Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,288
2	Betty	1,466
3	Barbara	1,272
4	Shirley	1,017
5	Nancy	679
6	Margaret	658
7	Dorothy	638
8	Carolyn	590
9	Annie	589
10	Peggy	582
11	Patricia	537
12	Doris	533
13	Martha	505
14	Joyce	467
15	Helen	449
16	Frances	429
17	Linda	425
18	Elizabeth	384
19	Alice	360
20	Sarah	333
20	Virginia	333
22	Ruby	297
23	Ruth	288
24	Mildred	272
25	Sylvia	254

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edna	251
27	Evelyn	245
28	Geraldine	238
28	Janice	238
30	Jean	225
31	Phyllis	223
32	Patsy	218
33	Carol	215
33	Judy	215
35	Judith	206
36	Emma	199
37	Ann	193
38	Rebecca	189
39	Shelby	188
40	Norma	187
41	Lois	184
42	Gloria	180
43	Hazel	179
44	Louise	172
44	Rachel	172
46	Joan	170
47	Ella	164
48	Clara	161
48	Margie	161
50	Jo	160
51	Rosa	159
52	Thelma	157
53	Julia	156
54	Marie	155
55	Edith	154
55	Ethel	154
57	Gladys	151
58	Catherine	147
59	Lillie	146
60	Jane	142
61	Sandra	140
62	Willie	139
63	Glenda	131
64	Laura	130
64	Wilma	130
66	Janet	128
67	Mattie	126
68	Juanita	123
69	Lillian	122
70	Brenda	121
71	Minnie	119
72	Hilda	113
72	Nellie	113
74	Carrie	112
75	Christine	111
76	Elsie	110
76	Josephine	110
78	Grace	107
79	Hattie	106
79	Joann	106
79	Lucy	106
79	Sara	106
83	Bettie	105
84	Eva	104
84	Rose	104
86	Anna	102
86	Jessie	102
88	Wanda	100
89	Eleanor	99
90	Bonnie	97
90	Ellen	97
90	Myrtle	97
93	Bertha	96
93	Bessie	96
93	Ida	96
96	Cora	95
96	Faye	95
96	Kay	95
99	Lula	93
100	Loretta	92
100	Mae	92
100	Maggie	92