Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,256
2	Dorothy	812
3	Margaret	661
4	Mildred	619
5	Helen	532
6	Ruby	506
7	Ruth	496
8	Frances	481
9	Virginia	443
10	Martha	420
11	Annie	394
12	Elizabeth	348
13	Gladys	326
14	Evelyn	307
15	Edna	303
16	Louise	298
17	Willie	295
18	Hazel	292
19	Anna	281
20	Thelma	274
21	Sarah	250
22	Edith	239
23	Pauline	236
24	Marie	233
25	Lillian	225

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mattie	202
27	Juanita	196
28	Katherine	194
29	Alice	187
30	Emma	186
31	Irene	182
32	Ethel	174
33	Lucille	169
34	Lillie	168
35	Georgia	161
36	Geneva	160
37	Clara	159
38	Jessie	157
39	Betty	153
40	Nellie	152
41	Bessie	150
41	Myrtle	150
43	Eva	146
44	Minnie	145
44	Opal	145
46	Grace	140
47	Alma	138
47	Ella	138
49	Beatrice	133
49	Doris	133
51	Wilma	132
52	Christine	129
53	Ida	127
54	Sara	126
55	Bertha	122
56	Bonnie	121
57	Elsie	120
57	Lois	120
57	Marjorie	120
60	Pearl	116
61	Laura	114
62	Lula	113
63	Agnes	108
63	Lena	108
65	Beulah	107
65	Lucy	107
65	Velma	107
68	Nancy	106
69	Bernice	104
70	Margie	100
71	Mabel	99
72	Fannie	98
73	Josephine	96
74	Reba	95
75	Florence	94
76	Catherine	91
77	Cora	89
77	Hattie	89
79	Mable	88
80	Jean	85
80	Rachel	85
82	Maggie	84
83	Geraldine	81
84	Ann	80
85	Eula	79
85	Vera	79
87	Jane	77
88	Julia	75
88	Mamie	75
88	Nell	75
91	Lorene	74
91	Stella	74
93	Blanche	73
93	Kathleen	73
93	Nora	73
96	Flora	72
96	Kathryn	72
96	Mae	72
99	Rebecca	71
99	Viola	71