Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	957
2	Dorothy	329
3	Marie	312
4	Helen	297
5	Mildred	280
6	Annie	260
7	Gladys	225
8	Ethel	224
9	Hazel	218
10	Lucille	215
11	Louise	212
12	Thelma	201
13	Ruby	199
14	Edna	190
14	Lillian	190
14	Ruth	190
17	Willie	180
18	Beatrice	179
19	Evelyn	178
20	Margaret	174
21	Alice	159
22	Anna	148
22	Elizabeth	148
24	Rose	147
25	Lillie	146

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Myrtle	146
27	Irene	142
28	Bertha	137
29	Bessie	136
30	Josephine	135
31	Frances	130
32	Bernice	128
33	Agnes	127
33	Laura	127
35	Alma	125
35	Doris	125
37	Gertrude	121
38	Clara	117
38	Pearl	117
40	Edith	116
41	Marjorie	115
42	Emma	114
43	Mattie	109
44	Eva	108
45	Eunice	105
46	Mabel	104
47	Vera	102
48	Ella	101
48	Florence	101
48	Grace	101
48	Jessie	101
48	Lena	101
48	Martha	101
54	Mable	100
55	Ida	98
56	Catherine	96
57	Virginia	95
58	Vivian	94
59	Inez	90
60	Hilda	88
61	Lucy	87
62	Carrie	86
62	Julia	86
62	Marguerite	86
62	Rosa	86
62	Viola	86
67	Elsie	81
68	Rosie	80
69	Eula	79
69	Minnie	79
71	Beulah	78
72	Velma	75
73	Sarah	73
74	Leona	71
75	Irma	70
75	Leola	70
77	Lois	68
77	Lula	68
77	Theresa	68
80	Juanita	67
80	Nellie	67
80	Rita	67
83	Mamie	66
84	Audrey	64
84	Daisy	64
84	Stella	64
87	Mae	62
88	Pauline	61
89	Blanche	60
89	Emily	60
91	Effie	59
91	Esther	59
93	Estelle	56
93	Hattie	56
95	Alberta	55
95	Fannie	55
95	Georgia	55
95	Katherine	55
99	Eloise	52
99	Sadie	52