Most popular girls’ names in Tennessee, 1938

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,831
2	Betty	1,333
3	Barbara	1,076
4	Shirley	915
5	Dorothy	603
6	Peggy	491
7	Nancy	485
8	Martha	443
9	Margaret	442
10	Carolyn	416
11	Joyce	388
12	Patricia	370
13	Helen	351
14	Doris	322
15	Wanda	318
16	Frances	293
17	Patsy	262
18	Virginia	261
19	Elizabeth	248
20	Norma	243
21	Linda	231
21	Ruby	231
23	Wilma	219
24	Anna	212
25	Mildred	205

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ruth	194
27	Alice	193
27	Annie	193
29	Evelyn	192
29	Jo	192
31	Shelby	173
32	Sarah	170
33	Edna	166
34	Ann	164
35	Bobbie	160
36	Janice	156
37	Lois	150
38	Charlotte	149
39	Thelma	145
40	Billie	143
41	Jean	139
42	Emma	138
43	Juanita	132
44	Sandra	131
45	Jane	128
46	Carol	125
47	Clara	124
48	Phyllis	122
48	Sylvia	122
50	Bonnie	121
51	Sue	112
52	Louise	109
53	Hazel	104
54	Alma	103
54	Willie	103
56	Mattie	102
57	Geraldine	100
57	Margie	100
59	Beverly	99
60	Sara	97
61	Edith	96
61	Joan	96
63	Bettye	94
63	Reba	94
65	Georgia	93
65	Rebecca	93
67	Gladys	91
68	Katherine	90
68	Nellie	90
70	Joann	89
71	Gloria	86
72	June	85
73	Ella	84
74	Marie	83
74	Minnie	83
76	Laura	79
77	Faye	78
78	Marjorie	77
79	Donna	75
80	Jessie	74
81	Lillie	73
81	Rosie	73
83	Ethel	72
83	Loretta	72
83	Marilyn	72
86	Glenda	71
87	Rose	70
88	Eva	68
89	Lillian	67
90	Julia	66
91	Anne	64
92	Bessie	63
92	Christine	63
92	Geneva	63
92	Robbie	63
96	Cora	62
96	Judy	62
98	Bertha	61
99	Annette	60
99	Judith	60
99	Pauline	60
99	Velma	60