Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,909
2	Margaret	600
3	Ruby	520
4	Mildred	506
5	Dorothy	475
6	Ruth	457
7	Helen	403
8	Frances	374
9	Virginia	368
10	Martha	365
11	Willie	334
12	Annie	329
13	Louise	327
14	Elizabeth	318
15	Gladys	308
16	Hazel	296
17	Edith	278
18	Anna	274
19	Edna	273
20	Pauline	266
21	Evelyn	252
22	Sarah	246
23	Thelma	236
24	Mattie	201
25	Lucille	196

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	195
27	Ethel	181
28	Jessie	177
29	Nellie	176
30	Lillian	175
31	Clara	174
31	Lillie	174
33	Bessie	171
34	Emma	169
35	Grace	167
36	Myrtle	162
37	Irene	160
38	Alice	159
39	Katherine	158
40	Minnie	155
41	Eva	148
42	Georgia	146
43	Beatrice	145
44	Alma	137
44	Ida	137
46	Bertha	131
47	Ella	130
48	Lula	129
49	Laura	126
50	Pearl	123
51	Beulah	119
52	Lois	118
53	Geneva	115
54	Bernice	112
55	Juanita	110
56	Opal	109
57	Elsie	107
58	Betty	106
58	Mabel	106
60	Fannie	105
61	Florence	104
62	Stella	101
63	Lena	100
64	Christine	99
64	Lucy	99
64	Maggie	99
67	Hattie	98
67	Wilma	98
69	Mable	97
70	Bonnie	96
71	Mae	95
72	Mamie	94
73	Nancy	92
74	Velma	91
75	Gertrude	89
75	Josephine	89
75	Marjorie	89
78	Johnnie	88
79	Eula	85
80	Carrie	84
81	Sara	83
82	Ada	82
83	Catherine	78
84	Julia	77
85	Kathleen	75
86	Agnes	74
87	Cora	73
87	Lorene	73
89	Vera	72
90	Nannie	71
90	Reba	71
92	Nell	69
93	Ellen	68
93	Flora	68
93	Jane	68
96	Ollie	67
97	Nora	66
97	Susie	66
99	Daisy	65
99	Dora	65
99	Jennie	65
99	Rachel	65