Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,376
2	Barbara	1,678
3	Betty	1,463
4	Linda	1,277
5	Maria	1,260
6	Patricia	1,191
7	Shirley	921
8	Dorothy	829
9	Carolyn	704
10	Sandra	701
11	Martha	676
12	Nancy	675
13	Patsy	669
14	Joyce	667
15	Gloria	651
16	Virginia	630
17	Margaret	577
18	Wanda	573
19	Frances	533
20	Helen	526
21	Carol	520
22	Doris	509
23	Peggy	472
24	Alice	424
25	Judy	423

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	419
27	Jo	393
28	Juanita	374
29	Judith	364
30	Ruby	344
31	Brenda	325
32	Bobbie	324
33	Glenda	316
34	Norma	313
35	Janice	312
36	Beverly	279
37	Billie	277
38	Annie	267
39	Ruth	264
40	Sylvia	258
41	Sharon	254
42	Ann	250
43	Rosa	249
44	Evelyn	245
45	Emma	240
46	Sue	233
47	Anita	232
48	Guadalupe	231
48	Rose	231
50	Eva	230
51	Joan	228
52	Jean	227
53	Sarah	220
54	Marilyn	219
55	Margie	218
56	Julia	216
57	Donna	211
58	Anna	208
59	Dolores	206
59	Irene	206
61	Dora	200
62	Charlotte	196
62	Jane	196
64	Lois	193
65	Bonnie	187
66	Kay	185
66	Mildred	185
68	Edna	174
69	Rebecca	172
70	Willie	171
71	Margarita	170
72	Carmen	169
72	Josephine	169
72	Paula	169
75	Janie	166
76	Irma	161
76	Nelda	161
78	Marie	160
79	Lydia	158
80	Esther	152
81	Clara	151
82	Alicia	150
82	Loretta	150
82	Lynda	150
85	Olga	149
85	Thelma	149
87	Bertha	148
88	Yolanda	147
89	Laura	146
90	Lupe	143
91	Wilma	142
92	Melba	140
93	Connie	139
93	Jeanette	139
95	Karen	138
96	Alma	137
96	Sara	137
98	Beatrice	135
99	Carole	133
100	Janet	132
100	Rosie	132