Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	2,732
2	Mary	1,779
3	Brenda	1,367
4	Patricia	1,186
5	Barbara	1,103
6	Judy	901
7	Carolyn	883
8	Betty	863
9	Sandra	844
10	Shirley	668
11	Nancy	547
12	Wanda	540
13	Janice	500
14	Martha	491
15	Joyce	481
16	Margaret	453
17	Peggy	423
18	Sharon	413
19	Dorothy	405
20	Donna	395
21	Susan	365
22	Carol	359
23	Elizabeth	341
24	Patsy	297
25	Beverly	290

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Judith	274
26	Phyllis	274
28	Glenda	256
29	Helen	255
30	Rebecca	250
30	Virginia	250
32	Gloria	247
33	Frances	235
34	Doris	232
35	Pamela	209
36	Sherry	207
37	Alice	206
37	Connie	206
39	Jo	202
40	Charlotte	201
41	Deborah	198
41	Janet	198
43	Sarah	185
44	Bonnie	184
45	Karen	178
46	Evelyn	175
47	Ruby	174
48	Cynthia	161
48	Wilma	161
50	Cheryl	155
51	Anna	149
52	Marilyn	146
53	Lynda	145
54	Annie	138
55	Teresa	134
56	Rita	132
56	Sheila	132
58	Ann	131
58	Joan	131
60	Diane	130
61	Paula	128
61	Ruth	128
63	Mildred	125
64	Jane	118
65	Katherine	114
65	Lois	114
67	Diana	107
67	Kathy	107
67	Norma	107
70	Emma	106
71	Bobbie	103
71	Marsha	103
73	Jacqueline	100
73	Rose	100
73	Sue	100
76	Edna	95
76	Geraldine	95
78	Janie	94
79	Willie	91
80	Juanita	90
81	Clara	87
81	Dianne	87
81	Jean	87
81	Laura	87
85	Paulette	86
86	Gwendolyn	85
86	Sylvia	85
88	Billie	84
89	Vivian	83
90	Anita	82
90	Catherine	82
90	Gladys	82
90	Julia	82
94	Sara	81
95	Thelma	80
96	Christine	79
97	Suzanne	78
98	Delores	77
99	Shelia	76
99	Stella	76