
88	Thelma	80
90	Hazel	78
90	Ida	78
90	Rosie	78
93	Connie	77
94	Edna	73
95	Lucille	72
96	Gladys	71
96	Jessie	71
96	Rosa	71
99	Cynthia	70
100	Lillian	69