Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,929
2	Linda	1,402
3	Barbara	1,076
4	Betty	1,060
5	Carolyn	822
6	Patricia	748
7	Shirley	716
8	Brenda	622
9	Dorothy	534
10	Nancy	533
11	Judy	524
12	Joyce	521
13	Sandra	502
14	Martha	485
15	Margaret	478
16	Wanda	398
17	Peggy	391
18	Helen	346
19	Elizabeth	339
20	Patsy	325
21	Virginia	314
22	Doris	287
23	Carol	284
24	Janice	276
24	Judith	276

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	260
27	Charlotte	225
28	Glenda	223
29	Phyllis	220
29	Wilma	220
31	Alice	203
32	Ruby	200
33	Gloria	195
34	Sarah	190
35	Donna	189
35	Jo	189
37	Anna	182
38	Ann	179
39	Mildred	167
40	Annie	165
41	Ruth	162
42	Sharon	161
43	Norma	160
44	Evelyn	156
45	Beverly	151
46	Joan	150
47	Edna	144
48	Bobbie	138
48	Bonnie	138
48	Lois	138
51	Rebecca	133
52	Juanita	132
53	Jane	127
54	Sue	118
55	Emma	117
55	Thelma	117
57	Billie	116
58	Katherine	113
59	Marilyn	112
60	Jean	110
61	Willie	107
62	Lynda	105
62	Margie	105
64	Faye	102
65	Georgia	97
65	Susan	97
67	Hazel	96
68	Vivian	95
69	Eva	94
70	Clara	92
70	Geraldine	92
70	Marie	92
73	Janet	91
74	Alma	87
75	Delores	86
75	Julia	86
75	Reba	86
78	Edith	85
78	Sylvia	85
80	Johnnie	83
81	Louise	80
82	Bettye	79
82	Rose	79
84	Ella	78
85	Laura	77
86	Sara	76
87	Loretta	74
88	Ethel	73
88	Lillian	73
88	Rita	73
91	Kay	72
92	Anita	71
92	Gail	71
94	Catherine	70
94	Minnie	70
96	Jessie	69
97	Carole	68
97	Geneva	68
99	Mattie	67
100	Gladys	65
100	Pamela	65
100	Sally	65