Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,341
2	Dorothy	777
3	Helen	411
4	Marie	368
5	Doris	325
6	Gloria	312
7	Mildred	311
8	Annie	305
9	Ruby	287
10	Shirley	282
11	Ruth	272
12	Ethel	260
13	Hazel	255
14	Willie	251
15	Betty	243
16	Audrey	235
17	Anna	228
18	Margaret	222
19	Thelma	218
20	Alice	213
20	Rose	213
22	Gladys	210
23	Lucille	206
24	Joyce	204
25	Rita	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	192
27	Evelyn	186
28	Bernice	182
29	Elizabeth	178
30	Lillie	171
31	Frances	167
32	Edna	158
32	Lillian	158
34	Bertha	145
35	Lois	144
36	Ella	142
37	Jessie	141
37	Virginia	141
39	Bessie	140
40	Irene	139
41	Juanita	136
42	Catherine	135
42	Josephine	135
44	Marjorie	131
45	Martha	130
46	Beatrice	126
47	Emma	125
47	Florence	125
49	Clara	119
49	Ida	119
49	Myrtle	119
52	Eva	118
53	Elsie	116
53	Hilda	116
55	Laura	113
56	Alma	112
57	Rosa	111
57	Vera	111
59	Margie	109
59	Mattie	109
61	Yvonne	105
62	Theresa	104
62	Velma	104
64	Carrie	103
64	Pearl	103
66	Gertrude	100
67	Rosie	97
68	Irma	92
69	Eula	91
70	Rosemary	90
71	Lula	89
71	Mable	89
73	Elaine	88
74	Marion	86
75	Julia	85
76	Lorraine	84
77	Agnes	82
78	Lena	80
79	Edith	79
79	Sarah	79
79	Verna	79
79	Vivian	79
83	Leona	78
83	Mae	78
85	Norma	77
86	Geraldine	76
87	Leola	74
88	Viola	73
89	Fannie	71
89	Grace	71
91	Mabel	70
92	Dolores	69
92	Patricia	69
94	Georgia	68
94	Katherine	68
96	Barbara	67
96	Beverly	67
96	Eunice	67
99	Alberta	66
100	Marguerite	65
100	Nellie	65