Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,740
2	Dorothy	1,220
3	Helen	805
4	Margaret	794
5	Ruby	780
6	Mildred	755
7	Maria	725
8	Ruth	707
9	Frances	700
10	Juanita	587
11	Annie	566
12	Willie	554
13	Gladys	460
14	Virginia	456
15	Evelyn	437
16	Doris	436
17	Edna	417
18	Hazel	412
19	Marie	388
20	Thelma	386
21	Elizabeth	376
22	Pauline	365
23	Alice	359
23	Martha	359
25	Lois	350

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	338
27	Louise	334
28	Lucille	332
29	Edith	321
30	Irene	316
31	Ethel	311
32	Lillie	297
33	Jessie	287
34	Emma	283
35	Eva	282
35	Opal	282
37	Bernice	281
38	Anna	280
39	Bessie	278
40	Josephine	257
41	Clara	253
42	Vera	250
43	Bertha	245
44	Mattie	241
45	Minnie	239
46	Ida	231
47	Julia	229
48	Beatrice	226
49	Rosa	219
50	Ella	218
50	Katherine	218
52	Guadalupe	214
53	Myrtle	208
54	Alma	202
55	Sarah	194
56	Marjorie	192
56	Velma	192
58	Viola	191
59	Johnnie	188
60	Georgia	185
61	Grace	184
61	Laura	184
63	Esther	183
64	Lola	179
65	Florence	177
66	Elsie	174
67	Billie	169
68	Vivian	166
69	Inez	163
70	Betty	160
71	Wilma	158
72	Geneva	155
72	Nellie	155
72	Rosie	155
75	Agnes	152
75	Gertrude	152
77	Lorene	151
78	Carmen	149
79	Anita	146
80	Lena	145
81	Dora	144
82	Maxine	140
83	Geraldine	137
83	Lucy	137
85	Lula	131
85	Pearl	131
87	Christine	130
87	Kathryn	130
87	Rose	130
90	Jewel	128
91	Catherine	124
92	Carrie	123
93	Leona	122
94	Hattie	121
94	Jane	121
96	Bonnie	119
97	Mamie	117
98	Eula	116
98	Mae	116
100	Marguerite	115