Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,595
2	Linda	1,241
3	Betty	695
4	Patricia	687
5	Barbara	668
6	Brenda	602
7	Shirley	537
8	Sandra	503
9	Carolyn	458
10	Dorothy	395
11	Margaret	385
12	Nancy	357
13	Martha	353
14	Judy	346
15	Gloria	333
16	Elizabeth	307
17	Annie	282
18	Sarah	252
19	Janice	246
20	Joyce	245
21	Susan	243
22	Frances	218
23	Rebecca	207
24	Doris	205
25	Deborah	202

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peggy	195
27	Donna	192
28	Helen	189
29	Carol	183
30	Rosa	180
31	Virginia	179
32	Cynthia	172
33	Alice	168
34	Mildred	151
34	Wanda	151
36	Evelyn	148
37	Diane	145
38	Kathy	144
39	Lillie	143
40	Emma	138
41	Julia	134
41	Ruth	134
41	Sylvia	134
44	Willie	124
45	Catherine	122
45	Sharon	122
47	Phyllis	120
48	Joan	119
49	Ruby	113
50	Carrie	111
51	Laura	109
51	Rose	109
53	Dianne	107
54	Beverly	106
55	Ella	105
55	Judith	105
57	Jean	103
57	Jo	103
59	Connie	102
59	Janie	102
61	Ann	100
62	Patsy	98
63	Pamela	97
64	Ethel	96
64	Geraldine	96
66	Cheryl	94
66	Jacqueline	94
68	Delores	93
68	Hattie	93
70	Janet	92
70	Karen	92
70	Marie	92
73	Bonnie	91
74	Deloris	90
75	Louise	89
75	Minnie	89
77	Thelma	88
78	Sara	87
79	Christine	86
79	Glenda	86
79	Vivian	86
82	Daisy	85
82	Mattie	85
84	Bertha	84
85	Gladys	83
85	Gwendolyn	83
85	Juanita	83
88	Edna	80
88	Elaine	80
88	Marilyn	80
91	Katherine	78
92	Jane	77
92	Jessie	77
92	Rita	77
95	Lillian	76
96	Bessie	74
96	Mae	74
98	Edith	72
99	Cathy	71
100	Ida	69
100	Joann	69
100	Johnnie	69
100	Kathryn	69
100	Teresa	69