Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,301
2	Dorothy	497
3	Helen	388
4	Mildred	363
5	Marie	343
6	Annie	290
7	Rita	283
8	Hazel	264
8	Lucille	264
10	Ruby	255
11	Ruth	241
12	Gladys	233
13	Lillian	229
14	Ethel	228
14	Louise	228
16	Evelyn	213
16	Margaret	213
18	Doris	211
19	Alice	206
19	Willie	206
21	Thelma	205
22	Anna	199
23	Elizabeth	196
24	Edna	192
25	Frances	184

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	183
27	Lillie	174
28	Beatrice	171
28	Rose	171
30	Josephine	167
31	Bernice	166
32	Myrtle	150
33	Emma	145
34	Ella	141
35	Bertha	138
36	Pearl	136
37	Bessie	135
38	Gertrude	132
38	Vivian	132
40	Virginia	131
41	Marjorie	128
42	Rosa	125
43	Florence	124
44	Ida	119
44	Mattie	119
46	Lena	114
46	Martha	114
48	Agnes	113
49	Alma	109
49	Eva	109
49	Jessie	109
52	Edith	108
52	Hilda	108
52	Marguerite	108
55	Clara	106
56	Catherine	103
56	Vera	103
58	Lois	102
58	Mabel	102
60	Viola	101
61	Lula	100
62	Juanita	99
62	Laura	99
64	Elsie	98
65	Sarah	97
66	Audrey	95
67	Grace	94
67	Velma	94
69	Mable	93
69	Shirley	93
71	Eula	91
71	Eunice	91
71	Leola	91
74	Carrie	87
74	Irma	87
74	Rosie	87
77	Katherine	85
78	Julia	84
79	Lucy	83
80	Fannie	81
81	Yvonne	76
82	Inez	75
83	Beulah	74
84	Alberta	66
84	Geneva	66
84	Georgia	66
84	Theresa	66
88	Cora	63
88	Lorraine	63
88	Norma	63
91	Hattie	62
92	Esther	61
93	Elaine	60
93	Eloise	60
93	Marion	60
96	Mae	59
96	Maggie	59
98	Essie	58
98	Leona	58
98	Nellie	58