Most popular girls’ names in Georgia, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,135
2	Betty	1,612
3	Dorothy	876
4	Annie	718
5	Martha	464
6	Margaret	420
7	Frances	409
8	Doris	403
9	Mildred	399
10	Helen	396
11	Ruby	394
12	Barbara	388
13	Evelyn	378
14	Willie	365
15	Elizabeth	344
15	Louise	344
17	Sarah	319
18	Virginia	284
19	Mattie	272
20	Ruth	256
21	Joyce	235
22	Sara	225
23	Alice	220
24	Carolyn	215
25	Gladys	211

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillie	208
27	Thelma	207
28	Hazel	204
29	Juanita	199
30	Edna	197
31	Emma	196
32	Lois	182
33	Peggy	176
34	Rosa	172
35	Bernice	171
36	Catherine	167
37	Ethel	166
38	Jean	156
39	Ann	154
39	Christine	154
39	Lillian	154
42	Bessie	149
42	Minnie	149
44	Johnnie	148
45	Carrie	147
46	Marie	144
47	Clara	143
48	Ella	142
48	Ida	142
50	Eva	138
51	Gloria	136
52	Julia	133
52	Nellie	133
54	Bertha	131
55	Jessie	129
56	Geraldine	127
57	Bobbie	122
57	Fannie	122
57	Mamie	122
60	Patricia	119
61	Joan	118
62	Marjorie	117
62	Nancy	117
64	Hattie	115
65	Inez	114
66	Grace	110
66	Laura	110
68	Pauline	109
69	Edith	108
70	Vera	106
71	Alma	104
72	Irene	102
73	Susie	98
74	Lucille	97
74	Lula	97
76	Margie	96
77	Daisy	95
78	Cora	94
78	Vivian	94
80	Mae	93
81	Geneva	92
82	Katherine	90
83	Eloise	86
84	Anne	84
84	Georgia	84
86	Josephine	82
86	Katie	82
86	Shirley	82
89	Essie	81
90	Marion	80
90	Myrtle	80
90	Norma	80
93	Jeanette	79
94	Anna	78
95	Eleanor	76
95	Eula	76
95	Lucy	76
98	Jane	75
98	Lizzie	75
100	Lena	74