Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,809
2	Linda	1,445
3	Barbara	992
4	Betty	913
5	Carolyn	820
6	Patricia	797
7	Brenda	720
8	Shirley	668
9	Judy	612
10	Sandra	567
11	Nancy	537
12	Joyce	524
13	Martha	444
14	Dorothy	436
15	Wanda	416
16	Peggy	407
17	Margaret	386
18	Elizabeth	328
19	Patsy	318
20	Carol	303
21	Helen	285
22	Virginia	277
23	Judith	259
24	Doris	254
25	Janice	249

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	226
27	Frances	220
28	Glenda	218
29	Phyllis	216
30	Charlotte	215
31	Donna	203
31	Wilma	203
33	Ruby	198
34	Sarah	194
35	Gloria	191
36	Jo	189
37	Anna	181
38	Sharon	176
39	Ruth	168
40	Mildred	164
41	Bonnie	159
42	Annie	158
43	Evelyn	154
44	Ann	149
44	Rebecca	149
46	Norma	145
47	Lois	140
48	Joan	139
49	Beverly	136
50	Bobbie	133
51	Janet	132
52	Billie	131
53	Jean	123
54	Edna	121
55	Marilyn	120
56	Thelma	118
57	Sue	117
57	Susan	117
59	Jane	112
60	Willie	108
61	Geraldine	107
62	Georgia	106
63	Clara	101
63	Emma	101
65	Juanita	93
66	Julia	91
67	Eva	85
68	Margie	84
69	Gladys	83
70	Pamela	82
71	Cheryl	81
71	Connie	81
71	Lynda	81
74	Katherine	80
75	Louise	79
76	Edith	78
76	Sylvia	78
78	Johnnie	77
78	Rita	77
80	Hazel	75
81	Faye	74
82	Anita	71
82	Carole	71
82	Rose	71
85	Alma	69
85	Christine	69
85	Laura	69
85	Sara	69
85	Vivian	69
90	Joann	68
91	Diane	67
92	Catherine	66
93	Nellie	65
93	Sherry	65
95	Ella	64
95	Lillian	64
97	Janie	62
97	Jeanette	62
97	Jessie	62
97	Karen	62