Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,773
2	Linda	1,881
3	Barbara	1,745
4	Maria	1,493
5	Betty	1,404
6	Patricia	1,288
7	Carolyn	1,163
8	Sandra	1,077
9	Shirley	898
10	Gloria	829
11	Nancy	827
12	Dorothy	821
13	Judy	782
14	Martha	715
15	Joyce	670
16	Patsy	655
17	Carol	624
18	Margaret	614
19	Virginia	588
20	Frances	579
21	Sharon	544
22	Wanda	516
23	Helen	515
24	Alice	495
25	Doris	477

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	471
27	Peggy	456
28	Jo	438
28	Judith	438
30	Glenda	390
31	Donna	358
31	Janice	358
33	Beverly	355
34	Dolores	347
35	Juanita	341
36	Brenda	340
37	Ruth	333
38	Norma	324
39	Billie	293
39	Ruby	293
41	Anita	289
42	Sylvia	284
43	Ann	276
44	Evelyn	274
44	Marilyn	274
46	Bonnie	271
47	Annie	266
48	Karen	263
48	Rosa	263
50	Charlotte	257
51	Rose	252
52	Bobbie	247
53	Joan	235
54	Guadalupe	231
55	Lois	230
56	Rebecca	227
57	Julia	224
58	Kay	223
59	Sarah	219
60	Margie	218
61	Janet	216
62	Susan	213
63	Emma	211
63	Rita	211
65	Jane	208
66	Yolanda	206
67	Anna	204
68	Eva	198
69	Lynda	196
69	Marie	196
71	Edna	190
72	Irene	189
73	Jean	187
74	Carole	186
75	Carmen	185
76	Margarita	184
76	Sue	184
78	Delores	180
79	Paula	175
80	Georgia	174
80	Janie	174
82	Josephine	172
83	Dora	171
83	Olga	171
85	Willie	169
86	Sally	167
87	Diana	164
88	Alicia	163
88	Esther	163
88	Mildred	163
91	Phyllis	162
92	Sherry	161
93	Irma	160
94	Bertha	158
95	Laura	157
96	Katherine	155
97	Connie	152
97	Thelma	152
99	Cynthia	151
100	Lydia	150