Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,378
2	Dorothy	782
3	Helen	416
4	Marie	347
5	Betty	346
6	Doris	319
7	Mildred	308
8	Annie	277
9	Joyce	273
10	Shirley	270
11	Gloria	265
12	Willie	245
13	Ethel	244
14	Ruby	242
15	Anna	235
16	Ruth	228
17	Evelyn	217
17	Margaret	217
19	Rita	206
20	Alice	205
20	Audrey	205
22	Thelma	204
23	Rose	203
24	Hazel	197
25	Gladys	189

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	182
27	Lillie	181
28	Elizabeth	175
29	Theresa	174
30	Lucille	173
31	Frances	168
31	Lillian	168
33	Bernice	166
34	Edna	164
35	Ella	162
36	Irene	144
37	Beatrice	139
38	Emma	137
39	Catherine	134
40	Bertha	133
41	Florence	127
42	Clara	126
42	Jessie	126
42	Lois	126
45	Juanita	124
45	Laura	124
47	Virginia	123
48	Margie	121
48	Marjorie	121
50	Bessie	116
51	Josephine	115
52	Eva	112
53	Ida	110
54	Lena	109
54	Martha	109
54	Rosa	109
57	Marion	106
58	Barbara	105
58	Hilda	105
60	Velma	102
61	Alma	101
61	Myrtle	101
63	Rosie	100
64	Viola	99
65	Pearl	97
66	Patricia	92
67	Elaine	90
68	Carrie	89
68	Elsie	89
68	Eula	89
68	Lula	89
68	Mable	89
68	Mattie	89
68	Vera	89
75	Beverly	88
75	Rosemary	88
77	Dolores	87
78	Leola	85
79	Geraldine	84
79	Sarah	84
81	Grace	83
81	Vivian	83
83	Gertrude	82
84	Julia	79
85	Irma	78
85	Katherine	78
87	Eunice	77
88	Billie	74
88	Lorraine	74
88	Yvonne	74
91	Agnes	73
92	Inez	71
92	Pauline	71
94	Edith	68
95	Johnnie	66
95	Lucy	66
97	Norma	63
98	Esther	62
98	Leona	62
98	Stella	62
98	Wilma	62