Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,139
2	Linda	2,514
3	Maria	1,831
4	Barbara	1,747
5	Patricia	1,528
6	Betty	1,365
7	Sandra	1,358
8	Carolyn	1,320
9	Judy	1,051
10	Gloria	1,017
11	Carol	1,012
12	Shirley	1,005
13	Sharon	932
14	Dorothy	859
15	Nancy	815
16	Martha	781
17	Joyce	715
18	Margaret	694
19	Virginia	661
20	Donna	610
21	Judith	576
22	Patsy	573
23	Frances	551
24	Elizabeth	516
25	Alice	494

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brenda	487
27	Helen	474
28	Doris	461
29	Peggy	447
30	Jo	446
30	Wanda	446
32	Karen	431
33	Juanita	428
34	Guadalupe	419
35	Glenda	415
36	Beverly	414
37	Susan	409
38	Janice	386
39	Marilyn	351
40	Rosa	336
41	Janet	326
42	Charlotte	325
43	Sylvia	322
44	Anita	321
45	Ruth	309
46	Cheryl	301
47	Paula	296
48	Joan	293
49	Norma	292
50	Dolores	291
51	Rose	283
52	Billie	282
53	Ruby	279
54	Bobbie	270
54	Sue	270
56	Janie	265
57	Ann	264
58	Sherry	263
59	Connie	257
60	Rita	256
61	Pamela	254
62	Yolanda	253
63	Evelyn	251
64	Bonnie	246
65	Julia	244
66	Jane	243
67	Lois	232
68	Diana	229
69	Annie	228
70	Irene	226
71	Lynda	223
72	Sarah	222
73	Emma	220
74	Lupe	217
75	Olga	213
76	Kay	212
77	Diane	211
78	Margie	208
78	Rebecca	208
80	Dora	206
81	Jean	205
82	Irma	202
83	Lydia	200
83	Phyllis	200
85	Anna	198
86	Eva	192
87	Bertha	190
88	Josephine	186
89	Alicia	185
90	Kathleen	184
91	Willie	182
92	Carole	180
92	Rosie	180
94	Marie	178
95	Georgia	171
96	Carmen	170
97	Katherine	168
98	Beatrice	166
98	Sally	166
100	Suzanne	165