Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,447
2	Linda	1,734
3	Barbara	1,359
4	Betty	1,262
5	Brenda	1,053
6	Patricia	999
7	Carolyn	995
8	Shirley	860
9	Nancy	801
10	Judy	751
11	Margaret	641
12	Dorothy	630
13	Joyce	608
14	Martha	556
15	Annie	544
16	Peggy	519
17	Sandra	518
18	Doris	511
19	Frances	464
20	Elizabeth	463
21	Carol	414
22	Judith	410
23	Helen	387
24	Virginia	364
25	Alice	359

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gloria	323
26	Rebecca	323
28	Sarah	318
29	Janice	314
30	Phyllis	300
31	Patsy	262
32	Ruth	261
33	Ruby	253
34	Edna	252
35	Ann	239
36	Glenda	235
37	Sylvia	232
38	Mildred	225
39	Evelyn	212
40	Jean	211
40	Lois	211
42	Joan	198
43	Jo	190
44	Julia	185
45	Janet	184
46	Wanda	183
47	Bonnie	179
47	Jane	179
49	Geraldine	168
50	Hazel	165
51	Susan	163
52	Edith	162
52	Emma	162
52	Gladys	162
55	Kay	158
56	Minnie	157
57	Rosa	154
58	Catherine	153
58	Lillie	153
60	Louise	149
61	Rachel	146
62	Norma	145
63	Marie	142
64	Clara	141
65	Ella	139
66	Willie	138
67	Margie	135
68	Ethel	132
69	Vivian	131
70	Thelma	130
71	Juanita	126
72	Donna	120
72	Lynda	120
74	Anna	119
75	Billie	118
76	Beverly	112
76	Faye	112
76	Laura	112
79	Carrie	109
80	Bettie	108
80	Hattie	108
80	Mattie	108
83	Lillian	107
84	Charlotte	106
84	Sharon	106
86	Alma	105
86	Bertha	105
88	Ellen	104
88	Janie	104
88	Jessie	104
88	Josephine	104
92	Bessie	102
92	Sue	102
94	Rose	101
95	Eva	100
95	Ida	100
97	Hilda	99
97	Pauline	99
99	Christine	97
100	Nellie	94
100	Wilma	94