Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,724
2	Mary	2,236
3	Brenda	1,612
4	Patricia	1,353
5	Barbara	1,207
6	Carolyn	1,006
7	Betty	952
8	Sandra	947
9	Judy	913
10	Shirley	809
11	Nancy	770
12	Margaret	630
13	Susan	574
14	Joyce	565
15	Janice	561
16	Elizabeth	520
17	Martha	515
18	Wanda	504
19	Donna	498
20	Peggy	472
21	Dorothy	460
22	Gloria	444
23	Deborah	438
24	Annie	421
25	Rebecca	415

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Doris	385
27	Alice	383
28	Sharon	364
29	Frances	362
30	Carol	357
31	Kathy	351
32	Phyllis	350
33	Helen	338
34	Cynthia	331
35	Sarah	319
36	Pamela	304
37	Virginia	291
38	Janet	271
39	Bonnie	260
40	Glenda	258
40	Sylvia	258
42	Beverly	252
43	Catherine	247
44	Evelyn	246
45	Patsy	234
46	Joan	223
47	Judith	219
48	Karen	209
49	Mildred	205
50	Jo	203
51	Diane	194
52	Connie	193
53	Jane	188
53	Vickie	188
55	Jacqueline	186
56	Jean	185
57	Ann	184
58	Ruby	183
59	Ruth	182
60	Gwendolyn	181
61	Teresa	180
62	Sheila	171
63	Rita	170
64	Sherry	169
65	Edna	164
65	Geraldine	164
67	Lois	163
68	Julia	162
69	Laura	156
70	Katherine	149
71	Marilyn	146
72	Cathy	144
73	Gail	143
74	Rosa	142
75	Edith	138
75	Emma	138
77	Cheryl	135
78	Ella	134
79	Dianne	130
80	Christine	127
81	Ellen	126
82	Vivian	123
83	Kathryn	121
83	Rose	121
85	Clara	119
86	Hilda	118
86	Marie	118
88	Delores	117
89	Kay	115
90	Vicki	112
91	Janie	110
91	Lillie	110
91	Rachel	110
94	Belinda	107
94	Eva	107
94	Norma	107
97	Ethel	105
97	Hazel	105
97	Wilma	105
100	Paula	103