Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,619
2	Barbara	1,690
3	Linda	1,553
4	Betty	1,403
5	Patricia	1,359
6	Maria	1,303
7	Sandra	911
8	Carolyn	896
9	Shirley	875
10	Dorothy	850
11	Gloria	797
12	Martha	787
13	Patsy	757
14	Nancy	701
15	Joyce	645
16	Judy	644
17	Margaret	636
18	Virginia	612
19	Wanda	523
20	Frances	518
21	Peggy	510
22	Carol	509
23	Helen	494
24	Alice	483
25	Doris	469

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jo	431
27	Elizabeth	391
28	Judith	374
29	Sharon	351
30	Glenda	342
30	Juanita	342
32	Beverly	331
32	Janice	331
34	Ruby	330
35	Norma	326
36	Dolores	321
37	Brenda	315
38	Ruth	306
39	Sylvia	290
40	Ann	287
41	Billie	281
41	Evelyn	281
43	Donna	280
44	Bobbie	271
45	Annie	270
46	Emma	250
46	Rose	250
46	Sarah	250
49	Sue	247
50	Julia	245
51	Charlotte	239
52	Marilyn	238
53	Anita	236
53	Guadalupe	236
55	Lois	227
55	Rosa	227
57	Joan	223
58	Anna	222
59	Bonnie	216
59	Rebecca	216
61	Eva	206
62	Jean	203
63	Delores	202
63	Margie	202
65	Irene	200
66	Karen	198
67	Mildred	195
68	Irma	194
69	Kay	191
70	Willie	190
71	Carmen	188
72	Alicia	180
73	Edna	177
74	Jane	176
75	Lynda	173
76	Bertha	170
76	Dora	170
76	Nelda	170
79	Janet	168
79	Josephine	168
81	Margarita	167
82	Marie	160
82	Olga	160
84	Clara	159
84	Paula	159
86	Janie	158
87	Lillie	156
88	Gladys	155
89	Thelma	154
90	Lupe	153
90	Rita	153
92	Yolanda	152
93	Georgia	149
93	Laura	149
95	Johnnie	145
96	Beatrice	140
97	Connie	137
97	Rosie	137
99	Geraldine	136
99	Lucy	136