Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	5,059
2	Mary	4,211
3	Maria	2,249
4	Barbara	1,918
5	Patricia	1,790
6	Sandra	1,590
7	Carolyn	1,447
8	Sharon	1,333
9	Judy	1,311
10	Gloria	1,300
11	Betty	1,187
12	Shirley	1,069
13	Nancy	1,039
14	Carol	962
15	Donna	954
16	Margaret	830
17	Martha	808
18	Brenda	787
19	Susan	780
20	Dorothy	692
21	Joyce	691
22	Janice	661
23	Elizabeth	655
24	Virginia	636
25	Karen	631

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Cynthia	614
27	Beverly	599
28	Frances	593
29	Peggy	550
30	Yolanda	546
31	Juanita	533
32	Patsy	519
33	Pamela	513
34	Alice	508
35	Helen	504
36	Glenda	503
37	Jo	502
38	Sylvia	484
39	Sherry	477
40	Connie	470
41	Rebecca	468
42	Cheryl	460
42	Paula	460
44	Judith	455
45	Marilyn	444
46	Rosa	443
47	Wanda	442
48	Guadalupe	426
49	Doris	423
50	Janet	407
51	Diana	394
52	Charlotte	378
53	Lynda	359
54	Norma	352
55	Anita	336
56	Janie	334
57	Phyllis	331
58	Rita	326
59	Diane	320
59	Ruth	320
61	Ann	318
62	Ruby	314
63	Rose	308
64	Kathleen	304
65	Jane	295
65	Sue	295
67	Evelyn	291
68	Alicia	290
69	Dolores	282
70	Laura	280
71	Kathy	272
72	Anna	267
73	Teresa	266
74	Irma	261
75	Olga	256
76	Kathryn	253
77	Bonnie	249
77	Irene	249
79	Carmen	243
80	Joan	242
81	Dora	241
82	Eva	239
83	Janis	235
83	Jean	235
85	Vicki	232
86	Kay	229
86	Suzanne	229
88	Billie	228
88	Esther	228
90	Sarah	226
91	Bertha	224
92	Annie	223
93	Margarita	222
94	Julia	219
95	Bobbie	213
96	Margie	212
97	Deborah	210
98	Lois	202
98	Marsha	202
100	Marie	194