Most popular girls’ names in South Carolina, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,459
2	Linda	989
3	Patricia	797
4	Barbara	684
5	Brenda	609
6	Deborah	576
7	Betty	566
8	Shirley	481
9	Carolyn	448
10	Sandra	442
11	Nancy	390
12	Margaret	370
13	Judy	369
14	Dorothy	344
14	Gloria	344
16	Elizabeth	338
17	Martha	326
18	Susan	310
19	Janice	274
20	Sarah	255
21	Donna	250
22	Annie	247
23	Joyce	245
24	Kathy	228
25	Wanda	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cynthia	226
27	Debra	218
28	Frances	203
28	Peggy	203
30	Rebecca	189
31	Carol	185
32	Helen	182
33	Doris	176
34	Virginia	175
35	Catherine	166
36	Beverly	164
37	Sharon	161
38	Rosa	158
39	Sylvia	156
40	Pamela	154
41	Alice	153
42	Diane	150
42	Ruth	150
44	Karen	149
45	Jo	134
46	Evelyn	130
46	Rose	130
48	Janet	123
49	Lillie	120
50	Ann	116
51	Carrie	114
51	Gwendolyn	114
53	Willie	111
54	Cathy	110
54	Mildred	110
56	Connie	109
56	Jacqueline	109
58	Phyllis	108
59	Joan	107
60	Deloris	105
61	Katherine	104
61	Ruby	104
63	Vivian	102
64	Janie	101
64	Julia	101
64	Laura	101
67	Emma	98
67	Gail	98
69	Sara	96
70	Christine	94
70	Edna	94
72	Jane	91
73	Marilyn	90
74	Patsy	89
75	Cheryl	88
76	Geraldine	87
76	Jean	87
76	Louise	87
76	Sherry	87
76	Teresa	87
81	Ethel	86
81	Juanita	86
83	Dianne	83
84	Bonnie	82
84	Delores	82
84	Hattie	82
87	Gladys	81
88	Ellen	79
88	Marie	79
90	Elaine	77
91	Ella	76
91	Judith	76
91	Kathryn	76
91	Vickie	76
91	Yvonne	76
96	Anna	75
97	Margie	74
97	Minnie	74
97	Thelma	74
100	Bertha	69