Most popular girls’ names in Virginia, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,600
2	Dorothy	801
3	Betty	619
4	Margaret	544
5	Virginia	529
6	Helen	495
7	Frances	431
8	Mildred	392
9	Doris	383
10	Ruth	354
11	Elizabeth	344
12	Jean	306
13	Annie	281
14	Evelyn	276
15	Ruby	259
16	Gladys	248
17	Thelma	245
18	Alice	243
19	Edith	240
20	Nancy	237
21	Louise	235
22	Shirley	216
23	Barbara	213
24	Martha	212
25	Hazel	201

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anna	200
27	Lois	199
28	Joyce	190
29	Elsie	177
30	Lillian	175
31	Edna	168
32	Catherine	164
33	Ethel	157
34	Sarah	152
35	Marie	150
36	Emma	149
37	Ann	143
38	Lucille	141
38	Pauline	141
40	Peggy	140
41	Bernice	134
42	Lucy	130
43	Clara	129
43	Irene	129
45	Nellie	127
46	Audrey	126
47	Anne	123
48	Juanita	122
49	June	116
50	Phyllis	115
51	Florence	111
52	Bessie	110
53	Charlotte	109
53	Jane	109
55	Rosa	105
56	Katherine	103
57	Beatrice	101
57	Bertha	101
59	Alma	99
59	Eva	99
59	Marion	99
62	Geraldine	97
63	Laura	96
64	Ella	95
64	Vivian	95
66	Myrtle	93
67	Lillie	92
68	Christine	91
68	Mabel	91
68	Marjorie	91
71	Ida	90
72	Rose	88
73	Julia	86
74	Agnes	85
74	Eleanor	85
74	Gloria	85
77	Pearl	84
78	Josephine	83
79	Carrie	82
80	Geneva	81
80	Viola	81
82	Kathleen	80
82	Nannie	80
82	Willie	80
85	Fannie	79
86	Ellen	76
87	Margie	75
88	Grace	74
89	Norma	72
90	Cora	70
90	Mattie	70
92	Gertrude	69
92	Jacqueline	69
92	Minnie	69
92	Rebecca	69
92	Wilma	69
97	Beulah	66
98	Eunice	62
98	Maggie	62
100	Georgia	61
100	Mamie	61