Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,723
2	Margaret	490
3	Ruby	469
4	Ruth	462
5	Mildred	403
6	Dorothy	383
7	Helen	342
8	Annie	338
9	Elizabeth	324
10	Martha	317
11	Frances	315
12	Gladys	312
13	Virginia	303
14	Louise	289
15	Edna	288
16	Hazel	266
17	Anna	255
18	Thelma	239
19	Willie	238
20	Pauline	235
21	Edith	199
22	Evelyn	193
23	Sarah	192
24	Minnie	185
25	Ethel	184

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mattie	183
27	Lillian	180
27	Lucille	180
29	Bessie	177
30	Clara	175
31	Katherine	167
32	Marie	166
33	Alice	159
34	Irene	155
35	Grace	154
36	Jessie	151
37	Lillie	148
38	Georgia	143
39	Nellie	142
40	Emma	132
41	Myrtle	131
41	Pearl	131
43	Alma	129
44	Eva	128
45	Beatrice	125
46	Bertha	122
47	Beulah	117
48	Ella	112
49	Ida	110
50	Geneva	108
51	Lena	106
51	Opal	106
53	Fannie	105
54	Maggie	103
55	Laura	100
55	Lois	100
57	Mabel	97
58	Lula	96
59	Hattie	95
60	Carrie	94
61	Elsie	93
62	Mamie	92
63	Cora	91
64	Velma	88
65	Betty	87
65	Mable	87
67	Juanita	86
67	Mae	86
69	Catherine	84
69	Stella	84
71	Nancy	83
72	Christine	82
73	Bonnie	79
74	Wilma	78
75	Gertrude	77
75	Lucy	77
77	Eula	76
78	Sara	75
79	Rosa	74
80	Florence	73
81	Ada	69
81	Ann	69
81	Josephine	69
81	Julia	69
85	Kathleen	68
86	Agnes	67
86	Viola	67
88	Bernice	66
89	Sadie	64
90	Lucile	63
91	Blanche	62
91	Marjorie	62
91	Nell	62
91	Rose	62
95	Jewell	61
95	Susie	61
97	Esther	60
97	Jennie	60
97	Lorene	60
100	Dora	59
100	Ellen	59
100	Inez	59
100	Reba	59