Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1923

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

RankNameBabies
1Mary3,246
2Dorothy1,951
3Maria965
4Helen926
5Margaret773
6Frances765
7Doris746
8Ruby743
9Mildred728
10Ruth725
11Betty646
12Juanita626
13Virginia589
14Evelyn547
15Willie502
16Annie499
17Martha461
18Alice405
19Gladys392
20Edna381
21Billie366
22Elizabeth362
22Louise362
24Thelma357
25Lois347
RankNameBabies
26Marjorie346
27Marie345
28Hazel341
29Lillian322
30Pauline320
31Emma312
32Margie305
33Wanda296
34Irene294
35Bernice290
36Anna286
37Eva276
38Lillie271
39Josephine262
40Bertha260
41Beatrice256
42Clara255
42Edith255
44Lucille254
45Norma248
46Ethel247
47Jessie246
48Guadalupe245
49Rosa238
50Julia237
51Ella236
52Ida234
53Vera223
54Gloria221
54Minnie221
54Myrtle221
57Mattie217
58Opal216
59Florence214
60Anita209
61Johnnie206
62Joyce205
63Wilma203
64Bessie201
65Geraldine200
66Esther198
67Elsie197
67Velma197
69Carmen188
70Katherine183
71Sarah182
72Dora178
72Laura178
72Vivian178
75Bonnie175
76Alma173
77Aurora171
77Geneva171
79Jean169
80Georgia167
81Viola163
82Christine162
83Margarita157
84Jane154
85Grace152
86Nellie150
87Mae147
87Peggy147
89Melba146
90Lula145
91Consuelo144
91Imogene144
91Lola144
94Maxine141
95Catherine136
96Leona135
97Barbara134
98Kathryn133
98Lorene133
100Rose132