Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,076
2	Dorothy	691
3	Margaret	639
4	Mildred	549
5	Ruby	525
6	Ruth	520
7	Helen	508
8	Frances	463
9	Virginia	418
10	Martha	416
11	Annie	366
12	Willie	357
13	Gladys	355
14	Elizabeth	353
15	Louise	320
16	Thelma	307
17	Evelyn	286
17	Hazel	286
19	Edna	285
20	Edith	281
21	Pauline	265
22	Anna	263
23	Lillian	234
24	Sarah	217
25	Marie	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	212
27	Lucille	211
28	Mattie	205
29	Irene	191
29	Lillie	191
31	Katherine	190
32	Emma	188
33	Ethel	186
34	Nellie	171
35	Clara	169
35	Minnie	169
37	Bessie	164
38	Juanita	163
39	Myrtle	162
40	Jessie	157
41	Eva	154
42	Geneva	151
43	Bertha	147
43	Betty	147
45	Georgia	145
46	Beatrice	142
47	Laura	139
48	Bonnie	137
48	Grace	137
50	Alma	132
51	Ella	126
52	Doris	125
52	Elsie	125
54	Sara	124
55	Mabel	121
56	Wilma	117
57	Nancy	115
58	Lula	113
59	Christine	110
59	Hattie	110
59	Lois	110
62	Pearl	108
63	Jean	106
64	Opal	103
65	Ida	102
66	Marjorie	101
67	Beulah	99
68	Lena	98
69	Mae	97
69	Maggie	97
71	Carrie	96
72	Catherine	93
73	Bernice	92
73	Cora	92
73	Mamie	92
76	Fannie	91
77	Lucy	90
78	Josephine	89
78	Lorene	89
80	Florence	88
80	Vera	88
82	Agnes	86
82	Jane	86
84	Kathleen	84
85	Ada	83
85	Viola	83
87	Nora	81
87	Velma	81
89	Stella	79
90	Gertrude	78
90	Rebecca	78
92	Reba	77
93	Inez	74
94	Ann	73
94	Mable	73
96	Eula	72
96	Kathryn	72
96	Nell	72
99	Dora	71
100	Addie	70