Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1914

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary1,707
2Ruby559
3Dorothy529
4Maria467
5Ruth462
6Helen458
7Margaret457
8Mildred442
9Frances433
10Annie410
11Willie401
12Gladys382
13Hazel341
14Pauline326
15Juanita319
16Thelma317
17Elizabeth308
18Edna286
19Lucille284
20Virginia279
21Lillian276
22Opal268
23Evelyn265
24Lois262
25Louise259
RankNameBabies
26Alice255
27Marie251
28Lillie248
29Bessie241
30Ethel228
31Minnie222
32Martha221
33Irene217
34Jessie214
35Clara211
36Emma210
37Edith209
38Mattie208
39Anna203
40Doris198
41Vera193
42Bernice187
43Josephine178
44Myrtle176
45Beatrice173
45Eva173
47Alma172
48Bertha164
49Rosa162
50Ella159
51Julia157
52Katherine155
53Elsie154
54Velma153
55Grace152
56Ida149
56Inez149
58Laura146
59Mabel144
59Viola144
61Agnes140
62Gertrude138
63Pearl134
64Lena132
65Esther128
65Florence128
65Sarah128
68Vivian127
69Jewel123
70Guadalupe122
70Johnnie122
72Catherine118
73Dora113
74Lorene112
75Jewell107
76Georgia106
77Lola104
78Lula100
78Nellie100
80Betty99
80Fannie99
82Beulah97
82Lucy97
84Cora96
84Eunice96
84Marjorie96
84Ollie96
88Anita95
88Hattie95
90Bonnie94
90Christine94
90Wilma94
93Faye93
93Geneva93
95Leona92
96Rose88
97Antonia87
97Marguerite87
99Maggie86
99Susie86