Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,179
2	Ruby	485
3	Ruth	394
4	Annie	361
5	Mildred	335
6	Willie	327
7	Gladys	324
8	Dorothy	316
9	Helen	300
9	Maria	300
11	Frances	271
12	Margaret	261
13	Thelma	256
14	Lillian	245
15	Louise	226
16	Edna	225
17	Lucille	224
18	Lillie	222
19	Juanita	214
20	Marie	209
21	Elizabeth	206
22	Hazel	202
23	Pauline	198
24	Ethel	192
25	Alice	188

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Clara	187
27	Bessie	186
27	Opal	186
29	Irene	184
30	Minnie	176
31	Emma	175
32	Jessie	173
32	Martha	173
32	Mattie	173
35	Lois	171
36	Evelyn	169
37	Grace	167
38	Anna	164
39	Beatrice	156
40	Velma	150
40	Virginia	150
42	Alma	149
42	Myrtle	149
44	Bertha	146
45	Edith	145
45	Vera	145
47	Ella	139
48	Ida	133
49	Lena	132
50	Florence	130
50	Josephine	130
52	Gertrude	119
53	Jewel	117
54	Mabel	116
55	Bernice	115
56	Eva	114
57	Rosa	113
58	Laura	108
59	Julia	107
60	Lola	105
60	Lorene	105
60	Viola	105
63	Elsie	102
64	Pearl	101
65	Georgia	96
66	Lula	93
67	Agnes	92
67	Inez	92
69	Leona	90
70	Johnnie	88
70	Sarah	88
72	Rosie	87
73	Doris	86
73	Katherine	86
73	Mamie	86
76	Vivian	85
77	Eula	84
78	Hattie	82
79	Fannie	80
80	Guadalupe	79
80	Ollie	79
82	Dora	78
82	Esther	78
82	Nellie	78
85	Cora	77
86	Beulah	76
86	Jewell	76
88	Lucy	75
89	Carrie	74
89	Maggie	74
89	Marguerite	74
92	Mable	73
93	Eunice	72
94	Wilma	71
95	Catherine	69
96	Anita	68
96	Francisca	68
98	Geneva	67
98	Rose	67
100	Bonnie	66