Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,875
2	Linda	1,826
3	Patricia	1,156
4	Barbara	1,151
5	Brenda	1,080
6	Carolyn	983
7	Betty	982
8	Judy	908
9	Sandra	737
10	Shirley	721
11	Nancy	636
12	Wanda	589
13	Martha	505
14	Janice	491
15	Margaret	484
16	Joyce	466
17	Dorothy	451
18	Peggy	416
19	Carol	414
20	Patsy	349
21	Donna	318
22	Sharon	312
23	Judith	309
24	Elizabeth	303
25	Helen	292

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	281
27	Virginia	276
28	Glenda	271
29	Beverly	255
30	Susan	248
31	Doris	247
32	Frances	246
33	Gloria	233
34	Jo	228
35	Rebecca	216
36	Charlotte	210
37	Alice	202
38	Wilma	185
39	Anna	171
40	Evelyn	167
41	Sarah	163
42	Janet	157
43	Ruby	155
44	Marilyn	154
45	Mildred	152
45	Ruth	152
47	Ann	151
48	Bonnie	149
49	Norma	147
50	Connie	142
51	Joan	140
52	Annie	139
53	Sue	138
54	Cheryl	135
54	Sherry	135
56	Jane	134
57	Juanita	133
58	Sylvia	132
59	Bobbie	121
60	Edna	116
61	Diane	115
61	Karen	115
63	Lois	114
64	Diana	111
65	Jean	110
66	Pamela	108
67	Lynda	107
68	Katherine	105
69	Rita	104
70	Janie	100
71	Emma	99
72	Vivian	98
72	Willie	98
74	Thelma	97
75	Sheila	96
76	Anita	95
76	Geraldine	95
78	Rose	89
79	Clara	87
80	Billie	85
81	Sara	83
82	Delores	82
82	Jacqueline	82
84	Gail	81
84	Hazel	81
84	Julia	81
84	Margie	81
88	Suzanne	80
89	Laura	78
90	Alma	77
91	Ellen	76
92	Gwendolyn	75
93	Carole	74
93	Louise	74
95	Marie	72
96	Cynthia	70
96	Lillie	70
96	Reba	70
99	Georgia	69
100	Eva	68