Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,150
2	Dorothy	963
3	Margaret	605
4	Betty	582
5	Mildred	539
6	Helen	521
7	Martha	505
8	Ruby	460
9	Virginia	431
10	Frances	417
11	Ruth	389
12	Annie	369
13	Elizabeth	317
14	Evelyn	314
15	Louise	273
16	Thelma	256
16	Willie	256
18	Gladys	254
19	Anna	253
20	Edna	240
20	Sarah	240
22	Hazel	238
23	Doris	216
23	Edith	216
25	Juanita	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Pauline	200
27	Marie	191
28	Clara	189
29	Jean	187
30	Mattie	173
31	Lillian	171
31	Lois	171
33	Wilma	169
34	Emma	165
35	Alice	163
36	Ethel	154
37	Katherine	152
38	Jessie	150
39	Bessie	144
40	Geneva	143
40	Nancy	143
42	Minnie	139
43	Irene	137
43	Nellie	137
45	Eva	133
46	Marjorie	131
47	Alma	129
47	Lillie	129
49	Myrtle	125
50	Lucille	122
50	Sara	122
52	Margie	119
53	Bertha	118
54	Bonnie	116
55	Barbara	111
56	Christine	110
57	Bernice	109
57	Opal	109
59	Elsie	107
60	Ella	104
61	Agnes	103
62	Georgia	102
62	Wanda	102
64	Ann	99
65	Maggie	97
66	Catherine	96
66	Ida	96
68	Norma	95
68	Reba	95
70	Carrie	92
71	Grace	91
71	Laura	91
73	Lena	88
74	Hattie	87
75	Mable	86
76	Lula	84
76	Pearl	84
78	Fannie	83
78	Geraldine	83
78	Peggy	83
81	Johnnie	80
82	Billie	79
82	Imogene	79
82	Julia	79
85	Beulah	77
86	Florence	76
86	Jane	76
88	Kathleen	75
88	Mamie	75
90	June	74
90	Velma	74
92	Josephine	73
92	Joyce	73
92	Rachel	73
95	Cora	72
95	Lucy	72
97	Jewell	71
97	Rosie	71
99	Ellen	69
99	Rose	69