Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,328
2	Dorothy	790
3	Ruby	733
4	Ruth	673
5	Mildred	618
6	Helen	595
7	Margaret	585
8	Frances	577
9	Annie	511
10	Maria	484
11	Edna	457
12	Gladys	452
13	Juanita	446
14	Willie	425
15	Hazel	406
16	Pauline	389
16	Thelma	389
18	Louise	383
19	Elizabeth	366
19	Virginia	366
21	Alice	358
22	Evelyn	351
23	Lois	346
24	Lucille	341
25	Lillian	339

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Marie	329
27	Martha	304
28	Opal	292
29	Jessie	290
29	Lillie	290
31	Clara	286
32	Bessie	279
33	Anna	272
34	Doris	271
35	Ethel	269
36	Myrtle	259
37	Edith	257
38	Minnie	255
39	Emma	254
40	Irene	235
41	Julia	230
42	Josephine	228
42	Mattie	228
44	Vera	226
45	Alma	225
46	Bertha	221
47	Ida	207
48	Bernice	201
49	Eva	199
50	Velma	191
51	Elsie	189
52	Lena	188
53	Vivian	180
54	Ella	179
55	Florence	176
56	Beatrice	175
57	Gertrude	173
57	Laura	173
59	Grace	171
60	Georgia	168
60	Katherine	168
62	Johnnie	166
63	Inez	165
63	Lorene	165
65	Esther	163
66	Nellie	161
67	Rosa	158
68	Sarah	152
69	Jewel	149
70	Leona	142
71	Dora	139
72	Marguerite	138
72	Viola	138
74	Marjorie	134
74	Pearl	134
76	Lola	133
76	Mable	133
78	Hattie	129
79	Geneva	124
79	Kathryn	124
81	Agnes	123
82	Wilma	120
83	Catherine	119
83	Eunice	119
85	Anita	118
86	Guadalupe	117
87	Eula	116
87	Mabel	116
89	Christine	114
89	Cora	114
89	Rose	114
92	Fannie	111
93	Mamie	110
94	Lucy	108
95	Cleo	106
95	Ollie	106
97	Ann	105
98	Faye	104
98	Geraldine	104
100	Lula	103