Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,504
2	Dorothy	909
3	Ruby	778
4	Helen	727
5	Margaret	722
6	Ruth	678
7	Mildred	627
8	Frances	597
9	Annie	541
10	Maria	534
11	Juanita	446
12	Evelyn	439
13	Willie	438
14	Edna	427
15	Virginia	413
16	Thelma	393
17	Gladys	391
17	Hazel	391
19	Lucille	379
20	Martha	369
21	Lois	366
22	Pauline	361
23	Alice	355
24	Louise	347
25	Lillian	344

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	341
27	Marie	337
28	Lillie	311
29	Doris	310
30	Jessie	300
31	Emma	293
32	Edith	287
33	Irene	279
34	Anna	275
34	Ethel	275
36	Minnie	263
37	Myrtle	262
38	Opal	261
39	Bernice	257
40	Clara	249
41	Bessie	234
42	Beatrice	229
43	Eva	222
44	Ella	216
44	Vera	216
46	Bertha	211
47	Florence	209
47	Josephine	209
49	Mattie	208
50	Alma	204
50	Julia	204
52	Katherine	201
53	Georgia	192
54	Grace	191
55	Velma	190
56	Elsie	189
56	Laura	189
58	Rosa	182
59	Ida	177
60	Sarah	172
61	Johnnie	171
62	Wilma	168
63	Lena	167
64	Anita	164
65	Nellie	160
66	Viola	158
66	Vivian	158
68	Bonnie	156
69	Gertrude	147
70	Lola	146
71	Leona	145
72	Inez	144
73	Pearl	143
74	Catherine	141
75	Guadalupe	140
75	Lorene	140
75	Marjorie	140
78	Dora	138
78	Esther	138
80	Agnes	136
80	Kathryn	136
80	Rosie	136
83	Geneva	132
84	Marguerite	131
85	Eunice	128
85	Hattie	128
87	Christine	125
87	Fannie	125
87	Lula	125
90	Betty	122
91	Winnie	119
92	Geraldine	118
93	Jewel	116
94	Mae	111
94	Mamie	111
96	Jewell	107
96	Mable	107
96	Rose	107
99	Cora	106
100	Lucy	105
100	Ora	105