Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	1,584
2	Mary	1,488
3	Deborah	1,337
4	Patricia	1,234
5	Brenda	1,132
6	Barbara	779
7	Sandra	705
8	Carolyn	697
9	Judy	661
10	Nancy	563
11	Betty	545
12	Donna	538
13	Janice	532
14	Kathy	522
15	Sharon	498
16	Susan	476
17	Shirley	468
18	Wanda	434
19	Pamela	433
20	Martha	387
21	Debra	380
22	Karen	370
23	Elizabeth	368
24	Rebecca	358
25	Margaret	347

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joyce	343
27	Peggy	310
28	Beverly	305
28	Connie	305
30	Teresa	301
31	Carol	286
32	Janet	284
33	Sherry	278
34	Dorothy	261
35	Phyllis	252
36	Cynthia	232
37	Cathy	230
38	Gloria	229
39	Vickie	226
40	Glenda	223
41	Charlotte	216
42	Virginia	203
43	Patsy	202
44	Doris	197
45	Sheila	192
46	Marilyn	191
47	Helen	190
48	Alice	189
49	Rita	179
50	Frances	176
51	Judith	175
52	Katherine	168
53	Jo	165
54	Diane	163
55	Vicki	157
56	Paula	155
57	Bonnie	147
58	Cheryl	140
59	Evelyn	138
60	Jacqueline	137
61	Anita	136
62	Catherine	135
63	Gwendolyn	134
64	Sarah	129
65	Jane	128
66	Marsha	127
67	Joan	126
68	Ruby	121
69	Norma	118
69	Ruth	118
71	Shelia	111
72	Wilma	107
73	Gail	104
74	Laura	103
75	Anna	102
75	Kathryn	102
77	Julia	100
78	Ann	99
79	Kathleen	98
80	Diana	97
80	Lois	97
80	Rhonda	97
83	Rose	96
84	Mildred	89
85	Vivian	88
86	Marcia	85
86	Sylvia	85
88	Dianne	84
89	Annie	82
89	Christine	82
91	Janie	80
92	Theresa	79
93	Emma	77
94	Edna	76
94	Unknown	76
96	Jean	73
97	Delores	72
97	Victoria	72
99	Constance	70
99	Loretta	70
99	Sue	70