Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,268
2	Dorothy	672
3	Helen	411
4	Marie	396
5	Mildred	385
6	Annie	312
7	Ruby	269
7	Thelma	269
9	Doris	268
10	Rita	261
11	Ruth	257
12	Margaret	248
13	Ethel	245
14	Gladys	241
15	Louise	240
16	Hazel	235
17	Lucille	229
18	Evelyn	216
18	Willie	216
20	Lillian	205
21	Alice	195
22	Anna	190
23	Elizabeth	189
24	Edna	180
25	Marjorie	177

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillie	174
27	Bernice	166
27	Irene	166
29	Rose	164
30	Beatrice	163
31	Frances	162
32	Josephine	161
33	Gloria	159
34	Myrtle	153
35	Pearl	152
36	Martha	149
37	Emma	147
38	Ella	145
39	Florence	144
40	Shirley	143
41	Ida	141
42	Bertha	140
43	Agnes	139
44	Virginia	137
45	Audrey	133
46	Lena	126
47	Catherine	122
47	Margie	122
49	Alma	119
49	Laura	119
51	Clara	117
51	Rosa	117
51	Viola	117
54	Vivian	114
55	Jessie	109
55	Mattie	109
57	Bessie	108
58	Elsie	107
58	Juanita	107
60	Eva	105
61	Leona	104
62	Mabel	103
62	Mable	103
64	Marion	101
65	Inez	100
65	Katherine	100
67	Hilda	99
68	Eunice	98
69	Marguerite	97
70	Grace	95
71	Carrie	94
71	Vera	94
71	Yvonne	94
74	Eula	93
75	Edith	91
75	Lula	91
75	Velma	91
78	Lois	89
79	Gertrude	88
80	Betty	87
81	Julia	84
81	Sarah	84
83	Mamie	83
83	Rosie	83
85	Leola	81
86	Lucy	80
87	Mae	78
88	Beulah	76
88	Hattie	76
90	Emily	75
91	Stella	73
92	Nellie	71
93	Georgia	69
94	Geraldine	68
94	Irma	68
94	Theresa	68
97	Eloise	67
97	Joyce	67
99	Daisy	66
99	Elaine	66
99	Minnie	66