Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	658
2	Marie	203
3	Annie	195
4	Ethel	180
5	Louise	167
5	Mildred	167
7	Gladys	149
7	Helen	149
9	Lillian	135
9	Lucille	135
11	Beatrice	128
12	Edna	125
13	Willie	121
14	Elizabeth	120
14	Hazel	120
16	Ruby	119
17	Josephine	117
17	Ruth	117
17	Thelma	117
20	Alice	115
21	Bessie	112
22	Rose	109
23	Eva	106
24	Anna	103
25	Emma	101

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Dorothy	97
26	Evelyn	97
28	Lillie	96
29	Margaret	95
30	Irene	94
31	Sarah	92
32	Gertrude	90
33	Myrtle	87
34	Bertha	86
35	Viola	83
36	Lena	80
37	Mabel	78
38	Ella	77
38	Mattie	77
38	Pearl	77
41	Ida	76
42	Alma	75
42	Bernice	75
42	Frances	75
45	Agnes	73
46	Grace	71
47	Beulah	70
47	Florence	70
47	Martha	70
47	Rosa	70
51	Clara	68
51	Julia	68
51	Mable	68
54	Hilda	67
55	Inez	66
56	Laura	64
57	Jessie	62
58	Edith	60
58	Hattie	60
60	Leona	58
61	Mae	57
61	Virginia	57
63	Alberta	56
64	Eunice	55
64	Rosie	55
66	Leola	54
67	Esther	53
68	Vera	52
69	Irma	51
70	Mamie	50
70	Marguerite	50
70	Velma	50
73	Catherine	49
73	Minnie	49
75	Stella	48
76	Fannie	47
76	Vivian	47
78	Carrie	46
78	Daisy	46
78	Essie	46
81	Lucy	44
82	Effie	43
82	Lula	43
82	Ollie	43
85	Eula	41
85	Nellie	41
85	Pauline	41
88	Marjorie	40
89	Elnora	39
89	Susie	39
91	Theresa	38
92	Ada	37
93	Elsie	36
93	Lois	36
95	Cora	35
95	Katie	35
97	Doris	34
97	Olivia	34
97	Rita	34
100	Aline	33
100	Georgia	33
100	May	33