Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,949
2	Mary	2,568
3	Brenda	1,815
4	Barbara	1,484
5	Patricia	1,404
6	Carolyn	1,233
7	Betty	1,212
8	Judy	1,144
9	Sandra	913
10	Shirley	887
11	Nancy	841
12	Margaret	721
13	Joyce	688
14	Martha	618
15	Dorothy	565
16	Elizabeth	556
17	Janice	554
18	Peggy	537
19	Frances	479
19	Gloria	479
21	Annie	470
22	Phyllis	462
23	Rebecca	459
24	Doris	455
25	Susan	433

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donna	418
27	Helen	399
28	Carol	394
29	Alice	393
30	Sarah	366
31	Wanda	359
32	Virginia	325
33	Judith	321
34	Patsy	318
35	Sylvia	299
36	Sharon	298
37	Joan	290
38	Jo	286
39	Janet	273
40	Evelyn	272
40	Glenda	272
42	Bonnie	261
43	Cynthia	256
44	Ann	251
45	Ruth	239
46	Beverly	231
47	Mildred	217
48	Jane	216
49	Lois	214
50	Edna	207
50	Pamela	207
52	Ruby	206
53	Jean	201
54	Diane	198
55	Catherine	197
56	Geraldine	180
57	Julia	176
58	Connie	174
59	Norma	163
60	Sheila	161
61	Kay	157
62	Edith	156
62	Sherry	156
64	Rosa	154
65	Karen	153
65	Vivian	153
67	Laura	152
68	Dianne	151
69	Lynda	150
70	Rita	145
71	Hazel	144
72	Margie	140
72	Marilyn	140
74	Emma	138
74	Jacqueline	138
76	Cheryl	137
76	Clara	137
78	Janie	132
79	Ella	131
79	Ellen	131
81	Gwendolyn	130
81	Sue	130
83	Gladys	128
83	Rachel	128
85	Christine	127
86	Deborah	126
87	Delores	125
88	Elaine	124
89	Gail	123
90	Ethel	122
90	Hilda	122
92	Marie	117
93	Willie	116
94	Louise	115
95	Katherine	113
96	Anna	110
96	Rose	110
98	Kathryn	109
98	Thelma	109
100	Lillie	108
100	Wilma	108