Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,742
2	Betty	1,340
3	Barbara	1,006
4	Shirley	920
5	Dorothy	631
6	Peggy	465
7	Martha	458
8	Margaret	423
9	Nancy	416
10	Helen	365
11	Joyce	359
11	Patricia	359
13	Frances	286
14	Carolyn	285
15	Doris	281
16	Wilma	273
17	Virginia	272
18	Ruby	266
19	Elizabeth	257
20	Patsy	251
21	Wanda	247
22	Mildred	236
23	Norma	228
24	Evelyn	214
25	Annie	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	204
27	Shelby	195
28	Bobbie	192
29	Jo	184
30	Ruth	181
31	Alice	170
31	Ann	170
33	Edna	162
34	Sarah	160
35	Jean	158
36	Charlotte	146
36	Emma	146
38	Billie	144
39	Thelma	141
40	Juanita	133
41	Joan	131
41	Lois	131
41	Louise	131
44	Willie	130
45	Linda	121
45	Margie	121
47	Sylvia	120
48	Clara	119
49	Bonnie	116
50	Hazel	115
51	Phyllis	114
52	Sue	110
53	Jane	107
54	Marie	105
55	Beverly	103
56	Carol	100
56	Gloria	100
58	Gladys	98
59	Georgia	97
59	Joann	97
61	Katherine	96
61	Lillie	96
61	Mattie	96
64	Sandra	95
65	Marjorie	93
66	Edith	92
67	Alma	91
67	Nellie	91
69	Ella	90
69	Janice	90
71	Ethel	89
71	Geraldine	89
73	June	87
74	Bettye	84
75	Eva	83
75	Sara	83
77	Rebecca	82
78	Bertha	79
78	Bessie	79
78	Glenda	79
81	Pauline	78
82	Reba	77
83	Geneva	76
84	Minnie	75
85	Jessie	72
85	Loretta	72
87	Lillian	71
87	Lucille	71
89	Laura	70
90	Rose	69
91	Eleanor	68
92	Bernice	65
93	Christine	62
93	Faye	62
95	Velma	61
96	Johnnie	60
96	Marilyn	60
98	Lula	58
99	Bettie	56
99	Grace	56