Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,172
2	Betty	1,432
3	Dorothy	941
4	Annie	764
5	Martha	501
6	Willie	438
7	Doris	436
8	Ruby	434
9	Frances	431
10	Margaret	413
11	Mildred	408
12	Louise	406
13	Evelyn	384
14	Helen	346
15	Virginia	340
16	Sarah	336
17	Elizabeth	329
18	Barbara	313
19	Mattie	300
20	Ruth	283
21	Sara	258
22	Hazel	244
23	Gladys	238
23	Thelma	238
25	Catherine	216

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillie	214
27	Emma	213
28	Alice	208
29	Juanita	205
30	Carolyn	201
31	Rosa	200
32	Minnie	196
33	Edna	195
34	Lois	184
35	Bessie	183
36	Clara	172
37	Ethel	171
38	Lillian	168
39	Bernice	166
39	Joyce	166
41	Christine	152
42	Jessie	151
43	Marie	146
44	Carrie	143
45	Ida	142
46	Julia	140
47	Fannie	134
48	Ella	131
48	Hattie	131
48	Johnnie	131
51	Ann	129
51	Bobbie	129
53	Jean	127
54	Gloria	126
54	Laura	126
54	Nellie	126
54	Peggy	126
58	Mamie	123
59	Edith	122
59	Vera	122
61	Grace	121
62	Eva	120
63	Georgia	117
64	Eloise	116
65	Katherine	113
66	Lula	112
67	Irene	110
68	Bertha	109
68	Daisy	109
70	Marjorie	108
71	Pauline	106
72	Geneva	105
73	Geraldine	103
74	Susie	100
75	Anna	99
76	Cora	98
77	Eula	96
77	Lucille	96
79	Alma	95
79	Josephine	95
79	Mae	95
79	Margie	95
79	Myrtle	95
84	Inez	92
84	Nancy	92
86	Lucy	91
87	Florence	90
87	Vivian	90
89	Lizzie	89
90	Marion	88
91	Essie	86
92	Anne	82
93	Janie	81
93	Katie	81
93	Marian	81
96	Patricia	79
97	Beatrice	78
97	Eunice	78
97	Lucile	78
100	Ellen	77
100	Shirley	77