Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,785
2	Mary	1,928
3	Brenda	1,333
4	Patricia	1,290
5	Barbara	1,191
6	Carolyn	1,051
7	Judy	1,013
8	Betty	1,001
9	Sandra	880
10	Shirley	702
11	Nancy	663
12	Wanda	625
13	Joyce	550
14	Martha	534
15	Janice	514
16	Margaret	501
17	Dorothy	479
18	Donna	431
19	Peggy	427
20	Carol	399
21	Sharon	379
22	Patsy	378
23	Elizabeth	367
24	Phyllis	358
25	Helen	316

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Virginia	310
27	Judith	307
28	Glenda	304
29	Susan	290
30	Doris	260
30	Rebecca	260
32	Frances	249
33	Gloria	244
34	Beverly	237
35	Charlotte	234
36	Jo	212
37	Alice	207
38	Janet	200
39	Evelyn	198
40	Connie	194
40	Sarah	194
42	Pamela	193
43	Wilma	181
44	Ruby	175
45	Marilyn	173
46	Ann	159
46	Anna	159
46	Sherry	159
49	Joan	157
50	Annie	154
50	Ruth	154
52	Mildred	153
53	Jane	151
53	Lois	151
55	Diane	149
56	Bonnie	146
57	Karen	144
58	Cheryl	142
58	Norma	142
60	Lynda	140
61	Cynthia	138
62	Edna	128
63	Sue	126
64	Sheila	122
65	Bobbie	118
65	Diana	118
67	Janie	113
68	Jean	112
69	Deborah	109
69	Katherine	109
71	Rita	107
72	Sylvia	104
73	Billie	103
73	Gwendolyn	103
73	Jacqueline	103
76	Thelma	101
77	Laura	99
78	Emma	98
79	Gail	97
80	Gladys	95
81	Julia	94
82	Anita	92
83	Juanita	91
83	Margie	91
85	Geraldine	89
85	Paula	89
87	Catherine	87
87	Sara	87
89	Clara	83
89	Vivian	83
91	Edith	82
91	Ellen	82
93	Dianne	81
94	Rose	80
95	Georgia	79
95	Marie	79
97	Eva	78
97	Kay	78
99	Delores	76
100	Elaine	75
100	Ethel	75
100	Hazel	75
100	Loretta	75
100	Teresa	75