Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,925
2	Betty	1,099
3	Barbara	1,057
4	Linda	731
5	Patricia	725
6	Shirley	714
7	Carolyn	603
8	Nancy	523
9	Peggy	509
10	Dorothy	508
11	Martha	504
12	Joyce	474
13	Margaret	443
14	Wanda	434
15	Sandra	378
16	Judy	376
17	Brenda	358
18	Patsy	350
19	Virginia	318
20	Helen	304
21	Doris	279
22	Elizabeth	271
23	Frances	264
24	Wilma	241
25	Janice	234

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Judith	232
27	Norma	231
28	Ruby	222
29	Alice	212
30	Jo	200
31	Carol	199
32	Mildred	197
33	Anna	194
34	Charlotte	189
35	Evelyn	187
36	Sarah	186
37	Phyllis	184
38	Bobbie	169
38	Bonnie	169
40	Ann	164
41	Annie	159
41	Gloria	159
43	Ruth	157
44	Edna	154
45	Glenda	148
45	Rebecca	148
47	Lois	135
48	Emma	125
49	Joan	123
49	Juanita	123
51	Thelma	122
52	Willie	119
53	Geraldine	114
54	Margie	112
55	Beverly	110
56	Jean	107
56	Sue	107
58	Sylvia	105
59	Billie	102
60	Donna	101
61	Gladys	98
62	Joann	97
62	Louise	97
64	Hazel	96
65	Jane	95
66	Georgia	94
67	Minnie	93
68	Alma	91
68	Clara	91
70	Julia	90
71	Bettye	89
71	Mattie	89
73	Faye	87
74	Eva	81
74	Katherine	81
74	Marilyn	81
74	Rose	81
78	Nellie	80
79	Vivian	77
80	Loretta	76
80	Sara	76
82	Johnnie	74
83	Edith	72
83	Laura	72
83	Reba	72
86	Ella	69
86	Jessie	69
88	Delores	68
89	Eleanor	67
89	Ethel	67
91	Anne	66
91	Geneva	66
91	Lillian	66
91	Lillie	66
95	Bessie	65
95	Shelby	65
97	June	64
97	Marie	64
97	Marjorie	64
100	Janet	62