Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,867
2	Betty	1,134
3	Barbara	1,083
4	Linda	1,049
5	Patricia	762
6	Carolyn	753
7	Shirley	734
8	Joyce	579
9	Martha	532
10	Dorothy	525
11	Nancy	508
12	Peggy	499
13	Brenda	473
14	Sandra	452
15	Wanda	426
16	Margaret	406
17	Judy	383
18	Elizabeth	327
19	Virginia	315
20	Patsy	310
21	Helen	304
22	Frances	285
23	Doris	274
24	Judith	254
25	Carol	231

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	230
27	Phyllis	226
28	Norma	225
29	Sarah	221
30	Wilma	208
31	Glenda	207
32	Mildred	203
33	Jo	201
34	Charlotte	199
35	Alice	191
36	Anna	182
37	Ruby	180
38	Evelyn	177
39	Annie	176
40	Bonnie	175
41	Donna	160
41	Ruth	160
43	Edna	158
44	Billie	157
45	Ann	156
45	Gloria	156
47	Bobbie	154
48	Rebecca	148
49	Beverly	145
49	Lois	145
51	Joan	137
52	Jane	135
53	Jean	127
54	Geraldine	123
55	Juanita	122
55	Thelma	122
57	Emma	116
58	Katherine	110
58	Sue	110
60	Clara	109
61	Margie	105
62	Willie	104
63	Marie	103
64	Hazel	101
65	Gladys	100
66	Louise	99
66	Rose	99
68	Sara	97
69	Georgia	95
70	Julia	94
71	Sylvia	93
72	Marilyn	91
73	Faye	90
74	Janet	89
75	Carole	88
76	Eva	84
77	Alma	82
77	Edith	82
79	Mattie	81
79	Minnie	81
79	Sharon	81
82	Nellie	80
83	Lynda	78
84	Bettye	77
85	Johnnie	76
86	Ella	75
86	Joann	75
86	Vivian	75
89	Kay	74
90	Delores	73
90	Laura	73
90	Susan	73
93	Lillie	72
94	Reba	71
95	Bessie	67
95	Rita	67
97	Diane	66
97	Lillian	66
97	Pauline	66
97	Rosie	66