Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,300
2	Betty	2,174
3	Dorothy	1,477
4	Maria	1,197
5	Billie	807
6	Doris	751
7	Joyce	686
8	Helen	682
9	Barbara	652
10	Margaret	616
11	Wanda	615
12	Patsy	593
13	Frances	585
14	Virginia	557
15	Peggy	546
16	Juanita	513
17	Martha	507
18	Bobbie	483
19	Ruby	449
20	Gloria	445
21	Mildred	414
22	Ruth	401
23	Patricia	398
24	Annie	374
25	Norma	371

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	360
27	Evelyn	343
28	Jo	339
29	Dolores	322
30	Elizabeth	296
31	Shirley	284
32	Nancy	275
33	Joan	270
34	Emma	269
35	Lois	267
36	Edna	265
37	Margie	262
38	Jean	261
39	Willie	259
40	Eva	253
41	Thelma	247
42	Guadalupe	243
43	Bonnie	230
44	Clara	226
45	Julia	225
46	Anna	223
47	Gladys	210
47	Rosa	210
49	Marjorie	207
50	Wilma	206
51	Lillie	203
51	Louise	203
53	Anita	200
53	Irene	200
55	Pauline	195
56	Jessie	191
57	Carmen	189
58	Marie	188
59	Johnnie	181
59	Lillian	181
61	Hazel	180
62	Josephine	179
63	Rose	178
64	Bernice	177
65	Alma	176
66	Dora	174
67	Bertha	173
68	Margarita	170
69	Minnie	169
70	Georgia	167
71	Carolyn	165
71	Ramona	165
73	Beatrice	163
74	Ann	162
75	Laura	158
76	Geraldine	157
77	Edith	156
77	Melba	156
79	Bettie	153
80	Marilyn	152
81	Vera	149
82	Ethel	148
82	Jimmie	148
84	Lupe	147
85	Aurora	145
85	Joy	145
87	Alicia	144
87	June	144
87	Sarah	144
90	Ella	142
90	Esther	142
90	Velma	142
93	Bettye	140
93	Consuelo	140
95	Rosie	139
96	Ida	138
96	Jane	138
98	Geneva	135
99	Joann	132
100	Lucille	129
100	Maxine	129