Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,597
2	Linda	926
3	Barbara	868
4	Patricia	732
5	Betty	707
6	Shirley	518
7	Sandra	508
8	Carolyn	493
9	Gloria	444
10	Judy	436
11	Dorothy	419
12	Brenda	416
13	Carol	337
14	Joyce	331
15	Margaret	306
16	Sharon	295
17	Susan	279
18	Elizabeth	240
19	Beverly	237
20	Diane	228
21	Helen	206
22	Martha	205
23	Kathleen	202
24	Judith	200
25	Cynthia	199

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Janice	199
27	Cheryl	195
27	Peggy	195
27	Rose	195
30	Nancy	191
31	Marie	188
32	Frances	186
33	Elaine	182
34	Doris	180
35	Alice	179
35	Geraldine	179
37	Catherine	165
37	Evelyn	165
37	Jo	165
40	Annie	164
40	Donna	164
42	Ruby	160
43	Virginia	157
44	Sylvia	155
45	Charlotte	154
46	Janet	151
47	Patsy	147
48	Wanda	146
49	Marilyn	145
50	Glenda	142
51	Dianne	137
52	Ruth	135
53	Lois	134
54	Karen	132
55	Bonnie	131
56	Rita	129
57	Joan	126
58	Jane	124
59	Diana	123
60	Ann	122
61	Mildred	120
62	Gwendolyn	118
62	Katherine	118
64	Juanita	116
65	Anna	115
66	Jean	114
67	Audrey	112
67	Bobbie	112
67	Delores	112
70	Jacqueline	111
71	Gail	110
71	Willie	110
73	Ethel	109
74	Ella	107
74	Theresa	107
76	Laura	104
77	Suzanne	100
78	Edna	99
79	Pamela	98
79	Phyllis	98
79	Thelma	98
82	Clara	95
83	Norma	93
84	Margie	92
85	Emma	90
86	Lillie	88
86	Yvonne	88
88	Connie	87
88	Sarah	87
90	Charlene	86
90	Hazel	86
90	Rebecca	86
93	Paulette	85
94	Irma	84
95	Sheila	83
96	Louise	79
97	Gladys	76
97	Jessie	76
99	Ellen	75
99	Julia	75