Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,206
2	Linda	3,033
3	Maria	2,043
4	Barbara	1,766
5	Patricia	1,760
6	Carolyn	1,423
7	Sandra	1,386
8	Judy	1,357
9	Betty	1,257
10	Gloria	1,208
11	Sharon	1,166
12	Shirley	1,049
13	Carol	1,033
14	Nancy	942
15	Donna	817
16	Martha	780
17	Margaret	752
18	Dorothy	701
19	Susan	693
20	Brenda	690
21	Joyce	666
22	Janice	612
23	Virginia	598
24	Karen	564
25	Frances	529

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Helen	524
27	Yolanda	512
28	Beverly	510
29	Alice	504
30	Peggy	491
31	Elizabeth	486
32	Patsy	484
33	Jo	474
34	Juanita	464
35	Wanda	457
36	Sylvia	454
37	Judith	437
38	Sherry	433
39	Doris	432
40	Guadalupe	414
41	Glenda	413
42	Diana	400
42	Rosa	400
44	Marilyn	382
45	Cheryl	373
46	Cynthia	372
47	Pamela	369
48	Rebecca	359
49	Janet	358
50	Paula	341
51	Anita	334
52	Janie	330
53	Connie	329
54	Ruth	321
55	Dolores	308
56	Norma	303
57	Rose	294
58	Charlotte	293
59	Evelyn	292
60	Diane	286
61	Rita	284
62	Jane	283
63	Ruby	281
64	Sue	266
65	Bonnie	263
66	Irene	262
67	Lynda	261
68	Ann	255
69	Laura	254
70	Eva	253
71	Julia	250
72	Anna	243
73	Kathleen	241
74	Alicia	240
74	Olga	240
76	Billie	237
77	Joan	235
78	Irma	233
79	Phyllis	231
80	Carmen	230
81	Margarita	228
82	Annie	227
83	Kay	225
83	Sarah	225
85	Suzanne	216
86	Bobbie	215
87	Teresa	213
88	Lydia	211
89	Margie	204
90	Kathryn	198
91	Dora	197
91	Emma	197
93	Bertha	190
93	Lupe	190
95	Sally	186
96	Marie	182
97	Esther	180
97	Lois	180
99	Katherine	178
100	Kathy	177