Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,000
2	Linda	3,899
3	Patricia	2,429
4	Deborah	2,336
5	Maria	2,251
6	Barbara	1,557
7	Brenda	1,547
8	Sandra	1,413
9	Donna	1,241
10	Gloria	1,218
11	Susan	1,190
12	Sharon	1,189
13	Karen	1,165
14	Carolyn	1,162
15	Cynthia	1,156
16	Nancy	1,071
17	Judy	1,056
18	Debra	960
19	Pamela	949
20	Shirley	946
21	Rebecca	893
22	Carol	869
23	Elizabeth	864
24	Martha	842
25	Betty	817

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Margaret	765
27	Janice	758
28	Beverly	691
29	Janet	668
30	Kathy	644
31	Diana	642
32	Yolanda	635
33	Rosa	622
34	Sylvia	612
35	Juanita	610
36	Virginia	598
37	Kathleen	568
38	Paula	564
38	Peggy	564
40	Joyce	560
41	Connie	544
42	Wanda	539
43	Sherry	522
44	Dorothy	513
45	Glenda	498
46	Alice	494
47	Jo	489
48	Marilyn	463
49	Frances	457
50	Diane	456
51	Teresa	452
52	Vicki	448
53	Kathryn	431
54	Janie	430
55	Helen	425
55	Laura	425
57	Rose	420
58	Guadalupe	417
59	Cathy	398
60	Cheryl	394
61	Charlotte	389
62	Norma	388
63	Rita	381
64	Catherine	378
65	Katherine	358
66	Irma	354
67	Vickie	350
68	Judith	349
69	Doris	332
70	Irene	325
70	Patsy	325
72	Anita	317
73	Phyllis	310
74	Marsha	307
75	Bonnie	287
75	Ruth	287
77	Olga	286
78	Alicia	279
79	Carmen	274
80	Ann	272
81	Jane	264
82	Anna	263
83	Margarita	255
84	Julia	254
85	Evelyn	253
86	Sarah	250
87	Rhonda	246
88	Sheila	245
89	Dora	241
90	Gail	239
91	Kay	236
92	Lynda	234
93	Ruby	232
94	Theresa	230
95	Belinda	229
96	Dolores	225
97	Christine	220
98	Esther	218
99	Gwendolyn	217
100	Lydia	216
100	Sally	216