Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1932

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,183
2	Betty	2,061
3	Dorothy	1,420
4	Maria	1,173
5	Barbara	996
6	Joyce	727
7	Doris	702
8	Billie	693
9	Helen	683
10	Patsy	666
11	Wanda	619
12	Frances	597
13	Margaret	587
14	Peggy	553
15	Martha	547
16	Ruby	529
17	Bobbie	519
18	Virginia	502
19	Juanita	493
20	Gloria	462
21	Patricia	440
22	Alice	393
23	Jo	379
24	Ruth	376
25	Mildred	358

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Evelyn	353
27	Annie	342
28	Norma	322
29	Joan	319
30	Shirley	316
31	Elizabeth	312
32	Nancy	311
33	Dolores	280
34	Lois	279
35	Margie	277
36	Willie	276
37	Jean	273
38	Anna	260
39	Eva	252
40	Emma	244
40	Guadalupe	244
42	Bonnie	239
43	Julia	236
44	Gladys	231
45	Rosa	230
46	Irene	224
47	Edna	223
48	Thelma	221
49	Clara	214
50	Wilma	211
51	Lillian	202
52	Hazel	201
53	Lillie	193
53	Louise	193
55	Ann	191
55	Marie	191
57	Anita	190
58	Dora	189
58	Esther	189
60	Josephine	186
61	Rose	180
62	Geraldine	179
62	Minnie	179
64	Melba	178
65	Carolyn	177
66	Joann	171
66	Marjorie	171
68	Laura	169
69	Ella	167
69	Johnnie	167
71	Pauline	166
72	Joy	165
73	Jessie	164
73	Nelda	164
75	Georgia	162
76	Bernice	161
76	Ethel	161
76	Velma	161
79	Bertha	160
80	June	154
81	Carmen	151
82	Beatrice	150
82	Vera	150
84	Sarah	147
85	Aurora	146
85	Beverly	146
87	Lupe	144
88	Margarita	142
89	Amelia	139
90	Mattie	138
91	Alma	137
92	Jane	134
93	Bessie	131
94	Ida	130
94	Paula	130
96	Ramona	129
97	Rosie	128
98	Olga	127
99	Katherine	125
99	Myrtle	125