Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,116
2	Dorothy	1,025
3	Betty	903
4	Helen	521
5	Mildred	515
6	Margaret	510
7	Martha	491
8	Frances	443
9	Virginia	430
10	Ruby	426
11	Ruth	389
12	Annie	319
13	Evelyn	303
14	Elizabeth	294
15	Doris	273
16	Anna	269
17	Louise	259
18	Willie	256
19	Gladys	231
20	Edna	226
21	Juanita	223
22	Sarah	216
23	Thelma	215
24	Hazel	196
25	Pauline	188

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wilma	185
27	Edith	182
27	Lois	182
29	Marie	181
30	Barbara	177
31	Jean	174
32	Mattie	170
33	Clara	168
34	Emma	156
34	Katherine	156
36	Billie	151
37	Lucille	148
38	Alice	145
38	Lillian	145
40	Geneva	140
41	Alma	132
41	Marjorie	132
41	Nancy	132
41	Peggy	132
45	Bonnie	131
46	Ethel	130
46	Georgia	130
48	Eva	127
49	Irene	125
50	Bessie	124
50	Christine	124
50	Minnie	124
53	Wanda	121
54	Joyce	120
55	Ella	115
55	Jessie	115
57	Lillie	114
58	Nellie	112
59	Myrtle	104
59	Velma	104
61	Laura	103
61	Sara	103
63	Imogene	101
64	Opal	100
65	Bernice	99
66	Margie	98
66	Norma	98
68	June	96
68	Reba	96
70	Ann	92
71	Elsie	90
72	Beatrice	88
72	Bertha	88
72	Bettye	88
72	Geraldine	88
76	Jane	87
77	Cora	86
78	Bobbie	84
79	Carolyn	82
80	Grace	81
80	Ida	81
82	Josephine	79
83	Catherine	78
84	Fannie	77
85	Lena	76
86	Rosa	75
87	Hattie	74
88	Pearl	73
89	Agnes	72
89	Mable	72
89	Patricia	72
92	Beulah	71
92	Lucy	71
92	Mamie	71
95	Kathleen	70
96	Vera	68
97	Jewell	67
97	Maxine	67
97	Rose	67
100	Johnnie	66