Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,831
2	Mary	1,547
3	Brenda	1,382
4	Patricia	1,352
5	Deborah	1,094
6	Barbara	870
7	Sandra	825
8	Judy	747
9	Carolyn	693
10	Shirley	591
11	Betty	589
12	Donna	567
13	Janice	542
14	Nancy	512
15	Sharon	493
16	Wanda	467
17	Joyce	451
18	Susan	423
19	Kathy	411
20	Martha	410
21	Pamela	406
22	Rebecca	395
23	Margaret	375
24	Elizabeth	347
25	Peggy	332

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carol	326
27	Karen	295
28	Phyllis	293
29	Dorothy	286
30	Beverly	276
31	Charlotte	269
32	Connie	260
33	Teresa	255
34	Debra	254
35	Janet	250
36	Glenda	249
37	Gloria	236
38	Patsy	235
39	Helen	232
40	Virginia	221
41	Cynthia	219
42	Sherry	216
43	Doris	213
44	Rita	199
45	Cathy	190
46	Judith	186
47	Frances	185
48	Alice	179
49	Diane	177
49	Marilyn	177
51	Jo	174
52	Bonnie	167
53	Katherine	166
54	Sheila	162
55	Sarah	160
55	Vicki	160
57	Vickie	157
58	Jacqueline	151
59	Anita	145
60	Evelyn	142
61	Joan	139
62	Paula	136
63	Rose	132
64	Diana	130
65	Wilma	122
66	Cheryl	120
67	Gwendolyn	118
67	Jane	118
69	Catherine	116
70	Annie	115
71	Ann	114
71	Janie	114
73	Ruby	112
74	Anna	110
75	Gail	109
75	Kathleen	109
75	Kathryn	109
75	Lois	109
79	Shelia	108
80	Laura	103
81	Marsha	100
81	Rhonda	100
83	Bobbie	97
83	Lynda	97
85	Ruth	92
86	Mildred	91
87	Jean	89
88	Edna	88
89	Delores	85
90	Christine	84
90	Sylvia	84
92	Norma	83
93	Julia	82
93	Kay	82
93	Unknown	82
96	Theresa	81
97	Sue	78
97	Vivian	78
99	Dianne	77
100	Juanita	76
100	Marcia	76