Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,474
2	Dorothy	967
3	Margaret	707
4	Mildred	641
5	Helen	606
6	Frances	541
6	Ruby	541
8	Ruth	523
9	Martha	507
10	Virginia	424
11	Betty	405
12	Annie	393
13	Evelyn	346
14	Willie	335
15	Gladys	328
16	Anna	325
17	Elizabeth	317
17	Louise	317
19	Edna	288
20	Hazel	275
21	Edith	263
22	Thelma	260
23	Pauline	256
24	Sarah	237
25	Juanita	221

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Doris	209
27	Lillian	205
28	Lois	202
29	Mattie	200
30	Clara	199
31	Katherine	195
32	Emma	193
33	Marie	189
34	Alice	183
35	Georgia	178
36	Ethel	177
37	Wilma	176
38	Irene	167
39	Bessie	155
40	Lucille	154
41	Geneva	153
41	Nellie	153
43	Minnie	151
44	Alma	147
44	Marjorie	147
46	Christine	139
46	Lillie	139
46	Myrtle	139
49	Beatrice	138
50	Opal	136
51	Jessie	135
52	Ella	132
52	Eva	132
52	Nancy	132
55	Laura	129
56	Bonnie	126
57	Grace	120
58	Elsie	117
59	Bertha	116
60	Bernice	114
60	Ida	114
62	Jean	110
63	Geraldine	109
64	Agnes	107
65	Beulah	103
66	Florence	102
67	Margie	101
67	Sara	101
69	Mable	100
70	Josephine	99
70	June	99
70	Maggie	99
70	Pearl	99
74	Catherine	98
75	Mae	96
76	Velma	94
77	Julia	90
78	Eula	88
78	Lula	88
80	Carrie	87
81	Hattie	86
82	Cora	84
82	Kathleen	84
82	Mamie	84
82	Reba	84
86	Lucy	83
87	Vera	82
88	Ann	81
88	Jane	81
88	Jewel	81
91	Barbara	80
92	Fannie	79
92	Jewell	79
94	Johnnie	78
95	Lena	77
96	Imogene	76
97	Ellen	75
98	Rachel	74
99	Mabel	73
100	Kathryn	71