Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,330
2	Dorothy	1,059
3	Betty	681
4	Helen	637
5	Margaret	565
6	Martha	502
7	Mildred	489
8	Virginia	486
9	Frances	430
10	Ruby	426
11	Ruth	425
12	Annie	346
13	Evelyn	310
14	Elizabeth	299
15	Willie	277
16	Hazel	276
17	Gladys	269
18	Doris	257
19	Anna	249
20	Edna	245
21	Louise	240
22	Thelma	235
23	Lois	214
24	Marie	205
25	Sarah	202

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	195
26	Juanita	195
28	Mattie	189
28	Pauline	189
30	Edith	179
31	Katherine	175
32	Jean	173
33	Wilma	166
34	Lillian	164
35	Geneva	159
36	Clara	158
37	Bessie	154
38	Georgia	151
39	Barbara	148
40	Bonnie	147
41	Jessie	145
42	Christine	142
43	Nellie	141
44	Minnie	139
45	Myrtle	133
46	Eva	132
46	Lillie	132
48	Ethel	130
48	Lucille	130
50	Alice	129
51	Alma	127
51	Bertha	127
51	Marjorie	127
54	Imogene	118
55	Bernice	116
56	Margie	114
57	Irene	113
58	Nancy	112
59	Laura	110
59	Opal	110
61	Elsie	106
61	Sara	106
63	Peggy	105
63	Velma	105
65	Ella	102
66	Catherine	101
66	Geraldine	101
66	Wanda	101
69	Billie	100
70	Reba	93
71	Ida	92
72	Bettye	91
72	Joyce	91
74	Beatrice	90
74	Norma	90
76	Carolyn	89
77	Rosie	87
78	June	86
79	Hattie	84
79	Jane	84
79	Lucy	84
79	Lula	84
83	Agnes	82
83	Ann	82
83	Josephine	82
86	Beulah	81
86	Fannie	81
86	Mable	81
89	Carrie	80
90	Cora	79
90	Grace	79
90	Mamie	79
90	Vera	79
94	Julia	77
95	Johnnie	76
96	Mae	75
97	Maggie	74
98	Bobbie	73
98	Eula	73
100	Charlotte	71
100	Kathleen	71
100	Lena	71
100	Maxine	71