Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,589
2	Dorothy	1,070
3	Frances	757
4	Ruby	745
5	Margaret	727
6	Helen	702
6	Mildred	702
8	Ruth	662
9	Maria	591
10	Annie	533
11	Willie	515
12	Juanita	466
13	Evelyn	457
14	Virginia	453
15	Gladys	410
15	Hazel	410
17	Louise	395
18	Thelma	382
19	Edna	380
20	Lois	379
21	Alice	376
22	Doris	371
23	Pauline	367
24	Elizabeth	345
25	Martha	336

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lucille	334
27	Lillian	330
28	Marie	328
29	Opal	305
30	Lillie	299
31	Jessie	298
32	Ethel	293
33	Anna	283
34	Bessie	279
34	Irene	279
36	Clara	276
37	Edith	259
38	Eva	256
39	Emma	246
40	Myrtle	245
40	Vera	245
42	Bernice	241
43	Minnie	240
44	Josephine	233
45	Beatrice	226
46	Ella	218
47	Julia	214
48	Ida	209
48	Mattie	209
48	Velma	209
51	Alma	208
52	Bertha	207
52	Florence	207
54	Marjorie	200
55	Grace	195
56	Rosa	194
56	Sarah	194
58	Johnnie	193
59	Katherine	190
60	Vivian	182
61	Elsie	180
62	Guadalupe	178
63	Laura	177
64	Lena	168
64	Viola	168
66	Georgia	165
67	Esther	161
67	Inez	161
69	Billie	159
70	Gertrude	158
71	Lola	157
72	Agnes	151
73	Hattie	150
74	Catherine	148
75	Lorene	147
76	Kathryn	146
77	Marguerite	145
77	Nellie	145
79	Dora	142
79	Geneva	142
81	Christine	137
81	Geraldine	137
83	Betty	135
83	Jewel	135
83	Lucy	135
86	Anita	130
86	Fannie	130
86	Wilma	130
89	Eula	129
90	Leona	128
91	Pearl	127
92	Mable	126
93	Maggie	123
94	Carmen	120
95	Bonnie	117
95	Frankie	117
97	Cora	116
98	Mae	112
98	Margie	112
100	Maxine	111