Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1934

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,252
2	Betty	1,936
3	Dorothy	1,245
4	Barbara	1,218
5	Maria	1,205
6	Shirley	892
7	Patsy	790
8	Joyce	720
9	Doris	714
10	Wanda	669
11	Helen	639
12	Peggy	614
13	Virginia	578
14	Billie	561
15	Patricia	558
16	Frances	556
17	Martha	551
18	Margaret	543
19	Jo	523
20	Bobbie	477
21	Gloria	461
22	Ruby	454
23	Juanita	436
24	Nancy	383
25	Norma	367

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	359
27	Ruth	352
28	Evelyn	334
29	Annie	324
30	Elizabeth	318
31	Mildred	307
32	Carolyn	282
33	Dolores	277
34	Margie	272
35	Emma	267
36	Joan	265
37	Lois	262
38	Bonnie	260
39	Eva	243
40	Rosa	241
41	Willie	238
42	Jean	236
43	Ann	234
44	Julia	232
45	Guadalupe	229
46	Anna	216
47	Gladys	213
48	Thelma	205
49	Clara	203
49	Joann	203
51	Edna	202
52	Carol	198
52	Irene	198
54	Dora	193
55	Anita	192
56	Bertha	191
56	Nelda	191
58	Josephine	188
58	Sue	188
60	Carmen	178
60	Wilma	178
62	Beverly	176
63	Johnnie	175
64	Rose	174
65	Sarah	173
66	Lillie	171
67	Hazel	163
68	Jessie	162
68	Lillian	162
68	Melba	162
68	Minnie	162
72	Joy	161
73	Sylvia	158
74	Margarita	157
75	Beatrice	155
76	Jane	152
77	Marjorie	150
78	Marie	149
78	Paula	149
80	Georgia	147
81	Geraldine	146
81	Pauline	146
83	Louise	145
83	Lupe	145
85	Marilyn	141
86	Laura	140
86	Mattie	140
88	Amelia	138
88	June	138
90	Ella	136
91	Alma	135
91	Jimmie	135
93	Esther	134
94	Glenda	133
94	Lucille	133
96	Bernice	129
96	Ida	129
98	Janie	128
99	Ramona	123
100	Ethel	122
100	Olga	122