Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,559
2	Linda	1,550
3	Barbara	870
4	Patricia	865
5	Brenda	738
6	Sandra	537
7	Carolyn	508
8	Shirley	505
9	Betty	489
10	Susan	438
11	Judy	435
12	Gloria	419
13	Cynthia	390
14	Sharon	379
15	Dorothy	361
16	Margaret	350
17	Joyce	331
18	Elizabeth	311
19	Carol	294
20	Deborah	291
21	Peggy	276
22	Janice	275
23	Kathleen	271
24	Donna	267
25	Diane	258

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	251
27	Beverly	247
27	Karen	247
29	Catherine	234
30	Cheryl	231
31	Dianne	227
32	Nancy	206
33	Wanda	204
34	Martha	199
35	Alice	196
36	Frances	194
36	Helen	194
38	Pamela	192
39	Judith	191
40	Gwendolyn	173
41	Bonnie	171
41	Jo	171
41	Virginia	171
44	Janet	170
45	Charlotte	167
46	Glenda	162
46	Katherine	162
48	Evelyn	161
49	Annie	157
49	Doris	157
51	Marilyn	152
51	Patsy	152
53	Geraldine	150
53	Rita	150
55	Rebecca	149
56	Elaine	147
56	Theresa	147
58	Marie	143
59	Joan	135
60	Gail	131
61	Phyllis	129
61	Ruby	129
63	Connie	128
64	Jacqueline	126
65	Laura	123
66	Diana	120
67	Ann	118
67	Sylvia	118
69	Anna	114
69	Lois	114
71	Juanita	113
71	Kathy	113
73	Delores	111
74	Christine	110
75	Ethel	108
76	Bobbie	107
77	Paula	105
78	Jane	104
78	Ruth	104
78	Willie	104
81	Sarah	103
82	Charlene	101
82	Jean	101
84	Emma	95
84	Sherry	95
86	Suzanne	93
87	Lillie	88
88	Audrey	86
89	Clara	85
89	Mildred	85
91	Sheila	84
92	Yvonne	83
93	Julia	82
94	Kathryn	81
95	Ella	80
96	Bertha	76
96	Sally	76
98	Edna	75
98	Norma	75
100	Darlene	74