Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,515
2	Ruby	419
3	Margaret	413
4	Ruth	399
5	Mildred	355
6	Frances	328
7	Elizabeth	325
8	Dorothy	324
9	Martha	301
10	Annie	292
11	Helen	284
12	Louise	276
13	Willie	254
14	Virginia	246
15	Gladys	245
16	Edna	233
17	Anna	231
18	Pauline	220
19	Hazel	214
20	Edith	209
20	Thelma	209
22	Ethel	195
23	Evelyn	185
23	Lucille	185
25	Bessie	181

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mattie	178
27	Sarah	175
28	Lillian	172
29	Grace	158
30	Myrtle	155
31	Marie	154
32	Katherine	153
33	Alice	152
34	Clara	149
35	Irene	148
36	Jessie	147
36	Lillie	147
38	Emma	140
39	Minnie	138
40	Beatrice	129
41	Maggie	125
42	Bertha	124
42	Lois	124
44	Elsie	123
45	Nellie	121
46	Alma	120
47	Laura	117
48	Georgia	115
49	Eva	112
50	Beulah	108
51	Lena	106
52	Pearl	101
53	Florence	93
54	Hattie	92
54	Mamie	92
56	Catherine	91
56	Ella	91
56	Geneva	91
56	Stella	91
60	Juanita	90
61	Gertrude	89
62	Nancy	88
63	Fannie	87
64	Lula	86
64	Mabel	86
66	Sara	85
67	Ida	83
67	Velma	83
69	Mae	82
70	Bonnie	80
71	Carrie	79
72	Bernice	78
73	Nannie	77
73	Wilma	77
75	Lucy	76
76	Viola	75
77	Christine	74
78	Opal	73
78	Rosa	73
80	Blanche	72
81	Eula	71
82	Lola	69
83	Cora	68
83	Josephine	68
85	Betty	67
86	Mable	65
86	Nora	65
86	Vera	65
89	Daisy	64
89	Ollie	64
91	Ellen	63
91	Julia	63
93	Agnes	62
93	Rebecca	62
95	Ada	61
95	Nell	61
97	Dora	60
97	Flora	60
97	Jennie	60
100	Lela	57
100	Marjorie	57