Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,779
2	Linda	2,519
3	Maria	1,763
4	Barbara	1,610
5	Patricia	1,388
6	Sandra	1,240
7	Carolyn	1,207
8	Betty	1,200
9	Gloria	1,110
10	Judy	1,041
11	Carol	1,013
12	Shirley	990
13	Nancy	830
14	Sharon	790
15	Martha	740
16	Dorothy	691
17	Joyce	665
18	Margaret	655
19	Virginia	593
20	Donna	576
21	Susan	519
22	Frances	514
23	Elizabeth	476
24	Brenda	468
25	Helen	466

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Janice	466
27	Karen	455
28	Alice	444
29	Patsy	443
30	Wanda	438
31	Judith	428
32	Doris	417
33	Juanita	416
34	Peggy	411
35	Guadalupe	403
36	Jo	393
37	Marilyn	380
38	Glenda	368
38	Yolanda	368
40	Beverly	358
41	Sylvia	333
42	Rosa	331
43	Diana	318
44	Paula	308
45	Ruth	306
46	Cheryl	305
47	Janet	304
48	Anita	295
49	Ruby	293
50	Pamela	288
51	Janie	284
52	Connie	278
53	Charlotte	264
54	Sherry	259
55	Rose	256
56	Diane	253
57	Bobbie	251
58	Dolores	249
59	Billie	243
59	Norma	243
61	Joan	237
62	Ann	236
62	Jane	236
64	Evelyn	235
65	Lynda	231
66	Irene	230
67	Sue	225
68	Eva	224
69	Bonnie	222
70	Dora	216
70	Rita	216
72	Alicia	208
72	Rebecca	208
74	Kathleen	207
75	Annie	206
75	Julia	206
77	Kay	204
78	Carmen	199
78	Laura	199
78	Teresa	199
81	Sarah	198
82	Irma	193
83	Emma	192
84	Jean	185
85	Margie	183
86	Margarita	182
87	Marie	180
88	Anna	179
89	Lydia	175
90	Bertha	174
90	Lupe	174
90	Olga	174
93	Lois	173
94	Cynthia	170
95	Josephine	169
96	Phyllis	166
97	Sally	163
98	Victoria	159
99	Carole	155
99	Esther	155