Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,250
2	Betty	1,333
3	Barbara	1,304
4	Linda	1,107
5	Patricia	811
5	Shirley	811
7	Carolyn	750
8	Brenda	747
9	Nancy	718
10	Margaret	659
11	Dorothy	653
12	Joyce	616
13	Peggy	564
14	Annie	536
15	Martha	530
16	Doris	487
17	Judy	446
18	Elizabeth	420
19	Frances	413
20	Helen	392
21	Alice	384
22	Virginia	351
23	Janice	318
24	Judith	310
25	Sarah	309

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sandra	290
27	Patsy	281
27	Ruby	281
29	Carol	276
30	Sylvia	273
31	Rebecca	272
32	Ruth	271
33	Mildred	262
34	Evelyn	250
35	Gloria	240
36	Phyllis	231
37	Edna	218
38	Lois	211
39	Jean	207
40	Geraldine	196
41	Ann	193
42	Emma	182
42	Glenda	182
44	Clara	169
45	Janet	168
46	Edith	164
46	Julia	164
48	Wanda	160
49	Kay	158
50	Lillie	157
51	Hazel	156
52	Jo	155
52	Norma	155
52	Rachel	155
55	Bonnie	154
56	Thelma	152
57	Joan	149
58	Margie	147
59	Catherine	146
60	Louise	144
61	Ella	143
61	Minnie	143
63	Ethel	141
64	Jane	140
64	Marie	140
66	Shelby	138
67	Rosa	136
68	Hilda	135
69	Gladys	133
70	Faye	132
71	Mattie	128
72	Vivian	126
73	Laura	121
74	Christine	118
75	Joann	116
76	Juanita	115
76	Willie	115
78	Bertha	110
78	Jessie	110
78	Sara	110
81	Eva	109
82	Hattie	106
83	Bessie	105
83	Wilma	105
85	Bettie	104
86	Anna	101
86	Eleanor	101
86	Elsie	101
86	Lucy	101
90	Ellen	100
91	Nellie	97
92	Carrie	95
92	Lillian	95
94	Sue	94
95	Ida	92
96	Josephine	91
97	Alma	90
98	Lynda	89
98	Priscilla	89
100	Delores	88
100	Grace	88
100	Marjorie	88
100	Myrtle	88
100	Susan	88