Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	4,816
2	Mary	4,145
3	Maria	2,467
4	Patricia	1,958
5	Barbara	1,646
6	Sandra	1,515
7	Brenda	1,400
8	Carolyn	1,343
9	Sharon	1,306
10	Gloria	1,194
11	Judy	1,161
12	Shirley	1,128
13	Nancy	1,090
14	Donna	1,017
15	Susan	994
16	Betty	931
17	Deborah	898
18	Carol	885
19	Cynthia	869
20	Karen	835
21	Martha	832
22	Margaret	800
23	Elizabeth	684
24	Janice	683
25	Rebecca	682

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Pamela	678
27	Juanita	664
28	Beverly	663
29	Joyce	645
30	Virginia	615
31	Yolanda	611
32	Peggy	603
33	Dorothy	565
34	Rosa	554
35	Kathy	528
36	Frances	502
37	Alice	498
38	Paula	497
39	Sylvia	494
40	Sherry	492
41	Connie	485
42	Diana	477
43	Helen	461
44	Jo	450
45	Janet	447
46	Wanda	443
47	Cheryl	427
48	Guadalupe	418
49	Janie	415
50	Glenda	414
51	Kathleen	411
52	Doris	404
53	Marilyn	398
54	Judith	390
55	Charlotte	380
56	Patsy	379
57	Rita	375
58	Diane	371
59	Vicki	364
60	Rose	345
61	Kathryn	332
62	Norma	330
62	Teresa	330
64	Anita	325
65	Evelyn	318
66	Laura	315
67	Carmen	299
68	Katherine	293
69	Lynda	289
70	Irma	285
70	Phyllis	285
72	Catherine	277
73	Margarita	270
73	Ruth	270
75	Bonnie	269
76	Dolores	268
77	Olga	263
78	Anna	258
79	Irene	254
80	Ann	251
81	Ruby	250
82	Jane	245
83	Alicia	244
84	Lydia	241
85	Sarah	240
86	Cathy	237
87	Eva	236
88	Marsha	235
89	Dora	228
90	Gwendolyn	225
91	Julia	221
92	Kay	220
93	Sally	217
94	Sue	215
95	Janis	214
96	Joan	208
97	Vickie	206
98	Esther	202
99	Suzanne	201
100	Bertha	199