Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1946

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	1,974
3	Brenda	1,538
4	Barbara	1,384
5	Patricia	1,272
6	Betty	1,095
7	Carolyn	1,056
8	Judy	1,034
9	Shirley	838
10	Nancy	815
11	Sandra	812
12	Margaret	687
13	Joyce	651
14	Dorothy	595
15	Martha	574
16	Elizabeth	502
17	Janice	482
18	Peggy	476
19	Gloria	459
20	Annie	455
21	Frances	448
22	Doris	398
23	Alice	390
24	Carol	388
25	Helen	378

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rebecca	360
27	Phyllis	345
28	Sarah	334
29	Donna	329
30	Susan	328
31	Judith	325
32	Virginia	324
33	Wanda	301
34	Sylvia	298
35	Evelyn	274
36	Patsy	264
37	Joan	258
38	Sharon	257
39	Mildred	236
40	Ruby	230
41	Janet	224
42	Jane	222
43	Jean	221
44	Ann	220
45	Jo	214
46	Ruth	212
47	Glenda	205
48	Geraldine	195
49	Bonnie	190
50	Beverly	183
50	Edna	183
52	Catherine	182
53	Rosa	171
54	Lois	170
55	Norma	164
56	Julia	163
57	Emma	162
58	Cynthia	159
59	Diane	158
60	Sheila	156
61	Pamela	152
62	Hazel	143
63	Clara	137
64	Rita	136
65	Karen	134
65	Lillie	134
67	Laura	132
68	Connie	131
68	Ethel	131
68	Kay	131
68	Margie	131
72	Christine	130
72	Vivian	130
74	Delores	129
75	Edith	127
76	Gladys	124
76	Gwendolyn	124
78	Sue	123
79	Rachel	121
80	Minnie	120
81	Anne	119
82	Ellen	118
83	Anna	116
83	Hilda	116
83	Janie	116
86	Dianne	115
86	Marilyn	115
88	Willie	114
89	Bettie	113
89	Cheryl	113
89	Gail	113
89	Lillian	113
89	Wilma	113
94	Katherine	111
95	Marie	108
96	Alma	106
96	Ella	106
98	Elaine	104
99	Georgia	102
99	Juanita	102