Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	869
2	Ruby	275
3	Ruth	234
4	Annie	232
5	Margaret	214
6	Mildred	194
7	Edna	175
8	Louise	174
9	Willie	168
10	Elizabeth	167
11	Gladys	164
12	Dorothy	163
13	Bessie	153
13	Mattie	153
15	Thelma	146
16	Martha	143
16	Virginia	143
18	Anna	142
19	Frances	136
19	Hazel	136
21	Ethel	133
22	Edith	124
22	Helen	124
22	Sarah	124
25	Lillian	119

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Pauline	117
27	Jessie	115
28	Clara	114
29	Lillie	112
30	Pearl	111
31	Bertha	108
32	Grace	107
33	Alice	103
34	Evelyn	98
34	Myrtle	98
36	Marie	97
37	Irene	96
37	Lucille	96
39	Nellie	95
40	Emma	94
41	Georgia	92
42	Minnie	89
43	Beulah	88
44	Carrie	85
45	Elsie	84
46	Katherine	82
47	Maggie	80
48	Ella	78
49	Alma	75
49	Fannie	75
51	Ida	74
52	Lois	73
53	Lena	72
54	Hattie	69
55	Beatrice	68
56	Laura	66
56	Mae	66
58	Eva	65
59	Bonnie	63
60	Mabel	62
60	Mamie	62
62	Ada	60
63	Lucy	58
64	Lula	57
65	Cora	56
65	Nancy	56
67	Florence	55
68	Gertrude	54
68	Nannie	54
70	Catherine	53
71	Velma	52
72	Josephine	51
72	Lola	51
72	Viola	51
75	Geneva	50
75	Ollie	50
75	Rosa	50
78	Katie	49
79	Blanche	47
79	Daisy	47
79	Opal	47
82	Stella	46
82	Susie	46
84	Agnes	45
84	Sara	45
86	Dora	44
86	Eula	44
86	Juanita	44
86	Nell	44
90	Wilma	43
91	Jennie	42
91	Sallie	42
93	Ann	40
93	Rosie	40
95	Bernice	39
95	Flora	39
95	Ora	39
98	Betty	38
98	Effie	38
98	Estelle	38
98	Mable	38