Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,884
2	Mary	2,403
3	Brenda	1,791
4	Barbara	1,418
5	Patricia	1,283
6	Carolyn	1,104
7	Betty	1,054
8	Judy	988
9	Sandra	976
10	Nancy	775
11	Shirley	767
12	Joyce	647
13	Margaret	604
14	Martha	597
15	Janice	541
15	Susan	541
17	Elizabeth	539
18	Peggy	520
19	Dorothy	510
20	Gloria	452
21	Donna	441
22	Annie	431
23	Wanda	426
24	Rebecca	425
25	Frances	423

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carol	401
27	Phyllis	398
28	Doris	396
29	Helen	370
30	Sarah	365
31	Sharon	358
32	Alice	346
33	Cynthia	315
34	Virginia	303
35	Patsy	293
36	Sylvia	273
37	Bonnie	268
38	Janet	267
39	Evelyn	264
40	Judith	258
41	Pamela	249
42	Deborah	241
43	Beverly	239
44	Glenda	238
45	Ruby	222
46	Jane	220
47	Jo	219
48	Ann	212
49	Edna	207
49	Ruth	207
51	Catherine	205
52	Joan	203
53	Diane	197
54	Geraldine	191
55	Teresa	181
56	Mildred	176
57	Karen	171
58	Jacqueline	169
59	Vivian	167
60	Connie	166
61	Emma	163
61	Jean	163
61	Sheila	163
64	Lois	162
64	Vickie	162
66	Sherry	158
67	Gwendolyn	154
68	Laura	153
68	Rosa	153
70	Delores	148
70	Rita	148
72	Kathy	145
73	Julia	144
74	Cheryl	143
75	Christine	141
75	Edith	141
77	Gail	135
78	Ella	133
78	Marilyn	133
80	Sue	132
81	Margie	128
81	Norma	128
83	Dianne	125
84	Hazel	123
84	Lillie	123
84	Wilma	123
87	Thelma	121
88	Clara	120
88	Ethel	120
88	Gladys	120
91	Hilda	119
92	Rose	118
93	Juanita	117
94	Lynda	116
95	Marie	111
96	Ellen	110
96	Kay	110
98	Anna	109
99	Katherine	108
100	Minnie	106