Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,382
2	Barbara	1,820
3	Betty	1,622
4	Maria	1,174
5	Shirley	1,043
6	Dorothy	873
7	Patricia	807
8	Patsy	734
9	Martha	691
10	Joyce	672
11	Wanda	653
12	Margaret	611
13	Peggy	579
14	Nancy	572
15	Frances	569
16	Carolyn	547
16	Virginia	547
18	Helen	532
19	Gloria	531
20	Doris	527
21	Linda	460
22	Jo	448
23	Sandra	433
24	Carol	426
25	Billie	382

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	380
27	Alice	374
28	Juanita	360
29	Ruby	359
30	Norma	341
31	Bobbie	330
32	Glenda	300
33	Beverly	297
34	Janice	291
35	Annie	290
36	Sylvia	273
37	Ruth	267
38	Evelyn	258
39	Anita	257
40	Rosa	238
41	Ann	235
42	Emma	233
43	Margie	230
44	Dolores	226
45	Eva	224
46	Mildred	219
47	Guadalupe	217
47	Lois	217
49	Rose	215
50	Anna	207
51	Marilyn	206
51	Nelda	206
53	Irene	205
54	Willie	201
55	Sharon	192
56	Dora	191
56	Sarah	191
58	Judy	183
59	Donna	176
59	Edna	176
61	Jean	174
62	Jane	172
62	Josephine	172
62	Julia	172
65	Sue	171
66	Paula	170
67	Marie	168
68	Joan	167
69	Bonnie	166
69	Margarita	166
71	Bertha	165
72	Clara	163
72	Lydia	163
74	Carmen	160
75	Beatrice	159
76	Janie	158
77	Charlotte	157
78	Joann	156
78	Lillie	156
80	Esther	153
81	Rosie	150
82	Gladys	149
83	Melba	148
83	Wilma	148
85	Rita	143
86	Marjorie	142
87	Thelma	141
88	Irma	140
88	Laura	140
90	Loretta	139
91	Olivia	138
92	Joy	136
93	Kay	135
93	Olga	135
95	Alma	134
95	Lupe	134
97	Katherine	131
98	Connie	129
98	Minnie	129
100	Johnnie	127
100	Lillian	127
100	Pauline	127
100	Phyllis	127