Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	M	2,755
2	Margaret	1,385
3	Dorothy	993
4	Helen	947
5	Mary	765
6	Florence	525
7	Annie	449
8	Marie	436
9	Jean	427
10	Doris	418
11	Ruth	412
12	Edith	401
13	Elizabeth	395
14	Edna	371
15	Marion	326
16	Alice	317
16	Evelyn	317
18	Kathleen	316
19	Mildred	313
20	Gladys	307
21	Ethel	306
22	Anna	300
23	Lillian	299
24	Marjorie	294
25	Grace	283

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	279
27	Irene	266
28	Violet	262
29	Frances	253
30	Muriel	243
31	Vera	232
32	Beatrice	227
32	Elsie	227
34	Audrey	207
34	Gertrude	207
36	Olive	200
37	Eva	196
38	Agnes	193
39	Laura	189
40	Thelma	187
41	Phyllis	186
42	Mabel	185
43	Sarah	171
44	Ruby	166
45	Catherine	161
46	Jessie	158
47	Norma	157
48	Eleanor	153
49	Hilda	151
49	Rose	151
51	Verna	142
52	Myrtle	139
53	Marguerite	136
54	Bertha	130
55	Pearl	127
56	Ida	126
57	Eileen	123
57	Ellen	123
59	Alma	121
59	Winnifred	121
61	Clara	117
62	Marjory	111
63	Bessie	110
64	Reta	107
65	Nellie	101
65	Viola	101
67	Bernice	97
68	Esther	94
69	Dora	93
70	Ada	89
70	Nora	89
72	Ella	86
72	Josephine	86
72	Martha	86
75	Velma	83
76	Emma	82
77	Barbara	81
77	May	81
77	Stella	81
80	Rita	80
81	Isabel	78
82	Jennie	77
83	Lilian	76
83	Maria	76
85	Isabella	74
86	Francis	73
87	Lena	69
88	Catharine	68
89	Janet	66
89	Lois	66
89	Olga	66
92	Minnie	65
93	Emily	64
94	Julia	63
95	Charlotte	61
95	Patricia	61
97	Betty	58
97	Madeline	58
97	Vivian	58
100	Louise	55