Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,158
2	Ruby	320
3	Ruth	308
4	Margaret	304
5	Mildred	254
6	Elizabeth	253
7	Annie	241
8	Dorothy	230
9	Frances	226
10	Louise	225
11	Willie	224
12	Martha	223
13	Edna	222
14	Hazel	214
15	Helen	212
16	Mattie	184
17	Gladys	181
18	Anna	177
19	Virginia	169
20	Thelma	162
21	Ethel	158
22	Lucille	156
23	Pauline	155
24	Sarah	150
25	Edith	144

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	140
27	Evelyn	136
28	Bessie	131
29	Jessie	125
30	Clara	124
31	Grace	120
31	Lillie	120
33	Minnie	119
33	Nellie	119
35	Marie	117
36	Alice	111
36	Bertha	111
38	Emma	109
39	Laura	108
40	Katherine	106
40	Pearl	106
42	Myrtle	102
43	Hattie	101
44	Irene	95
45	Eva	93
45	Maggie	93
47	Alma	92
48	Georgia	91
49	Ida	89
50	Fannie	87
51	Elsie	86
52	Lula	84
53	Beatrice	80
54	Beulah	78
54	Ella	78
56	Geneva	71
56	Lois	71
58	Gertrude	70
58	Juanita	70
58	Mamie	70
61	Florence	69
61	Viola	69
63	Lena	68
64	Ollie	67
65	Carrie	66
65	Mable	66
67	Bonnie	65
67	Julia	65
67	Katie	65
67	Lucy	65
67	Velma	65
72	Susie	64
73	Vera	63
74	Ada	62
74	Opal	62
76	Mabel	58
76	Rosa	58
78	Catherine	57
78	Cora	57
78	Daisy	57
78	Mae	57
82	Jennie	56
83	Christine	55
83	Nancy	55
85	Dora	54
85	Sara	54
87	Josephine	53
88	Blanche	52
88	Stella	52
90	Bernice	50
91	Flora	49
91	Lucile	49
91	Nell	49
94	Della	48
94	Eula	48
94	Rose	48
94	Rosie	48
94	Wilma	48
99	Ora	47
100	Alberta	46
100	Flossie	46
100	Sue	46