Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,419
2	Betty	1,886
3	Dorothy	1,845
4	Maria	1,341
5	Doris	881
6	Helen	869
7	Billie	846
8	Frances	707
9	Margaret	670
10	Ruby	624
11	Virginia	585
12	Juanita	571
13	Wanda	569
14	Mildred	546
15	Martha	510
15	Ruth	510
17	Annie	482
18	Joyce	479
19	Evelyn	466
20	Willie	409
21	Gloria	399
22	Alice	388
23	Peggy	378
24	Barbara	363
25	Bobbie	360

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norma	343
27	Lois	338
28	Patsy	335
29	Emma	333
30	Thelma	322
31	Guadalupe	297
32	Elizabeth	290
33	Margie	288
34	Marjorie	287
35	Irene	280
36	Anna	276
36	Gladys	276
38	Hazel	269
39	Edna	267
40	Lillie	262
41	Jean	261
41	Patricia	261
43	Lillian	257
44	Eva	254
45	Pauline	253
46	Julia	251
46	Rosa	251
48	Louise	249
49	Marie	245
50	Dolores	238
51	Clara	232
52	Bonnie	231
53	Bernice	227
54	Wilma	226
55	Bertha	221
56	Johnnie	220
57	Anita	213
57	Dora	213
59	Ethel	210
60	Edith	207
61	Jessie	206
62	Bessie	205
62	Josephine	205
64	Geraldine	199
64	Shirley	199
66	Beatrice	190
67	Jo	187
68	Ella	186
68	Minnie	186
68	Velma	186
68	Vera	186
72	Consuelo	185
72	Rose	185
74	Carmen	184
75	Aurora	180
76	Georgia	177
76	Maxine	177
78	Mattie	175
79	Lucille	173
80	Alma	172
81	Esther	169
82	Ida	165
83	Ramona	164
84	Opal	156
84	Sarah	156
86	Margarita	155
87	Laura	151
88	Nancy	150
89	Myrtle	147
90	Imogene	146
90	Katherine	146
92	Bettye	145
92	Lupe	145
94	Florence	144
95	Melba	143
96	Elsie	142
96	Rosie	142
98	Jimmie	140
99	Alicia	139
99	Ann	139