Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,784
2	Linda	1,725
3	Deborah	1,645
4	Patricia	1,425
5	Brenda	1,233
6	Barbara	1,091
7	Sandra	856
8	Debra	837
9	Carolyn	819
10	Susan	810
11	Cynthia	782
12	Pamela	753
13	Kathy	739
14	Betty	692
15	Shirley	660
16	Judy	656
17	Nancy	650
18	Wanda	624
19	Donna	623
20	Sharon	606
21	Joyce	541
22	Elizabeth	536
23	Janice	504
24	Rebecca	494
25	Karen	474

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Martha	465
27	Gloria	463
28	Margaret	437
29	Teresa	428
30	Cathy	408
31	Vickie	393
32	Beverly	383
33	Janet	382
34	Peggy	368
35	Phyllis	358
36	Dorothy	349
37	Doris	339
38	Carol	306
39	Alice	289
39	Frances	289
41	Diane	275
42	Sheila	274
43	Catherine	271
44	Marilyn	268
45	Sarah	266
46	Annie	259
47	Helen	257
48	Jo	253
49	Virginia	242
50	Connie	238
51	Bonnie	232
52	Glenda	229
53	Sherry	222
54	Patsy	216
55	Gwendolyn	215
56	Jacqueline	214
56	Sylvia	214
58	Evelyn	201
59	Paula	195
60	Rhonda	193
61	Joan	184
62	Jane	180
63	Vicki	177
64	Ann	175
65	Katherine	173
66	Rita	172
67	Kathryn	171
68	Gail	170
69	Laura	167
70	Theresa	155
71	Ruby	153
72	Denise	149
72	Julia	149
74	Vivian	146
75	Angela	143
76	Shelia	140
77	Dianne	138
78	Cheryl	137
78	Marsha	137
80	Ellen	136
80	Jean	136
82	Mildred	134
82	Ruth	134
84	Vanessa	130
85	Rose	129
86	Anita	126
87	Debbie	124
88	Anna	120
88	Rosa	120
90	Yvonne	117
91	Christine	115
91	Edna	115
93	Juanita	112
94	Robin	111
95	Lois	109
96	Judith	108
97	Jackie	107
97	Kathleen	107
99	Jennifer	102
99	Wilma	102