Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,649
2	Mary	1,644
3	Barbara	898
4	Patricia	803
5	Betty	684
6	Carolyn	578
7	Sandra	576
8	Brenda	498
9	Shirley	457
10	Gloria	448
11	Judy	438
12	Dorothy	415
13	Carol	352
14	Sharon	347
15	Cynthia	334
16	Margaret	333
17	Joyce	312
18	Susan	300
19	Cheryl	288
20	Janice	254
21	Diane	253
22	Beverly	243
23	Elizabeth	236
24	Martha	230
25	Helen	228

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Judith	219
27	Donna	213
28	Kathleen	206
29	Rose	200
30	Alice	198
31	Peggy	196
32	Doris	191
33	Frances	189
34	Nancy	188
35	Catherine	187
36	Marie	186
37	Evelyn	184
38	Dianne	179
39	Jo	178
39	Karen	178
41	Elaine	177
42	Annie	172
43	Bonnie	163
43	Virginia	163
45	Geraldine	160
46	Janet	158
47	Wanda	156
48	Ethel	151
48	Ruby	151
50	Marilyn	150
51	Charlotte	149
51	Glenda	149
53	Patsy	148
54	Rita	141
55	Gwendolyn	140
56	Pamela	139
57	Theresa	136
58	Gail	135
58	Ruth	135
60	Jane	133
61	Ann	131
62	Diana	130
63	Anna	127
63	Bobbie	127
63	Jacqueline	127
63	Lois	127
67	Laura	124
68	Joan	123
68	Sylvia	123
70	Katherine	119
71	Phyllis	118
72	Emma	115
73	Juanita	114
74	Connie	113
75	Delores	111
75	Mildred	111
75	Rebecca	111
78	Audrey	110
79	Sherry	108
79	Yvonne	108
81	Jean	105
82	Lorraine	104
83	Sheila	103
84	Willie	102
85	Thelma	100
86	Norma	96
87	Charlene	95
87	Lillie	95
89	Anita	87
89	Edna	87
91	Ella	86
91	Jeanette	86
93	Christine	85
94	Rosie	84
95	Joann	83
96	Sarah	82
96	Sue	82
98	Suzanne	81
99	Julia	78
100	Clara	77