Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,953
2	Betty	1,553
3	Shirley	1,128
4	Barbara	818
5	Dorothy	730
6	Martha	473
7	Margaret	437
8	Helen	429
9	Peggy	377
10	Joyce	357
11	Virginia	337
12	Nancy	330
13	Frances	320
14	Doris	288
15	Ruby	287
16	Patricia	284
17	Wilma	270
18	Mildred	261
19	Annie	247
20	Ruth	246
21	Anna	241
21	Carolyn	241
23	Elizabeth	239
24	Evelyn	238
25	Bobbie	236

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Wanda	232
27	Norma	185
28	Edna	181
29	Juanita	180
30	Billie	177
31	Lois	172
32	Jo	171
33	Sarah	170
34	Ann	165
35	Jean	164
36	Patsy	162
37	Joan	158
38	Clara	155
39	Thelma	154
40	Emma	152
41	Alice	147
41	Willie	147
43	Hazel	143
44	Louise	141
45	Margie	126
46	Georgia	119
47	Bonnie	118
48	Nellie	117
49	Mattie	113
49	Reba	113
51	Alma	109
51	Bettye	109
51	Edith	109
54	Gladys	106
55	Charlotte	105
55	Marie	105
55	Minnie	105
58	Katherine	100
58	Lillian	100
60	Eva	96
61	Ella	95
62	Sara	93
63	Geneva	91
63	Lillie	91
63	Sue	91
66	Geraldine	89
67	Christine	84
68	Joann	83
69	Ethel	82
70	Bertha	81
70	Jessie	81
70	Laura	81
73	June	80
74	Marjorie	79
74	Pauline	79
74	Phyllis	79
74	Velma	79
78	Bessie	77
78	Carol	77
80	Jane	75
81	Marilyn	74
81	Rebecca	74
83	Irene	70
83	Lucille	70
83	Sylvia	70
86	Catherine	69
86	Imogene	69
86	Rose	69
89	Gloria	68
89	Ida	68
89	Maxine	68
92	Beverly	66
92	Lena	66
94	Anne	65
95	Bernice	64
95	Lula	64
97	Faye	63
98	Delores	62
99	Elsie	60
99	Rosie	60
99	Vera	60