Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1929

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary2,152
2Betty1,133
3Dorothy901
4Annie778
5Martha517
6Willie481
7Mildred444
8Doris440
9Helen434
10Louise428
11Margaret405
12Ruby400
13Frances389
14Evelyn360
15Elizabeth348
16Sarah345
17Mattie337
18Virginia317
19Ruth290
20Thelma273
21Sara269
22Lillie260
23Hazel235
24Alice228
25Emma225
RankNameBabies
25Gladys225
27Barbara220
28Ethel211
29Edna210
30Lois202
31Clara192
32Juanita189
33Christine187
33Rosa187
35Bessie180
36Bernice176
37Catherine175
38Minnie174
39Carolyn173
40Eva168
41Marie167
42Lillian165
43Hattie164
44Carrie160
45Joyce155
46Fannie151
47Jessie149
48Julia147
49Mamie143
49Pauline143
51Johnnie140
52Ella134
53Geneva132
54Grace131
55Edith130
56Lula129
57Irene128
57Marjorie128
59Bertha126
60Ida125
61Margie120
62Nellie119
62Susie119
64Jean118
65Georgia114
65Laura114
65Vera114
68Lucille111
69Anna108
69Beatrice108
71Ann107
72Geraldine106
72Peggy106
74Lizzie104
74Mae104
76Daisy100
76Katherine100
78Gloria96
78Vivian96
80Alma95
81Inez94
81Josephine94
83Marion89
84Nancy88
85Lucy87
86Agnes86
86Katie86
86Maggie86
89Bobbie85
90Eloise84
91Marian82
92Cora81
92Rose81
94Anne80
94Eunice80
94Florence80
94Myrtle80
98Eula79
99Janie77
99Patricia77