Most popular girls’ names in North Carolina, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,355
2	Linda	1,119
3	Deborah	1,081
4	Cynthia	1,004
5	Teresa	962
6	Patricia	929
7	Susan	887
8	Kathy	877
9	Debra	853
10	Brenda	787
11	Pamela	765
12	Donna	756
13	Barbara	746
14	Karen	743
15	Sharon	723
16	Sandra	714
17	Wanda	561
18	Debbie	542
19	Elizabeth	531
20	Carolyn	520
21	Cheryl	509
22	Betty	486
23	Nancy	437
24	Cathy	417
25	Janet	405

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	401
27	Robin	397
28	Lisa	390
29	Judy	383
30	Joyce	381
31	Shirley	376
32	Tammy	358
33	Vickie	346
34	Beverly	345
35	Phyllis	339
36	Sheila	335
37	Cindy	333
38	Rebecca	317
38	Sherry	317
40	Peggy	315
41	Martha	312
42	Carol	307
43	Angela	298
44	Rhonda	291
45	Kimberly	282
46	Gloria	280
47	Margaret	272
48	Connie	264
49	Julie	229
50	Laura	226
51	Diane	224
52	Sarah	223
53	Catherine	218
54	Terry	213
55	Darlene	212
55	Sylvia	212
57	Dorothy	207
58	Anita	200
59	Denise	197
59	Shelia	197
61	Doris	195
62	Vanessa	194
63	Rita	183
64	Helen	179
65	Jo	175
66	Kim	173
67	Virginia	172
68	Theresa	171
69	Glenda	169
70	Frances	168
70	Rose	168
72	Jacqueline	166
72	Terri	166
74	Bonnie	164
75	Annie	153
76	Julia	152
77	Vicki	149
78	Paula	148
79	Katherine	147
80	Alice	145
80	Jennifer	145
80	Tina	145
83	Gwendolyn	141
84	Myra	140
85	Penny	136
86	Annette	134
87	Christine	133
87	Jackie	133
89	Amy	129
90	Kathryn	127
91	Marilyn	126
92	Ann	125
92	Jane	125
94	Ellen	119
95	Valerie	118
96	Belinda	117
97	Becky	116
98	Ruth	115
99	Evelyn	114
100	Joan	113