Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,424
2	Betty	2,031
3	Dorothy	1,864
4	Maria	1,301
5	Billie	1,043
6	Doris	931
7	Helen	812
8	Frances	685
9	Joyce	649
10	Margaret	620
11	Ruby	605
12	Wanda	602
13	Virginia	560
14	Juanita	546
15	Mildred	497
16	Martha	494
17	Ruth	480
18	Bobbie	454
19	Evelyn	452
20	Barbara	447
21	Patsy	441
22	Annie	426
23	Peggy	409
24	Gloria	394
25	Alice	386

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Willie	357
27	Norma	355
28	Elizabeth	324
29	Emma	318
30	Lois	304
31	Gladys	297
31	Thelma	297
33	Patricia	292
34	Eva	282
35	Margie	280
36	Anna	279
36	Guadalupe	279
38	Jo	275
39	Edna	270
40	Marjorie	266
41	Louise	264
42	Jean	258
43	Hazel	257
44	Clara	253
45	Marie	245
46	Josephine	244
47	Pauline	235
47	Shirley	235
49	Lillie	234
50	Rosa	232
51	Julia	228
52	Dolores	227
53	Jessie	223
54	Bonnie	222
54	Carmen	222
54	Irene	222
57	Johnnie	217
58	Wilma	214
59	Bernice	212
59	Dora	212
61	Lillian	210
62	Bertha	209
63	Rose	200
64	Ramona	196
65	Ethel	192
66	Anita	190
66	Nancy	190
68	Bessie	185
68	Vera	185
70	Margarita	182
71	Alma	179
72	Ella	177
73	Ida	176
74	Beatrice	175
75	Minnie	174
76	Melba	170
77	Joan	166
78	Geraldine	165
79	Georgia	164
79	Maxine	164
81	Esther	162
82	Aurora	160
82	Elsie	160
84	Alicia	159
84	Velma	159
86	Consuelo	157
87	Laura	156
87	Lupe	156
89	Sarah	155
90	Rosie	154
91	Ann	152
92	Jimmie	150
92	Lucille	150
94	Edith	149
95	Bettye	148
96	Joy	147
97	Bettie	143
97	Imogene	143
99	Olivia	141
100	Francisca	140