Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,306
2	Dorothy	686
3	Betty	442
4	Helen	357
5	Joyce	294
6	Doris	289
7	Marie	280
8	Mildred	273
9	Gloria	271
10	Annie	258
11	Shirley	244
12	Ruby	236
13	Ethel	232
14	Rose	215
14	Ruth	215
16	Audrey	211
17	Evelyn	199
18	Dolores	195
18	Margaret	195
20	Willie	193
21	Hazel	182
22	Thelma	180
23	Anna	176
24	Alice	174
24	Theresa	174

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	173
27	Gladys	162
28	Louise	155
29	Barbara	141
30	Frances	139
30	Lillie	139
32	Rita	137
33	Lucille	133
34	Bernice	131
35	Lois	127
35	Virginia	127
37	Martha	120
38	Edna	118
39	Ella	117
39	Emma	117
41	Ida	114
42	Catherine	106
43	Rosa	105
43	Velma	105
45	Beatrice	104
45	Billie	104
45	Marion	104
45	Patricia	104
49	Josephine	103
50	Jessie	102
51	Geraldine	101
52	Bertha	100
53	Irene	99
54	Clara	98
54	Lillian	98
56	Beverly	96
56	Juanita	96
56	Margie	96
59	Florence	94
60	Bessie	93
61	Eula	92
61	Marjorie	92
63	Laura	88
64	Vera	87
64	Yvonne	87
66	Vivian	85
67	Lula	83
68	Mattie	82
68	Myrtle	82
68	Rosemary	82
71	Elaine	81
72	Alma	78
72	Leona	78
74	Carrie	77
75	Gertrude	75
76	Agnes	74
76	Elsie	74
78	Lena	73
79	Eva	72
80	Hilda	69
80	Irma	69
80	Norma	69
83	Joan	68
84	Grace	67
84	Rosie	67
86	Daisy	66
87	Lorraine	64
88	Edith	63
88	Eunice	63
88	Jean	63
88	Julia	63
88	Leola	63
88	Mae	63
88	Peggy	63
88	Viola	63
96	Pearl	62
97	Georgia	61
98	Marilyn	60
99	Ann	58
99	Esther	58
99	Katherine	58