Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1943

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,064
2	Linda	2,255
3	Barbara	1,811
4	Patricia	1,547
5	Maria	1,535
6	Betty	1,418
7	Carolyn	1,375
8	Sandra	1,204
9	Shirley	1,024
10	Sharon	916
11	Judy	905
12	Gloria	884
13	Carol	853
14	Dorothy	848
15	Nancy	841
16	Martha	811
17	Joyce	743
18	Margaret	715
19	Virginia	694
20	Patsy	643
21	Frances	623
22	Judith	535
23	Alice	534
24	Helen	525
25	Donna	502

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Wanda	502
27	Elizabeth	482
28	Peggy	464
29	Jo	460
30	Glenda	454
31	Doris	439
32	Juanita	400
33	Janice	396
34	Beverly	391
35	Brenda	384
36	Karen	372
37	Norma	351
38	Guadalupe	348
39	Charlotte	347
40	Ruby	346
41	Susan	343
42	Ruth	331
43	Sylvia	321
44	Billie	316
45	Rosa	308
46	Anita	303
47	Bonnie	298
47	Dolores	298
47	Paula	298
50	Evelyn	295
51	Bobbie	288
52	Ann	287
53	Rose	284
54	Marilyn	273
55	Janet	252
56	Sue	249
57	Joan	247
58	Lois	246
59	Annie	245
60	Sarah	243
61	Connie	238
62	Kay	237
63	Julia	236
63	Rita	236
65	Eva	232
66	Rebecca	225
67	Sherry	224
68	Anna	223
68	Yolanda	223
70	Janie	221
71	Dora	220
71	Jean	220
73	Irene	218
74	Emma	216
74	Jane	216
76	Josephine	215
77	Margie	212
78	Diana	211
79	Carmen	207
80	Diane	206
81	Lynda	198
81	Willie	198
83	Pamela	196
84	Mildred	189
85	Bertha	186
86	Alicia	185
87	Phyllis	184
88	Olga	179
89	Margarita	177
90	Sally	176
91	Irma	174
92	Carole	172
92	Edna	172
92	Lupe	172
95	Johnnie	170
96	Kathleen	169
97	Esther	166
98	Gladys	165
99	Delores	162
100	Beatrice	159
100	Lydia	159