Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,734
2	Betty	1,245
3	Barbara	975
4	Shirley	827
5	Dorothy	557
6	Martha	508
7	Peggy	484
8	Patricia	458
9	Nancy	452
10	Margaret	449
11	Carolyn	412
12	Joyce	398
13	Wanda	392
14	Linda	361
15	Helen	334
16	Virginia	289
17	Elizabeth	275
18	Doris	269
19	Norma	261
20	Patsy	257
21	Wilma	256
22	Frances	247
23	Ruby	234
24	Anna	222
25	Mildred	210

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jo	192
27	Sarah	190
28	Evelyn	186
29	Janice	180
30	Annie	174
31	Alice	171
32	Ruth	165
33	Sandra	163
34	Bobbie	157
35	Charlotte	156
36	Edna	149
36	Judith	149
38	Carol	144
38	Judy	144
40	Lois	143
41	Juanita	141
42	Phyllis	136
43	Emma	132
44	Ann	130
44	Thelma	130
46	Jean	126
46	Shelby	126
48	Sue	124
49	Sylvia	123
50	Billie	121
51	Clara	118
52	Willie	117
53	Hazel	116
54	Glenda	114
55	Beverly	108
55	Bonnie	108
55	Joan	108
55	Margie	108
59	Edith	107
59	Jane	107
61	Rebecca	104
62	Gladys	99
63	Louise	97
63	Marjorie	97
65	Marie	96
66	Bettye	95
66	Marilyn	95
68	Alma	94
69	Joann	93
70	Julia	91
70	Sara	91
72	Laura	90
73	Faye	89
73	Gloria	89
75	Donna	88
75	Geraldine	88
77	Georgia	85
77	Reba	85
79	Ella	84
79	Ethel	84
81	Eva	83
81	Mattie	83
83	Katherine	80
84	Nellie	79
85	Lillian	76
86	Delores	71
87	Eleanor	69
87	Loretta	69
89	Johnnie	68
89	Rachel	68
91	Geneva	67
92	Bessie	66
92	Christine	66
94	Bertha	65
94	Brenda	65
94	Pauline	65
97	June	64
98	Jessie	63
99	Josephine	62
100	Minnie	61