Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,442
2	Dorothy	1,908
3	Betty	1,290
4	Maria	1,154
5	Helen	957
6	Doris	906
7	Billie	769
8	Frances	757
9	Margaret	732
10	Ruby	703
11	Mildred	631
12	Virginia	618
13	Juanita	609
14	Ruth	559
15	Evelyn	506
16	Martha	496
17	Annie	495
18	Willie	437
19	Joyce	435
20	Wanda	417
21	Alice	414
22	Gloria	380
23	Gladys	378
23	Lois	378
25	Edna	361

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Emma	329
27	Thelma	325
28	Anna	314
28	Elizabeth	314
30	Louise	312
31	Marjorie	306
32	Marie	305
33	Norma	300
34	Hazel	296
35	Margie	287
36	Lillie	283
37	Pauline	280
38	Irene	279
39	Peggy	276
40	Lillian	267
41	Bobbie	265
42	Julia	262
43	Jessie	260
44	Jean	259
45	Guadalupe	257
46	Eva	255
47	Clara	253
48	Johnnie	251
49	Ethel	250
50	Barbara	244
51	Rosa	242
52	Bernice	234
53	Geraldine	221
54	Dora	218
55	Edith	217
56	Bonnie	214
57	Bessie	213
57	Josephine	213
59	Anita	210
60	Beatrice	209
61	Patsy	203
62	Bertha	202
63	Minnie	200
64	Wilma	196
65	Mattie	193
66	Opal	191
67	Carmen	187
67	Georgia	187
67	Vera	187
70	Ella	186
71	Alma	185
71	Rose	185
73	Myrtle	177
74	Ida	174
75	Katherine	172
76	Lucille	171
77	Elsie	169
78	Laura	168
79	Esther	167
80	Sarah	166
81	Velma	165
82	Jo	163
83	Florence	162
84	Patricia	160
85	Margarita	155
86	Consuelo	153
86	Grace	153
88	Jimmie	152
89	Dolores	150
89	Melba	150
91	Lupe	149
91	Maxine	149
93	Aurora	148
93	Lola	148
95	Viola	146
95	Vivian	146
97	Imogene	145
98	Bettye	144
99	Lena	140
100	Jane	139
100	Shirley	139