Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,744
2	Margaret	482
3	Dorothy	459
4	Ruth	457
5	Mildred	434
6	Ruby	433
7	Helen	386
8	Frances	366
9	Annie	363
10	Martha	324
11	Virginia	318
12	Louise	314
13	Elizabeth	313
14	Willie	283
15	Gladys	280
16	Edith	271
17	Hazel	253
18	Edna	252
18	Thelma	252
20	Anna	242
21	Pauline	236
22	Mattie	227
23	Evelyn	222
24	Sarah	217
25	Lucille	207

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	196
27	Emma	192
28	Ethel	190
29	Irene	185
30	Katherine	178
31	Clara	174
31	Myrtle	174
33	Alice	168
34	Nellie	161
35	Grace	158
35	Minnie	158
37	Bessie	150
37	Georgia	150
39	Pearl	145
40	Marie	143
41	Lillie	142
42	Geneva	136
43	Ida	135
44	Beatrice	133
45	Jessie	130
46	Lena	126
47	Bertha	125
47	Bonnie	125
49	Elsie	122
49	Eva	122
51	Lois	117
52	Alma	115
53	Laura	114
54	Beulah	113
54	Fannie	113
56	Hattie	109
57	Ella	108
57	Lula	108
59	Sara	101
60	Christine	99
61	Carrie	97
61	Maggie	97
63	Juanita	96
64	Florence	95
64	Viola	95
66	Velma	94
67	Opal	92
68	Mamie	90
69	Julia	86
70	Josephine	85
71	Betty	83
71	Flora	83
71	Mabel	83
71	Nell	83
75	Catherine	82
76	Ada	80
76	Mable	80
78	Gertrude	79
78	Wilma	79
80	Lucy	78
81	Nancy	77
82	Bernice	76
83	Marjorie	75
83	Vera	75
85	Cora	73
85	Nannie	73
87	Mae	72
88	Ollie	71
89	Agnes	70
90	Rose	69
90	Stella	69
92	Lola	65
92	Lorene	65
92	Rosa	65
95	Ann	64
96	Dora	63
96	Doris	63
98	Daisy	62
98	Eunice	62
98	Kathryn	62
98	Nora	62