Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,395
2	Betty	2,259
3	Dorothy	1,702
4	Maria	1,359
5	Billie	938
6	Doris	863
7	Helen	737
8	Margaret	637
8	Wanda	637
10	Frances	634
11	Joyce	633
12	Virginia	564
13	Juanita	546
14	Ruby	535
15	Barbara	526
16	Martha	518
17	Patsy	517
18	Mildred	485
19	Ruth	463
20	Bobbie	460
21	Peggy	442
22	Gloria	421
23	Annie	420
24	Evelyn	403
25	Alice	366

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norma	351
27	Patricia	341
28	Dolores	330
28	Willie	330
30	Emma	307
31	Guadalupe	305
31	Jo	305
33	Lois	301
34	Elizabeth	295
35	Eva	288
36	Jean	284
37	Gladys	281
38	Margie	277
39	Thelma	273
40	Anna	253
41	Hazel	247
42	Clara	246
43	Edna	245
44	Irene	243
45	Joan	239
46	Anita	237
47	Nancy	235
48	Louise	230
49	Bonnie	229
50	Julia	227
51	Rosa	226
52	Marie	225
53	Marjorie	224
54	Bernice	218
54	Rose	218
54	Shirley	218
57	Lillie	212
58	Lillian	211
59	Josephine	209
60	Carmen	201
61	Dora	193
62	Geraldine	191
63	Pauline	190
64	Wilma	185
65	Jessie	183
66	Alma	180
67	Ida	179
68	Bertha	177
68	Bessie	177
70	Ella	176
71	Beatrice	174
71	Minnie	174
73	Ethel	173
73	Sarah	173
75	Esther	172
76	Aurora	171
76	Margarita	171
78	Johnnie	169
79	Ramona	164
80	Alicia	161
80	Georgia	161
82	Edith	160
82	Laura	160
84	Consuelo	157
85	Ann	156
86	Melba	155
86	Velma	155
88	Jimmie	152
89	Lupe	149
90	Lucille	148
91	Vera	145
92	Joy	144
93	Bettye	143
93	Katherine	143
95	Geneva	140
95	Myrtle	140
97	Opal	139
98	Rita	137
99	Maxine	136
100	Jane	135