Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,104
2	Betty	1,361
3	Dorothy	1,030
4	Helen	545
5	Margaret	512
6	Martha	443
7	Mildred	433
8	Virginia	402
9	Ruby	400
10	Frances	360
11	Ruth	342
12	Evelyn	302
13	Barbara	300
14	Doris	288
15	Annie	262
16	Elizabeth	250
17	Anna	242
18	Edna	238
19	Thelma	235
19	Wilma	235
21	Jean	232
22	Willie	230
23	Juanita	218
23	Peggy	218
25	Sarah	214

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louise	213
27	Hazel	205
28	Gladys	193
29	Nancy	183
30	Billie	179
30	Norma	179
32	Joyce	175
33	Clara	168
34	Lois	162
35	Pauline	156
36	Emma	151
36	Wanda	151
38	Marie	149
39	Edith	147
40	Katherine	143
41	Bobbie	141
42	Nellie	140
43	Georgia	139
44	Alice	135
44	Alma	135
44	Bonnie	135
47	Eva	133
48	Margie	131
48	Mattie	131
50	Christine	125
51	Geneva	124
52	Ethel	118
53	Lillian	116
54	Bessie	112
55	Lucille	108
56	Shirley	107
57	Lillie	106
57	Minnie	106
59	Marjorie	104
60	Reba	102
61	Ella	100
62	Jessie	97
62	Jo	97
64	Bettye	95
64	Imogene	95
66	Bernice	92
67	Ann	91
68	Bertha	90
68	Jane	90
68	Myrtle	90
71	Irene	88
72	Carolyn	87
72	Sara	87
74	Grace	86
74	Joan	86
76	Catherine	85
76	Laura	85
78	Ida	83
78	June	83
78	Velma	83
81	Beulah	76
81	Geraldine	76
81	Hattie	76
81	Josephine	76
81	Opal	76
86	Patricia	74
86	Rosie	74
88	Rachel	72
89	Elsie	71
89	Jewell	71
91	Rebecca	70
92	Maggie	69
93	Charlotte	68
94	Dorthy	67
94	Maxine	67
94	Vera	67
97	Beatrice	66
97	Carrie	66
97	Fannie	66
100	Johnnie	65
100	Sue	65