Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,949
2	Mary	4,173
3	Maria	2,262
4	Patricia	1,778
5	Barbara	1,741
6	Sandra	1,416
7	Carolyn	1,358
8	Gloria	1,243
9	Judy	1,230
9	Sharon	1,230
11	Betty	1,074
12	Nancy	1,058
13	Brenda	1,013
14	Shirley	970
15	Donna	918
16	Carol	912
17	Susan	903
18	Martha	842
19	Margaret	815
20	Cynthia	776
21	Karen	724
22	Joyce	664
23	Janice	647
24	Elizabeth	645
25	Virginia	632

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Beverly	629
27	Peggy	593
28	Dorothy	588
29	Yolanda	581
30	Pamela	562
31	Frances	554
32	Rosa	540
33	Sherry	508
34	Alice	504
35	Juanita	502
36	Rebecca	496
37	Paula	495
38	Deborah	482
39	Helen	478
40	Wanda	477
41	Jo	468
41	Sylvia	468
43	Guadalupe	456
44	Glenda	453
45	Marilyn	433
46	Cheryl	429
46	Patsy	429
48	Connie	428
49	Diana	417
50	Doris	410
51	Janet	404
52	Judith	369
53	Charlotte	361
54	Janie	349
55	Diane	341
56	Rita	340
57	Teresa	330
58	Rose	329
59	Anita	321
60	Evelyn	315
61	Olga	307
62	Norma	305
63	Irma	303
64	Phyllis	302
65	Bonnie	301
66	Kathy	299
66	Laura	299
68	Lynda	294
69	Kathleen	292
70	Irene	291
71	Ruby	286
72	Vicki	283
73	Anna	273
74	Kathryn	271
75	Jane	260
76	Dora	258
77	Margarita	257
78	Dolores	252
79	Julia	251
80	Alicia	244
80	Ruth	244
82	Carmen	241
83	Ann	239
84	Sue	235
85	Eva	233
85	Katherine	233
87	Lydia	230
88	Kay	227
89	Annie	221
89	Sarah	221
91	Bobbie	218
91	Catherine	218
93	Billie	217
93	Marsha	217
95	Gwendolyn	210
96	Esther	205
96	Janis	205
98	Theresa	200
99	Emma	198
100	Joan	196
100	Sally	196