Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,958
2	Betty	1,532
3	Dorothy	797
4	Barbara	714
5	Martha	485
6	Helen	466
7	Peggy	430
8	Margaret	413
9	Shirley	357
10	Joyce	356
11	Ruby	340
12	Frances	337
13	Mildred	334
14	Doris	333
15	Virginia	324
16	Nancy	300
17	Ruth	271
18	Anna	264
19	Annie	257
20	Elizabeth	253
21	Wilma	239
22	Evelyn	237
23	Wanda	231
24	Bobbie	222
25	Norma	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carolyn	203
27	Patricia	200
28	Edna	197
29	Billie	196
30	Thelma	191
31	Jo	173
31	Lois	173
33	Sarah	168
34	Jean	167
35	Alice	161
36	Gladys	159
37	Louise	158
38	Clara	157
39	Juanita	155
40	Willie	152
41	Bonnie	151
42	Ann	147
43	Bettye	143
44	Edith	132
44	Joan	132
44	Patsy	132
47	Pauline	130
48	Alma	127
48	Hazel	127
50	Katherine	125
51	Emma	122
52	Lillian	118
53	Georgia	113
54	Charlotte	110
54	Marie	110
56	Eva	108
57	Margie	105
57	Marjorie	105
59	Sue	104
60	Mattie	101
61	Christine	99
61	Reba	99
63	Nellie	98
64	Ethel	97
65	Geraldine	93
65	Sara	93
67	Jane	91
68	Minnie	90
69	Geneva	89
70	Bessie	88
71	Lillie	87
72	Gloria	86
72	June	86
74	Imogene	85
75	Jessie	84
75	Joann	84
77	Laura	83
78	Sylvia	79
79	Velma	78
80	Ella	75
81	Vivian	74
82	Elsie	72
83	Catherine	70
83	Myrtle	70
85	Lucille	69
86	Dorthy	68
87	Irene	67
88	Josephine	66
88	Opal	66
90	Ida	65
90	Lena	65
90	Rebecca	65
90	Rosie	65
90	Stella	65
95	Maxine	63
96	Carol	61
97	Beulah	60
98	Hattie	58
99	Cora	57
99	Delores	57
99	Eleanor	57
99	Jimmie	57
99	Maggie	57
99	Mamie	57
99	Phyllis	57
99	Robbie	57