Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,343
2	Mary	2,033
3	Brenda	1,604
4	Patricia	1,354
5	Barbara	1,178
6	Carolyn	913
7	Sandra	868
8	Betty	841
9	Judy	810
10	Shirley	770
11	Deborah	742
12	Nancy	715
13	Susan	592
14	Joyce	590
15	Martha	565
15	Wanda	565
17	Margaret	536
18	Janice	519
19	Donna	503
20	Elizabeth	501
21	Gloria	439
22	Dorothy	431
23	Peggy	424
24	Rebecca	406
25	Sharon	404

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	387
27	Annie	386
28	Cynthia	376
29	Kathy	365
30	Carol	361
31	Doris	354
32	Pamela	353
33	Alice	333
34	Frances	319
35	Helen	315
36	Janet	306
37	Karen	302
38	Sarah	300
39	Sylvia	267
40	Glenda	263
41	Beverly	251
41	Vickie	251
43	Virginia	241
44	Catherine	240
45	Jane	236
46	Evelyn	218
47	Bonnie	217
47	Jo	217
47	Joan	217
50	Patsy	213
51	Teresa	205
52	Ann	204
52	Ruth	204
54	Jacqueline	199
55	Cathy	197
56	Connie	195
57	Diane	194
57	Gwendolyn	194
59	Sherry	188
60	Ruby	186
61	Judith	184
62	Gail	181
63	Rita	178
64	Sheila	175
65	Julia	165
66	Laura	158
67	Edna	157
68	Jean	154
68	Lois	154
70	Marilyn	151
71	Geraldine	147
71	Mildred	147
73	Rosa	145
74	Katherine	143
75	Kathryn	141
76	Dianne	139
77	Christine	134
77	Edith	134
77	Emma	134
80	Delores	132
81	Debra	131
81	Vivian	131
83	Paula	126
83	Vicki	126
85	Marsha	122
86	Norma	119
87	Cheryl	118
88	Ellen	114
88	Marie	114
90	Rhonda	113
90	Theresa	113
92	Kay	112
93	Gladys	111
94	Rose	106
95	Hazel	105
96	Rachel	103
97	Sue	102
97	Thelma	102
99	Lillie	101
100	Ethel	100