Most popular girls’ names in Louisiana, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,140
2	Betty	562
3	Dorothy	509
4	Barbara	300
5	Joyce	291
6	Gloria	285
7	Helen	282
8	Shirley	249
9	Ruby	227
10	Doris	212
11	Marie	211
12	Annie	210
13	Rose	204
14	Mildred	193
15	Margaret	191
16	Ethel	176
17	Alice	175
18	Patricia	165
18	Willie	165
20	Audrey	164
21	Anna	154
22	Elizabeth	153
23	Geraldine	152
24	Ruth	144
25	Joan	138

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Martha	130
27	Lois	127
28	Lillie	118
29	Evelyn	117
30	Frances	116
31	Hazel	112
32	Catherine	110
33	Louise	108
34	Beverly	107
34	Dolores	107
34	Thelma	107
37	Juanita	105
37	Theresa	105
37	Virginia	105
40	Margie	104
41	Peggy	103
42	Gladys	101
43	Lucille	100
44	Clara	99
45	Rita	97
46	Bobbie	96
46	Ida	96
48	Edna	89
48	Jean	89
50	Carolyn	87
50	Ella	87
50	Emma	87
53	Bernice	84
53	Billie	84
55	Patsy	83
56	Lillian	82
57	Laura	81
57	Vera	81
59	Bessie	80
59	Rosie	80
61	Josephine	79
62	Jessie	78
63	Irene	76
63	Marion	76
65	Yvonne	75
66	Norma	74
67	Marjorie	73
68	Alma	71
68	Bertha	71
68	Eva	71
68	June	71
72	Florence	70
72	Sylvia	70
74	Myrtle	69
74	Rosa	69
74	Velma	69
77	Verna	68
78	Carrie	67
78	Earline	67
80	Ann	66
81	Elsie	65
82	Eula	63
82	Jeanette	63
82	Sarah	63
85	Marilyn	62
86	Irma	61
86	Lula	61
86	Mattie	61
89	Beatrice	60
89	Janet	60
91	Lena	58
92	Agnes	57
93	Carol	56
93	Lucy	56
93	Nancy	56
96	Katherine	55
97	Delores	54
97	Julia	54
99	Marlene	53
99	Viola	53