Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,642
2	Linda	1,290
3	Barbara	714
4	Betty	699
5	Patricia	691
6	Brenda	536
7	Shirley	477
8	Carolyn	423
9	Sandra	420
10	Margaret	406
11	Dorothy	397
12	Nancy	387
13	Judy	364
14	Martha	359
15	Annie	346
16	Elizabeth	307
17	Gloria	291
18	Susan	256
19	Sarah	253
20	Joyce	251
21	Frances	246
22	Peggy	210
22	Rebecca	210
24	Helen	204
25	Doris	201

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	199
27	Virginia	190
28	Rosa	183
29	Carol	170
30	Donna	167
31	Ruth	164
32	Mildred	158
33	Alice	155
33	Cynthia	155
33	Lillie	155
36	Evelyn	148
37	Catherine	143
37	Deborah	143
39	Sylvia	142
40	Julia	130
41	Willie	129
42	Diane	125
43	Louise	123
44	Patsy	122
45	Ruby	116
46	Delores	115
46	Phyllis	115
46	Wanda	115
49	Carrie	114
49	Emma	114
51	Geraldine	110
52	Beverly	108
53	Mattie	107
54	Ann	106
55	Ethel	103
56	Laura	101
57	Cheryl	100
57	Ella	100
57	Jo	100
57	Joan	100
57	Judith	100
62	Bonnie	99
62	Juanita	99
62	Sara	99
65	Rose	98
66	Sharon	97
67	Jane	94
68	Bessie	91
68	Janie	91
70	Hattie	89
71	Dianne	87
72	Pamela	86
73	Marie	85
73	Thelma	85
75	Clara	84
76	Christine	83
76	Janet	83
76	Margie	83
79	Deloris	82
79	Edna	82
79	Marilyn	82
82	Bertha	81
82	Mae	81
82	Vivian	81
85	Johnnie	80
85	Lillian	80
87	Minnie	78
88	Elaine	76
88	Josephine	76
90	Connie	74
90	Jean	74
90	Karen	74
93	Daisy	72
93	Jacqueline	72
95	Sally	71
96	Lois	68
97	Hazel	67
97	Kathy	67
99	Rita	66
100	Katherine	65