Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1935

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,181
2	Shirley	2,042
3	Betty	1,862
4	Barbara	1,275
5	Maria	1,218
6	Dorothy	1,088
7	Patsy	752
8	Joyce	656
9	Wanda	653
10	Doris	634
11	Patricia	617
12	Martha	594
13	Helen	585
14	Frances	573
15	Margaret	570
16	Jo	548
17	Peggy	519
18	Virginia	510
19	Billie	471
20	Ruby	460
21	Gloria	440
22	Nancy	434
23	Bobbie	403
24	Juanita	386
25	Norma	385

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	343
27	Ruth	335
28	Dolores	327
29	Elizabeth	316
30	Carolyn	314
31	Annie	305
32	Joan	282
33	Evelyn	273
34	Mildred	270
35	Emma	266
36	Eva	259
37	Rosa	240
38	Anna	238
39	Ann	234
40	Margie	226
41	Willie	224
42	Lois	223
43	Bonnie	221
44	Sylvia	219
45	Jean	215
46	Carol	208
47	Guadalupe	206
48	Anita	200
49	Joann	197
50	Irene	196
50	Josephine	196
52	Julia	195
53	Clara	192
53	Wilma	192
55	Edna	185
56	Beverly	184
56	Nelda	184
58	Gladys	182
59	Marilyn	175
59	Melba	175
61	Glenda	174
62	Thelma	173
63	Bertha	171
64	Sue	170
65	Carmen	168
65	Esther	168
67	Rose	166
68	Sarah	165
69	Margarita	164
70	Jane	162
71	Hazel	159
71	Lillie	159
73	Dora	158
74	Lillian	156
75	Joy	155
75	Marie	155
77	Ethel	153
78	Johnnie	151
79	Georgia	148
79	Rita	148
81	Lupe	145
82	Pauline	143
83	Sandra	142
84	Lydia	141
85	Beatrice	140
86	Alma	139
87	Charlotte	138
87	Louise	138
89	Minnie	137
90	Olivia	133
90	Vera	133
92	Teresa	130
93	Jimmie	129
94	June	128
95	Laura	127
95	Paula	127
97	Amelia	125
97	Geraldine	125
97	Rosie	125
100	Janie	124