Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,998
2	Mary	1,955
3	Deborah	1,602
4	Brenda	1,514
5	Patricia	1,495
6	Barbara	1,094
7	Sandra	917
8	Carolyn	880
9	Betty	747
10	Susan	727
11	Judy	692
11	Nancy	692
13	Wanda	683
14	Kathy	617
15	Joyce	595
16	Donna	594
17	Shirley	591
18	Elizabeth	579
19	Debra	577
20	Janice	562
21	Cynthia	561
22	Pamela	543
23	Sharon	520
24	Gloria	479
24	Rebecca	479

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Martha	465
27	Margaret	462
28	Karen	447
29	Janet	408
30	Peggy	397
31	Doris	384
32	Teresa	382
33	Dorothy	359
34	Phyllis	357
35	Vickie	354
36	Carol	353
37	Cathy	334
38	Annie	318
39	Beverly	317
40	Frances	306
41	Virginia	289
42	Alice	277
43	Jo	273
44	Catherine	268
45	Diane	261
45	Helen	261
47	Bonnie	249
48	Glenda	247
49	Sarah	244
50	Sylvia	242
51	Patsy	235
52	Sherry	231
53	Evelyn	219
54	Sheila	212
55	Jane	209
56	Gwendolyn	205
57	Laura	204
58	Connie	201
59	Ann	198
60	Jacqueline	197
61	Joan	196
62	Marilyn	191
63	Ruth	183
64	Kathryn	179
65	Rita	176
66	Judith	173
67	Gail	172
68	Paula	164
69	Katherine	163
69	Ruby	163
71	Jean	160
72	Vivian	157
73	Vicki	156
74	Christine	155
75	Marsha	149
76	Dianne	146
76	Rhonda	146
78	Edna	143
79	Cheryl	142
80	Shelia	124
81	Angela	123
82	Emma	119
82	Mildred	119
84	Ellen	118
85	Belinda	117
85	Lois	117
85	Rose	117
88	Delores	115
88	Jennifer	115
88	Julia	115
91	Geraldine	113
92	Theresa	110
93	Edith	108
93	Norma	108
95	Marie	107
96	Denise	106
96	Jackie	106
98	Anita	102
98	Yvonne	102
100	Kathleen	100
100	Kay	100
100	Rosa	100