Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1952

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	4,147
2	Linda	3,620
3	Deborah	2,809
4	Patricia	2,432
5	Maria	2,308
6	Brenda	1,722
7	Barbara	1,622
8	Debra	1,578
9	Sandra	1,425
10	Cynthia	1,364
11	Sharon	1,296
12	Susan	1,294
13	Karen	1,284
14	Donna	1,233
15	Nancy	1,184
16	Gloria	1,161
17	Rebecca	1,105
18	Pamela	1,102
19	Carolyn	1,099
20	Judy	994
21	Elizabeth	889
22	Martha	885
23	Carol	853
24	Shirley	842
25	Betty	806

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Janice	760
27	Kathy	758
28	Margaret	747
29	Beverly	744
30	Sylvia	705
31	Janet	693
32	Diana	672
33	Yolanda	653
34	Rosa	649
35	Juanita	648
36	Paula	634
37	Virginia	621
38	Joyce	589
39	Diane	545
40	Connie	544
41	Marilyn	540
42	Jo	536
43	Wanda	530
44	Teresa	528
45	Sherry	523
46	Kathleen	513
47	Vicki	511
48	Peggy	509
49	Dorothy	474
50	Cheryl	468
51	Norma	462
52	Laura	461
52	Rose	461
54	Glenda	459
55	Alice	455
56	Kathryn	453
57	Cathy	445
58	Vickie	438
59	Janie	413
60	Frances	411
61	Helen	404
62	Catherine	374
63	Anita	364
63	Doris	364
65	Guadalupe	363
66	Marsha	355
67	Rita	350
68	Irma	349
69	Patsy	341
70	Katherine	332
71	Charlotte	329
72	Judith	328
73	Theresa	320
74	Irene	317
75	Anna	305
76	Jane	298
77	Ann	285
77	Rhonda	285
79	Phyllis	282
80	Bonnie	269
81	Sally	267
82	Kay	265
82	Ruth	265
84	Evelyn	263
85	Alicia	262
86	Gail	257
86	Sheila	257
88	Eva	256
88	Margarita	256
88	Olga	256
91	Carmen	253
91	Christine	253
93	Gwendolyn	250
94	Lydia	242
95	Belinda	240
95	Joan	240
97	Ruby	236
98	Julia	233
99	Dolores	232
100	Sarah	228