Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,783
2	Betty	1,160
3	Barbara	998
4	Shirley	721
5	Linda	539
6	Patricia	532
7	Nancy	520
8	Dorothy	516
9	Peggy	480
10	Carolyn	474
11	Martha	467
12	Joyce	439
13	Wanda	429
14	Margaret	421
15	Helen	353
16	Doris	282
17	Elizabeth	271
18	Virginia	266
19	Frances	264
20	Patsy	259
21	Wilma	255
22	Norma	236
23	Judy	234
24	Sandra	233
25	Ruby	223

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brenda	222
27	Alice	210
28	Judith	205
29	Mildred	204
30	Charlotte	200
31	Ruth	191
31	Sarah	191
33	Anna	184
34	Janice	180
35	Phyllis	175
36	Annie	174
36	Evelyn	174
38	Lois	172
39	Jo	166
40	Ann	163
41	Carol	161
42	Juanita	160
43	Emma	153
44	Edna	151
45	Bonnie	142
46	Gloria	136
47	Jean	135
48	Bobbie	132
48	Rebecca	132
50	Thelma	130
51	Margie	127
52	Glenda	124
53	Jane	120
54	Billie	117
55	Willie	114
56	Hazel	113
57	Gladys	112
57	Shelby	112
59	Clara	111
60	Beverly	109
61	Geraldine	107
62	Joan	106
63	Sue	101
64	Louise	99
65	Alma	96
65	Sara	96
67	Sylvia	94
68	Marie	92
69	Bettye	90
69	Joann	90
71	June	89
72	Donna	88
73	Lillian	86
74	Marilyn	85
75	Delores	84
76	Faye	83
76	Reba	83
78	Edith	82
78	Laura	82
78	Marjorie	82
81	Christine	78
82	Mattie	76
82	Rose	76
84	Georgia	75
85	Katherine	73
85	Lillie	73
87	Eva	72
88	Nellie	71
88	Vivian	71
90	Maxine	69
91	Ethel	68
92	Geneva	67
93	Anne	65
93	Ida	65
93	Johnnie	65
96	Bessie	64
96	Julia	64
98	Anita	63
99	Pauline	62
100	Bertha	61
100	Ella	61
100	Jeanette	61
100	Loretta	61