Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,163
2	Mary	2,119
3	Brenda	1,599
4	Patricia	1,520
5	Deborah	1,362
6	Barbara	1,116
7	Carolyn	939
8	Sandra	927
9	Betty	817
10	Judy	765
11	Nancy	691
12	Shirley	672
13	Susan	654
14	Wanda	642
15	Joyce	604
16	Janice	593
17	Donna	576
18	Margaret	530
19	Gloria	518
20	Elizabeth	497
21	Martha	483
22	Sharon	474
23	Cynthia	445
24	Pamela	432
25	Kathy	428

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rebecca	426
27	Peggy	423
28	Dorothy	405
29	Phyllis	390
30	Karen	376
31	Debra	366
32	Annie	360
33	Doris	343
34	Carol	342
34	Janet	342
36	Alice	310
37	Frances	304
38	Vickie	300
39	Beverly	292
40	Sylvia	276
41	Sarah	273
42	Teresa	272
43	Helen	270
44	Diane	265
45	Glenda	260
46	Cathy	249
47	Bonnie	247
48	Virginia	241
49	Patsy	235
50	Catherine	232
51	Jacqueline	227
52	Gwendolyn	225
53	Connie	222
53	Jo	222
53	Sheila	222
56	Jane	221
57	Evelyn	218
58	Joan	202
59	Rita	190
60	Judith	188
61	Gail	183
62	Ann	182
63	Ruth	181
64	Katherine	180
65	Ruby	172
66	Marilyn	171
67	Sherry	169
68	Laura	166
68	Vicki	166
70	Jean	164
71	Kathryn	158
72	Dianne	151
72	Rose	151
74	Vivian	150
75	Geraldine	144
76	Paula	143
77	Christine	137
78	Cheryl	136
79	Rosa	135
80	Ellen	133
81	Lois	132
81	Marsha	132
83	Julia	130
84	Mildred	127
85	Yvonne	126
86	Delores	120
87	Edna	118
88	Edith	117
88	Kathleen	117
90	Rhonda	114
91	Kay	113
91	Lillie	113
93	Emma	112
94	Belinda	110
95	Norma	109
96	Ella	108
97	Shelia	106
98	Margie	105
99	Elaine	101
99	Rachel	101