Most popular girls’ names in Texas, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	3,122
2	Barbara	1,646
3	Betty	1,634
4	Maria	1,165
5	Shirley	1,107
6	Dorothy	921
7	Patsy	728
8	Patricia	703
9	Wanda	644
10	Martha	624
11	Joyce	623
12	Margaret	570
13	Peggy	568
14	Frances	549
15	Helen	520
15	Virginia	520
17	Doris	509
18	Gloria	506
19	Nancy	485
20	Carolyn	464
21	Jo	462
22	Bobbie	401
23	Billie	399
24	Juanita	364
25	Alice	358

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elizabeth	355
27	Ruby	349
28	Norma	337
29	Carol	307
30	Annie	301
31	Ruth	293
32	Linda	286
33	Evelyn	276
34	Sandra	272
35	Sylvia	265
36	Anita	254
37	Mildred	248
38	Eva	245
39	Emma	241
39	Janice	241
41	Beverly	239
42	Dolores	238
43	Rose	235
44	Ann	230
45	Lois	226
46	Margie	223
47	Joan	222
48	Guadalupe	221
48	Irene	221
50	Rosa	218
51	Glenda	217
52	Jean	215
53	Edna	207
54	Sue	203
55	Marilyn	200
56	Julia	199
57	Anna	195
58	Sarah	188
58	Willie	188
60	Bonnie	187
61	Thelma	176
62	Jane	173
63	Carmen	166
63	Lydia	166
65	Bertha	165
66	Lillie	164
66	Nelda	164
68	Clara	162
69	Kay	161
70	Gladys	160
71	Paula	154
72	Beatrice	153
73	Melba	150
74	Alma	146
74	Dora	146
74	Esther	146
74	Joann	146
74	Wilma	146
79	Margarita	145
80	Johnnie	143
81	Josephine	142
82	Joy	140
82	Loretta	140
82	Marjorie	140
85	Donna	139
86	Hazel	137
86	Louise	137
88	Lupe	133
88	Marie	133
90	Amelia	132
90	June	132
92	Georgia	130
92	Janie	130
92	Laura	130
95	Delores	129
96	Ella	127
97	Sara	126
98	Edith	123
99	Alicia	122
100	Minnie	121
100	Rosie	121