Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,254
2	Barbara	1,737
3	Betty	1,452
4	Maria	1,193
5	Shirley	1,021
6	Patricia	950
7	Dorothy	877
8	Patsy	742
9	Nancy	725
10	Martha	706
11	Linda	703
12	Joyce	647
13	Wanda	631
14	Margaret	624
15	Carolyn	609
16	Gloria	548
17	Virginia	532
18	Frances	521
19	Sandra	519
20	Peggy	513
21	Doris	505
22	Helen	503
23	Jo	463
24	Carol	425
25	Alice	424

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	375
27	Juanita	369
28	Ruby	334
29	Norma	326
30	Glenda	316
31	Judy	311
32	Bobbie	308
33	Billie	299
34	Janice	294
35	Beverly	279
36	Sylvia	273
37	Annie	264
38	Ruth	263
39	Evelyn	251
40	Julia	237
41	Rosa	234
42	Anita	233
43	Ann	232
44	Dolores	230
44	Marilyn	230
46	Judith	229
47	Emma	226
48	Donna	217
49	Rose	213
50	Joan	210
51	Eva	208
52	Lois	206
53	Margie	203
54	Sue	202
55	Nelda	197
56	Anna	196
56	Sarah	196
58	Guadalupe	191
59	Jean	184
60	Mildred	182
61	Willie	181
62	Irene	179
63	Sharon	177
64	Dora	173
65	Jane	163
66	Kay	161
67	Clara	160
67	Janie	160
67	Paula	160
70	Lydia	156
71	Bonnie	155
71	Charlotte	155
73	Marie	153
74	Phyllis	152
75	Carmen	151
75	Edna	151
77	Bertha	149
78	Esther	148
78	Margarita	148
80	Melba	146
81	Thelma	145
82	Geraldine	143
83	Wilma	141
84	Gladys	140
84	Joann	140
86	Alicia	138
86	Olga	138
88	Loretta	136
89	Irma	135
89	Josephine	135
89	Rita	135
92	Johnnie	133
93	Laura	132
94	Louise	131
95	Georgia	129
96	Yvonne	127
97	Alma	125
97	Ethel	125
97	Jeanette	125
97	Yolanda	125