Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,582
2	Linda	1,467
3	Patricia	928
4	Barbara	817
5	Brenda	802
6	Sandra	621
7	Deborah	524
8	Betty	516
9	Carolyn	484
10	Shirley	479
11	Susan	443
12	Judy	413
13	Cynthia	403
14	Gloria	363
15	Sharon	341
16	Joyce	328
17	Dorothy	326
18	Donna	323
19	Margaret	321
20	Carol	312
21	Elizabeth	302
22	Janice	301
23	Cheryl	259
24	Peggy	255
25	Diane	248

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Karen	242
27	Pamela	236
28	Martha	234
29	Nancy	231
30	Wanda	225
31	Dianne	220
32	Beverly	218
33	Jo	217
34	Catherine	212
35	Rose	209
36	Doris	204
37	Kathleen	201
38	Alice	191
39	Glenda	188
39	Helen	188
39	Virginia	188
42	Gwendolyn	187
43	Janet	184
44	Annie	170
45	Rebecca	167
46	Katherine	160
46	Marilyn	160
48	Marie	158
49	Charlotte	157
50	Connie	156
51	Jacqueline	153
52	Frances	151
53	Gail	149
54	Rita	147
55	Elaine	141
55	Judith	141
57	Bonnie	138
58	Debra	137
59	Evelyn	136
59	Theresa	136
61	Ann	133
62	Ruby	130
63	Patsy	126
64	Geraldine	123
65	Lois	121
66	Christine	120
66	Joan	120
68	Jane	119
68	Phyllis	119
70	Ruth	116
71	Kathy	115
72	Sherry	112
73	Laura	109
74	Paula	108
75	Audrey	107
75	Delores	107
77	Sarah	106
77	Sheila	106
77	Sylvia	106
80	Bobbie	105
81	Diana	102
82	Willie	100
83	Anna	97
84	Darlene	96
85	Emma	93
86	Charlene	90
86	Kathryn	90
88	Suzanne	87
89	Ethel	85
90	Ella	83
91	Clara	82
92	Louise	81
93	Mildred	80
94	Gayle	77
95	Edna	76
95	Lillie	76
95	Mona	76
98	Lynn	74
98	Norma	74
100	Cathy	73
100	Juanita	73