Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,223
2	Linda	1,730
3	Barbara	1,265
4	Betty	1,106
5	Brenda	1,099
6	Patricia	961
7	Carolyn	955
8	Judy	844
9	Shirley	819
10	Sandra	653
11	Nancy	652
12	Joyce	624
13	Dorothy	576
14	Margaret	548
15	Martha	455
16	Annie	446
17	Frances	413
18	Peggy	411
19	Elizabeth	410
20	Gloria	408
21	Doris	406
22	Carol	400
23	Janice	379
24	Helen	356
25	Virginia	337

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	331
27	Sarah	305
28	Judith	298
29	Rebecca	275
30	Patsy	258
31	Phyllis	257
32	Wanda	248
33	Sylvia	247
34	Ruth	240
35	Evelyn	233
36	Jean	228
37	Ann	225
38	Susan	224
39	Ruby	214
40	Mildred	213
41	Donna	206
41	Joan	206
43	Glenda	204
44	Jane	189
45	Geraldine	187
46	Jo	185
47	Janet	178
48	Edna	171
49	Lois	168
50	Hazel	159
51	Rosa	153
52	Catherine	150
53	Bonnie	148
54	Rachel	144
55	Emma	141
55	Vivian	141
57	Julia	139
58	Kay	138
59	Laura	137
60	Clara	136
61	Ella	135
62	Lillie	133
63	Edith	130
64	Louise	129
65	Diane	124
65	Marie	124
65	Norma	124
65	Willie	124
69	Margie	121
70	Christine	118
71	Hilda	117
71	Juanita	117
71	Sharon	117
74	Faye	116
75	Ethel	113
76	Marilyn	112
77	Minnie	110
78	Beverly	109
78	Delores	109
80	Bessie	108
80	Connie	108
82	Carrie	107
83	Lillian	105
84	Gladys	104
85	Anna	103
85	Thelma	103
87	Ellen	99
87	Gwendolyn	99
87	Janie	99
87	Rose	99
91	Dianne	98
91	Rita	98
93	Charlotte	97
94	Hattie	96
95	Bettie	95
96	Billie	94
96	Mattie	94
98	Wilma	92
99	Lynda	91
100	Bertha	90
100	Gail	90