Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,022
2	Betty	1,546
3	Dorothy	991
4	Barbara	581
5	Helen	476
6	Margaret	470
7	Martha	465
8	Virginia	379
9	Mildred	361
10	Ruby	358
11	Frances	345
12	Peggy	314
13	Doris	311
14	Ruth	286
15	Joyce	280
16	Evelyn	279
17	Anna	268
18	Annie	267
19	Elizabeth	250
20	Wilma	246
21	Bobbie	227
22	Edna	222
23	Nancy	220
24	Billie	206
25	Lois	202

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Thelma	202
27	Willie	198
28	Jean	194
29	Louise	183
30	Norma	181
31	Juanita	179
32	Hazel	173
33	Sarah	172
34	Shirley	167
35	Wanda	165
36	Emma	163
37	Alice	155
37	Joan	155
39	Bonnie	151
40	Gladys	143
41	Carolyn	141
42	Patricia	140
43	Alma	139
44	Clara	138
45	Mattie	136
46	Edith	134
47	Bessie	133
48	Ann	131
49	Bettye	128
49	Georgia	128
51	Jo	127
52	Margie	120
53	Imogene	119
54	Marie	117
55	June	115
55	Lillian	115
57	Pauline	114
58	Ethel	113
59	Patsy	111
60	Eva	110
60	Geneva	110
60	Geraldine	110
63	Ella	108
63	Nellie	108
65	Katherine	107
66	Minnie	98
67	Christine	96
68	Jessie	94
69	Reba	92
69	Sara	92
71	Lillie	91
72	Laura	90
73	Catherine	89
73	Charlotte	89
75	Elsie	88
75	Marjorie	88
75	Sue	88
78	Jane	85
79	Gloria	82
80	Bernice	81
80	Irene	81
80	Velma	81
83	Vivian	78
84	Bertha	77
84	Rebecca	77
86	Johnnie	75
86	Myrtle	75
88	Opal	74
89	Lucille	72
90	Maxine	69
91	Bettie	68
91	Hattie	68
91	Julia	68
91	Robbie	68
95	Vera	67
96	Ida	66
97	Rosie	65
98	Agnes	64
99	Cora	63
99	Fannie	63
99	Mable	63