Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,454
2	Linda	1,005
3	Barbara	726
4	Patricia	711
5	Betty	606
6	Brenda	582
7	Shirley	533
8	Sandra	506
9	Carolyn	430
10	Nancy	381
11	Dorothy	378
12	Margaret	372
13	Deborah	355
14	Judy	349
15	Martha	324
16	Elizabeth	321
17	Gloria	320
18	Annie	317
19	Susan	282
20	Joyce	270
21	Frances	262
22	Janice	256
23	Sarah	241
24	Cynthia	216
25	Wanda	212

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	210
27	Peggy	203
28	Rebecca	202
29	Doris	200
30	Kathy	199
31	Helen	197
32	Donna	196
33	Alice	184
34	Carol	163
35	Catherine	151
36	Rosa	148
36	Sharon	148
38	Diane	141
39	Beverly	132
39	Mildred	132
41	Sylvia	124
42	Ruth	121
43	Deloris	119
43	Lillie	119
45	Karen	116
45	Phyllis	116
47	Rose	115
48	Carrie	114
48	Evelyn	114
50	Vivian	111
51	Pamela	108
51	Willie	108
53	Emma	105
53	Julia	105
55	Bonnie	104
55	Jo	104
55	Patsy	104
58	Janet	102
59	Dianne	101
60	Ann	99
60	Ruby	99
62	Cheryl	98
62	Jacqueline	98
64	Ella	97
65	Gladys	95
66	Christine	93
66	Mattie	93
68	Laura	91
69	Joan	90
70	Delores	89
70	Louise	89
72	Jane	88
72	Judith	88
74	Janie	87
74	Katherine	87
74	Sara	87
77	Connie	86
78	Anna	85
79	Hattie	84
80	Bertha	83
80	Gwendolyn	83
80	Margie	83
83	Marie	81
84	Marilyn	80
85	Cathy	79
86	Edna	78
86	Ethel	78
88	Kathryn	77
89	Elaine	76
89	Geraldine	76
91	Edith	75
91	Vickie	75
93	Bobbie	74
93	Marsha	74
95	Gail	72
95	Glenda	72
95	Jessie	72
98	Jean	71
99	Bessie	70
100	Debra	69
100	Eva	69
100	Johnnie	69
100	Loretta	69