Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,608
2	Dorothy	1,885
3	Betty	1,648
4	Maria	1,323
5	Helen	922
6	Doris	879
7	Billie	813
8	Frances	771
9	Margaret	701
10	Juanita	615
11	Ruby	612
12	Virginia	610
13	Mildred	609
14	Wanda	535
15	Ruth	496
16	Martha	485
17	Willie	466
18	Evelyn	461
19	Annie	455
20	Joyce	423
21	Alice	420
22	Gloria	389
23	Lois	346
24	Bobbie	330
24	Gladys	330

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Barbara	320
27	Edna	315
27	Marjorie	315
29	Norma	313
30	Margie	311
31	Emma	308
32	Thelma	297
33	Irene	296
34	Peggy	294
35	Guadalupe	284
36	Elizabeth	280
37	Marie	273
38	Hazel	271
39	Louise	270
39	Patsy	270
41	Lillian	263
41	Lillie	263
43	Eva	261
44	Pauline	251
45	Jean	247
45	Jessie	247
47	Anna	245
48	Julia	243
49	Rosa	238
50	Bonnie	236
51	Dora	235
52	Carmen	234
53	Clara	226
53	Wilma	226
55	Patricia	225
56	Josephine	218
57	Johnnie	217
58	Bernice	214
59	Ella	207
60	Bessie	206
61	Bertha	203
62	Minnie	202
63	Geraldine	198
64	Edith	196
65	Ethel	194
66	Jo	191
67	Rose	190
68	Dolores	189
69	Laura	187
70	Mattie	185
71	Esther	181
71	Shirley	181
73	Ida	180
74	Elsie	179
75	Lucille	177
76	Beatrice	176
76	Velma	176
78	Alma	172
79	Jimmie	171
79	Opal	171
81	Sarah	166
82	Antonia	165
83	Geneva	164
84	Georgia	163
85	Aurora	161
85	Vera	161
87	Lupe	160
88	Anita	159
88	Myrtle	159
90	Margarita	157
91	Imogene	155
92	Katherine	153
93	Rosie	151
94	Florence	150
95	Bettye	146
96	Alicia	142
96	Grace	142
96	Nancy	142
99	Melba	140
99	Olivia	140