Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,371
2	Dorothy	947
3	Margaret	634
4	Mildred	570
5	Helen	549
6	Frances	496
7	Ruby	491
8	Virginia	455
9	Martha	442
10	Ruth	437
11	Annie	399
12	Elizabeth	367
13	Willie	322
14	Evelyn	302
15	Betty	295
16	Louise	294
17	Gladys	293
18	Thelma	285
19	Hazel	283
20	Edna	276
21	Anna	273
22	Pauline	250
22	Sarah	250
24	Juanita	240
25	Mattie	215

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	214
27	Clara	205
28	Lillian	203
29	Alice	201
30	Marie	187
31	Doris	186
32	Georgia	184
33	Lucille	180
34	Katherine	171
35	Emma	169
36	Irene	166
37	Bessie	163
38	Lois	162
39	Ethel	161
40	Myrtle	159
41	Jessie	158
41	Lillie	158
43	Geneva	147
44	Christine	145
45	Nancy	140
46	Opal	139
47	Eva	136
48	Elsie	135
49	Alma	134
49	Minnie	134
51	Marjorie	133
52	Ida	132
53	Bertha	130
54	Wilma	129
55	Grace	121
56	Mable	120
57	Nellie	119
58	Julia	118
59	Laura	117
60	Bonnie	116
61	Sara	111
62	Ella	110
63	Velma	109
64	Jean	106
65	Ann	105
66	Bernice	103
67	Beatrice	102
68	Pearl	101
69	Catherine	100
70	Margie	99
71	Lula	98
71	Stella	98
73	Vera	92
74	Florence	91
74	Mamie	91
76	Josephine	90
77	Lena	88
77	Maggie	88
79	Eula	87
79	Mabel	87
81	Carrie	86
81	Lucy	86
81	Norma	86
84	Hattie	83
84	Jane	83
84	Vivian	83
87	Agnes	82
87	Fannie	82
87	June	82
90	Lorene	81
91	Rosie	79
92	Beulah	78
92	Mae	78
92	Reba	78
95	Cora	76
96	Kathleen	72
96	Viola	72
98	Rose	70
99	Rosa	69
99	Susie	69