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I found two yearbooks online from a Black high school in a state bordering Georgia. The 258 students were born in the early 1950s.

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16 Linda
10 Mary
9 Patricia
7 Annie, Carolyn, Dorothy, Brenda
6 Christine, Joyce
5 Evelyn, Gloria, Betty
4 Margaret, Cynthia, Gwendolyn, Shirley

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These 16 names add up to 106, about 40% of the total names.

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I noticed a couple of trends.
Feminine forms of masculine names
3 Willie, one each of Bobbydyne, Bernadette, Cecile, Geraldine, Georgialene, Jimmie, Jessie, Johnsie, LaMaurice, Paula, Patricia, Paulette, Ernestine
The ending sounding like "een"
Bobbydyne, Christine, Darlene, Ernestine, Geraldine, Georgialene,Hazelene, Jordean, Magdelene, Maxine, Nathalene, Sherelene, Racene

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Some interesting ones
Aurelya, Channie, Hopella, Mellimae, Marva, Rozena, Theriata, Lysaundria

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