Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,790
2	Betty	1,347
3	Shirley	1,112
4	Barbara	826
5	Dorothy	620
6	Peggy	479
7	Martha	474
8	Margaret	442
9	Helen	397
10	Joyce	359
11	Nancy	350
12	Virginia	311
13	Frances	308
14	Ruby	284
15	Doris	266
16	Patricia	259
17	Mildred	255
17	Wilma	255
19	Carolyn	253
20	Norma	237
21	Wanda	231
22	Anna	226
22	Elizabeth	226
24	Evelyn	224
25	Patsy	219

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bobbie	208
27	Sarah	198
28	Edna	192
28	Jo	192
30	Annie	186
31	Ruth	182
32	Thelma	180
33	Billie	165
34	Jean	164
34	Lois	164
36	Alice	160
37	Emma	151
38	Ann	146
39	Joan	142
40	Bonnie	141
41	Juanita	137
42	Willie	136
43	Louise	130
44	Margie	124
45	Gladys	123
46	Jane	116
47	Charlotte	114
48	Clara	112
49	Sue	110
50	Bettye	103
51	Phyllis	102
51	Sara	102
53	Eva	100
53	Marie	100
53	Reba	100
53	Shelby	100
57	Hazel	98
57	Sylvia	98
59	Mattie	97
60	Georgia	95
61	Katherine	94
62	Marjorie	93
63	Joann	92
64	Carol	90
65	Bessie	89
66	Alma	86
66	Edith	86
68	June	85
68	Rose	85
70	Geraldine	84
70	Lillian	84
72	Lillie	83
72	Nellie	83
74	Janice	82
75	Jessie	81
75	Rebecca	81
77	Ethel	78
78	Linda	77
79	Gloria	76
80	Faye	74
80	Laura	74
80	Myrtle	74
80	Pauline	74
84	Geneva	73
85	Loretta	72
85	Marilyn	72
87	Elsie	71
87	Minnie	71
89	Bertha	70
90	Delores	69
91	Catherine	68
92	Ella	67
93	Christine	65
93	Johnnie	65
93	Lula	65
93	Velma	65
97	Bernice	63
98	Eleanor	62
99	Beverly	60
100	Robbie	59