Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,416
2	Linda	1,495
3	Barbara	1,356
4	Betty	1,296
5	Brenda	975
6	Carolyn	923
7	Patricia	864
8	Shirley	818
9	Nancy	753
10	Dorothy	689
11	Margaret	646
12	Joyce	630
13	Judy	612
14	Annie	601
15	Peggy	561
16	Martha	552
17	Doris	480
18	Elizabeth	465
19	Frances	455
19	Sandra	455
21	Helen	441
22	Alice	384
23	Virginia	347
24	Judith	342
25	Carol	340

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rebecca	298
27	Sarah	292
28	Patsy	290
29	Ruth	280
30	Janice	272
31	Evelyn	268
32	Gloria	262
33	Sylvia	259
34	Phyllis	256
35	Ann	252
36	Mildred	251
36	Ruby	251
38	Edna	240
39	Jean	225
40	Geraldine	204
41	Lois	201
42	Janet	195
43	Joan	190
44	Emma	185
44	Julia	185
46	Wanda	184
47	Glenda	181
48	Jo	180
49	Jane	170
50	Louise	163
50	Rosa	163
52	Catherine	161
53	Rachel	156
54	Minnie	154
55	Hazel	153
56	Edith	151
56	Lillie	151
58	Norma	147
59	Bonnie	146
60	Margie	145
61	Clara	141
61	Gladys	141
63	Willie	140
64	Marie	137
65	Ethel	135
66	Faye	133
67	Ella	131
67	Thelma	131
69	Kay	130
70	Anna	128
71	Carrie	121
71	Donna	121
71	Juanita	121
74	Christine	120
75	Eleanor	119
76	Hilda	117
77	Anne	114
77	Bertha	114
79	Laura	113
80	Sue	112
81	Delores	111
81	Vivian	111
83	Lillian	110
84	Bettie	109
85	Marjorie	108
86	Lynda	107
86	Mattie	107
86	Nellie	107
89	Eva	104
89	Ida	104
89	Susan	104
92	Wilma	103
93	Lucy	102
94	Sara	101
95	Shelby	100
96	Alma	99
97	Joann	97
98	Ellen	95
99	Billie	94
100	Charlotte	93