Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,042
2	Betty	1,486
3	Dorothy	886
4	Helen	537
5	Margaret	502
6	Barbara	470
7	Martha	465
8	Mildred	368
9	Ruby	349
10	Frances	347
11	Virginia	345
12	Peggy	331
13	Ruth	302
14	Evelyn	276
15	Wilma	273
16	Annie	256
17	Doris	253
18	Elizabeth	252
19	Anna	245
20	Edna	233
21	Billie	226
22	Joyce	218
23	Thelma	211
24	Bobbie	206
25	Hazel	195

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nancy	192
26	Norma	192
28	Clara	190
29	Jean	189
30	Louise	185
30	Sarah	185
30	Willie	185
33	Wanda	183
34	Juanita	178
35	Emma	169
35	Gladys	169
37	Lois	159
38	Marie	148
39	Alice	142
40	Joan	140
41	Mattie	139
42	Ann	136
43	Edith	131
44	Bonnie	130
45	Pauline	129
46	Bessie	124
47	Jo	123
48	Alma	122
49	Carolyn	120
49	Marjorie	120
51	Geneva	119
52	Shirley	116
53	Lillie	115
54	Bettye	113
54	Georgia	113
56	Sara	110
57	Margie	109
58	Nellie	108
59	Geraldine	107
59	Lillian	107
61	Ethel	106
62	Patricia	103
63	Christine	102
63	Jane	102
65	Eva	101
66	Bernice	98
67	Ella	97
68	Katherine	93
69	Irene	90
70	Jessie	89
71	Bertha	88
72	Minnie	87
73	Charlotte	85
74	Myrtle	82
74	Velma	82
76	Reba	81
76	Sue	81
78	June	80
78	Opal	80
80	Lucille	79
81	Gloria	78
81	Imogene	78
83	Beulah	75
83	Elsie	75
83	Vivian	75
86	Ida	74
87	Johnnie	73
88	Catherine	69
89	Julia	67
89	Vera	67
91	Lula	66
92	Agnes	65
92	Fannie	65
92	Laura	65
95	Grace	64
96	Bettie	63
96	Patsy	63
98	Cora	62
98	Rebecca	62
98	Rose	62
98	Stella	62