Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,025
2	Annie	928
3	Ruby	594
4	Willie	523
5	Frances	491
6	Ruth	470
7	Louise	468
8	Mattie	458
9	Mildred	455
10	Martha	419
11	Margaret	416
12	Dorothy	411
13	Elizabeth	378
14	Sarah	343
15	Lillie	330
16	Evelyn	310
17	Helen	308
18	Gladys	306
19	Edna	287
20	Thelma	275
21	Lillian	272
22	Ethel	270
23	Rosa	268
24	Minnie	259
24	Sara	259

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	258
27	Emma	249
28	Bessie	245
28	Lois	245
30	Virginia	236
31	Jessie	234
32	Alice	232
33	Grace	221
34	Pauline	216
35	Carrie	214
36	Eva	213
36	Lucile	213
38	Mamie	210
39	Hazel	209
40	Fannie	208
41	Ida	202
42	Clara	201
43	Julia	199
44	Lucille	195
45	Ella	192
45	Nellie	192
47	Susie	185
48	Irene	180
49	Doris	179
50	Bertha	175
51	Essie	168
52	Inez	167
53	Hattie	164
54	Alma	160
55	Edith	158
56	Beatrice	155
57	Lula	154
58	Maggie	146
59	Myrtle	139
60	Georgia	138
61	Anna	137
61	Daisy	137
63	Sallie	134
64	Cora	130
65	Lizzie	129
66	Florence	128
67	Eula	127
68	Eunice	125
68	Vera	125
70	Catherine	123
71	Laura	118
72	Agnes	117
73	Bernice	116
73	Johnnie	116
75	Christine	115
75	Mae	115
77	Lucy	113
78	Pearl	112
79	Gertrude	111
80	Betty	108
81	Lena	102
82	Katie	101
83	Rose	100
84	Ollie	97
85	Katherine	95
85	Nettie	95
87	Janie	94
87	Josephine	94
89	Alberta	91
90	Viola	90
91	Elsie	85
92	Addie	84
92	Geneva	84
92	Nancy	84
95	Beulah	80
96	Marjorie	79
97	Marion	78
98	Kathryn	77
98	Ola	77
100	Flora	76
100	Jewell	76