Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,111
2	Betty	1,647
3	Shirley	1,476
4	Barbara	1,334
5	Maria	1,222
6	Dorothy	1,017
7	Patsy	791
8	Patricia	648
9	Joyce	646
10	Wanda	592
11	Helen	591
12	Frances	587
13	Doris	581
14	Martha	567
15	Margaret	548
16	Peggy	546
17	Nancy	508
18	Virginia	503
19	Gloria	449
20	Jo	439
21	Bobbie	435
22	Billie	427
23	Ruby	406
24	Juanita	394
25	Carolyn	388

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Norma	376
27	Alice	362
28	Elizabeth	329
29	Evelyn	297
30	Ruth	294
31	Annie	293
32	Dolores	274
33	Emma	273
34	Carol	265
35	Anita	255
36	Ann	240
37	Lois	229
38	Joan	228
39	Mildred	223
39	Willie	223
41	Rosa	222
42	Margie	217
43	Sylvia	214
44	Guadalupe	213
45	Beverly	210
46	Rose	206
47	Glenda	205
47	Jean	205
49	Eva	203
50	Anna	201
50	Marilyn	201
52	Bonnie	198
53	Carmen	197
54	Dora	196
54	Edna	196
54	Sandra	196
57	Irene	183
57	Sue	183
59	Julia	176
59	Thelma	176
61	Josephine	171
61	Wilma	171
63	Marie	170
64	Jane	167
64	Margarita	167
66	Gladys	166
67	Joann	163
68	Sarah	162
69	Melba	161
70	Janice	159
71	Nelda	158
72	Lillie	157
73	Clara	154
74	Johnnie	153
75	Hazel	152
76	Esther	151
77	Olga	149
78	Joy	148
78	Laura	148
78	Lillian	148
78	Lydia	148
82	Linda	145
83	Beatrice	144
84	Pauline	141
85	Charlotte	139
85	Louise	139
87	Delores	138
88	Bertha	136
88	Georgia	136
90	Janie	135
91	Lupe	132
92	Minnie	131
93	Marjorie	130
94	Paula	129
95	Rita	127
96	Jessie	126
96	Mattie	126
98	Donna	124
99	Ethel	122
99	Rosie	122