Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,195
2	Dorothy	640
3	Marie	418
4	Helen	411
5	Mildred	388
6	Ruth	298
7	Annie	291
8	Rita	279
9	Doris	262
10	Louise	259
11	Thelma	256
12	Ruby	252
13	Hazel	249
14	Ethel	246
15	Lucille	243
16	Gladys	240
17	Evelyn	235
18	Willie	222
19	Margaret	221
20	Alice	219
21	Rose	203
22	Anna	198
22	Lillian	198
24	Marjorie	191
25	Beatrice	188

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bernice	185
27	Edna	182
28	Lillie	180
29	Elizabeth	175
30	Bessie	163
31	Josephine	162
32	Frances	159
33	Irene	158
34	Myrtle	155
35	Ida	148
36	Florence	147
37	Audrey	140
38	Agnes	138
39	Catherine	137
40	Ella	135
40	Hilda	135
42	Virginia	134
43	Bertha	131
44	Martha	130
45	Emma	124
46	Vera	122
47	Pearl	120
48	Shirley	119
49	Gertrude	117
49	Lena	117
51	Margie	113
52	Mattie	112
53	Lois	111
54	Inez	110
55	Alma	109
55	Jessie	109
55	Julia	109
58	Edith	108
58	Eunice	108
58	Juanita	108
61	Clara	107
62	Vivian	105
63	Sarah	103
64	Laura	101
64	Marguerite	101
64	Rosa	101
67	Mable	97
67	Viola	97
69	Marion	96
70	Eva	95
71	Mabel	94
72	Velma	93
73	Irma	91
74	Gloria	90
75	Carrie	89
75	Grace	89
77	Eula	88
78	Rosie	85
79	Yvonne	84
80	Mae	80
81	Fannie	79
81	Nellie	79
83	Elsie	77
83	Leona	77
85	Betty	76
86	Leola	73
87	Rosemary	72
88	Eloise	71
88	Mamie	71
88	Norma	71
91	Lula	69
92	Katherine	68
93	Hattie	67
94	Beulah	66
95	Georgia	65
95	Lucy	65
97	Geraldine	64
97	Pauline	64
99	Esther	63
100	Lorraine	62
100	Theresa	62