Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,027
2	Betty	1,060
3	Dorothy	932
4	Margaret	571
5	Helen	556
6	Martha	449
7	Mildred	421
8	Virginia	395
9	Ruby	383
10	Frances	360
11	Ruth	347
12	Doris	289
13	Elizabeth	286
14	Annie	276
15	Evelyn	271
16	Thelma	258
17	Willie	254
18	Anna	223
19	Barbara	220
20	Jean	211
21	Edna	205
21	Louise	205
23	Gladys	202
24	Hazel	200
25	Wilma	194

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Sarah	181
27	Juanita	176
28	Billie	169
29	Marie	164
29	Pauline	164
31	Peggy	161
32	Clara	160
33	Lois	157
34	Edith	155
35	Emma	153
36	Joyce	149
37	Mattie	146
38	Nancy	142
39	Alma	138
40	Katherine	136
41	Georgia	130
42	Alice	129
42	Bobbie	129
44	Bessie	125
45	Marjorie	124
46	Lillian	123
47	Ethel	122
48	Christine	121
49	Geneva	116
50	Eva	114
50	Jessie	114
52	Margie	113
53	Bettye	111
53	Ella	111
53	Wanda	111
56	Nellie	110
57	Ann	109
58	Bonnie	107
59	Imogene	106
60	Irene	104
60	Lucille	104
62	Laura	102
63	Minnie	100
64	Lillie	99
65	Norma	98
66	Velma	93
67	Jane	92
68	Bertha	89
68	Geraldine	89
70	Elsie	87
70	Ida	87
70	Opal	87
70	Reba	87
74	Myrtle	85
75	Sara	84
76	Carolyn	82
76	Maxine	82
78	Vivian	80
79	Bernice	79
79	Catherine	79
81	June	77
82	Lena	75
83	Rosie	74
84	Patricia	73
85	Shirley	72
86	Beatrice	71
87	Jo	70
87	Mae	70
87	Mamie	70
90	Josephine	69
91	Charlotte	68
91	Viola	68
93	Eula	67
93	Pearl	67
93	Robbie	67
96	Fannie	66
96	Julia	66
96	Lorene	66
96	Vera	66
100	Dora	65
100	Stella	65