Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,646
2	Linda	1,516
3	Barbara	871
4	Betty	861
5	Patricia	840
6	Carolyn	754
7	Brenda	729
8	Shirley	679
9	Judy	637
10	Sandra	570
11	Joyce	492
12	Nancy	484
13	Dorothy	449
14	Martha	447
15	Wanda	434
16	Margaret	398
17	Peggy	369
18	Janice	354
19	Helen	303
20	Carol	302
21	Elizabeth	286
22	Patsy	255
22	Virginia	255
24	Doris	234
25	Glenda	233

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donna	222
27	Frances	220
27	Gloria	220
29	Judith	219
30	Sharon	210
31	Jo	190
32	Charlotte	186
33	Alice	185
34	Ruby	184
35	Wilma	179
36	Phyllis	176
37	Norma	170
38	Evelyn	169
39	Mildred	165
40	Annie	159
41	Sarah	157
42	Ruth	156
43	Susan	152
44	Beverly	141
45	Rebecca	138
46	Bonnie	131
47	Edna	128
48	Jane	127
49	Ann	124
49	Anna	124
49	Sue	124
52	Janet	121
52	Marilyn	121
54	Lois	120
55	Bobbie	112
56	Emma	104
56	Joan	104
58	Clara	102
59	Juanita	99
60	Diana	96
60	Jean	96
62	Geraldine	95
63	Billie	94
63	Katherine	94
65	Lynda	92
66	Connie	91
67	Karen	88
68	Willie	87
69	Georgia	81
70	Gwendolyn	80
70	Janie	80
72	Cheryl	79
72	Louise	79
72	Rita	79
72	Sylvia	79
76	Mattie	76
76	Pamela	76
76	Rose	76
79	Laura	75
80	Christine	74
81	Bettye	73
81	Diane	73
81	Thelma	73
84	Ellen	71
84	Hazel	71
84	Vivian	71
87	Alma	70
88	Gladys	69
89	Carole	68
89	Julia	68
91	Faye	66
91	Loretta	66
91	Marie	66
94	Ella	65
94	Johnnie	65
96	Anne	64
96	Eva	64
98	Edith	63
99	Delores	62
99	Reba	62