Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1933

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,846
2	Betty	1,534
3	Dorothy	772
4	Barbara	593
5	Margaret	432
6	Martha	417
7	Peggy	413
8	Helen	411
9	Virginia	333
10	Ruby	331
11	Frances	325
12	Mildred	305
13	Joyce	285
14	Ruth	275
15	Doris	274
16	Nancy	271
17	Wilma	263
18	Anna	249
19	Annie	245
19	Elizabeth	245
21	Evelyn	243
22	Bobbie	212
23	Billie	197
24	Emma	196
25	Wanda	193

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Thelma	190
27	Juanita	187
28	Edna	181
29	Sarah	179
30	Shirley	176
31	Norma	172
31	Willie	172
33	Patricia	171
34	Lois	160
34	Louise	160
36	Clara	159
37	Carolyn	153
38	Jean	149
39	Hazel	145
40	Gladys	143
41	Alice	142
41	Ann	142
41	Jo	142
44	Patsy	134
45	Margie	129
46	Bettye	126
46	Bonnie	126
48	Alma	120
48	Nellie	120
50	Joan	119
51	Georgia	113
51	Sue	113
53	Pauline	110
54	Lillian	103
55	Katherine	102
55	Marie	102
57	Charlotte	101
57	Edith	101
57	June	101
60	Mattie	96
61	Bessie	95
62	Eva	94
62	Marjorie	94
64	Sara	93
65	Ethel	92
65	Geraldine	92
65	Jessie	92
68	Ella	85
68	Geneva	85
70	Christine	84
70	Reba	84
72	Rebecca	83
73	Lillie	81
74	Bertha	79
74	Laura	79
74	Myrtle	79
77	Velma	78
78	Imogene	77
79	Gloria	76
79	Jane	76
79	Lucille	76
82	Bernice	74
83	Robbie	72
84	Elsie	71
85	Irene	69
85	Minnie	69
87	Faye	68
87	Ida	68
87	Rose	68
90	Johnnie	65
90	Lula	65
92	Hattie	63
92	Lena	63
92	Opal	63
95	Bettie	62
96	Grace	61
96	Kathleen	61
98	Rosie	60
99	Agnes	59
99	Julia	59
99	Phyllis	59