Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,314
2	Linda	1,701
3	Barbara	1,172
4	Betty	1,148
5	Brenda	1,122
6	Carolyn	978
6	Patricia	978
8	Judy	837
9	Shirley	760
10	Nancy	702
11	Dorothy	625
12	Margaret	606
13	Joyce	604
14	Sandra	602
15	Annie	522
16	Martha	494
17	Peggy	451
18	Elizabeth	441
19	Frances	438
20	Doris	432
21	Alice	396
22	Carol	375
23	Judith	368
24	Helen	365
25	Gloria	338

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	331
26	Virginia	331
28	Janice	297
29	Rebecca	285
30	Phyllis	272
31	Evelyn	247
32	Mildred	230
32	Patsy	230
34	Ruth	228
35	Ruby	225
36	Joan	213
37	Jean	212
38	Sylvia	209
39	Ann	208
39	Susan	208
41	Glenda	207
42	Edna	199
43	Janet	194
44	Geraldine	192
45	Wanda	181
46	Bonnie	179
47	Donna	172
48	Lois	168
49	Julia	167
50	Hazel	163
51	Jo	159
52	Rosa	154
53	Emma	153
53	Minnie	153
55	Marie	147
56	Jane	146
57	Edith	142
58	Clara	141
59	Ella	136
60	Louise	135
61	Margie	134
62	Catherine	133
63	Kay	132
64	Gladys	129
65	Lillie	127
65	Willie	127
67	Sharon	126
68	Rachel	124
69	Norma	120
70	Ethel	115
71	Faye	114
72	Laura	112
72	Nellie	112
72	Vivian	112
75	Wilma	111
76	Eva	110
77	Christine	109
77	Delores	109
77	Thelma	109
80	Hilda	106
81	Ellen	105
82	Bettie	103
82	Sue	103
84	Juanita	101
84	Katherine	101
84	Lynda	101
87	Rose	99
88	Bertha	98
88	Janie	98
90	Lillian	96
90	Marilyn	96
92	Anne	95
92	Mattie	95
94	Cheryl	94
95	Lucy	93
96	Alma	92
97	Gail	91
98	Josephine	90
99	Anna	89
99	Rita	89