Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	M	3,245
2	Margaret	1,381
3	Dorothy	1,028
4	Helen	924
5	Mary	636
6	Florence	522
7	Jean	504
8	Doris	477
9	Ruth	436
10	Annie	429
11	Marion	396
12	Elizabeth	389
13	Edith	387
14	Evelyn	380
15	Edna	370
16	Gladys	355
17	Kathleen	341
18	Mildred	327
19	Alice	314
20	Irene	293
21	Marjorie	290
22	Lillian	281
23	Hazel	279
24	Marie	276
25	Ethel	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	265
27	Grace	257
28	Muriel	252
29	Gertrude	249
30	Anna	248
31	Vera	246
32	Beatrice	228
33	Olive	225
34	Audrey	223
34	Eva	223
36	Violet	222
37	Elsie	218
38	Agnes	200
39	Ruby	193
40	Mabel	186
41	Phyllis	176
42	Catherine	174
43	Jessie	162
44	Laura	159
45	Sarah	158
46	Marguerite	156
47	Eleanor	155
48	Hilda	152
48	Thelma	152
50	Pearl	151
51	Myrtle	150
51	Norma	150
53	Rose	143
54	Verna	141
55	Clara	137
56	Alma	135
57	Ellen	129
58	Bertha	128
59	Bessie	120
60	Viola	113
61	Eileen	109
61	Winnifred	109
63	Nellie	108
64	Ida	105
65	Marjory	103
66	Barbara	99
66	Reta	99
66	Stella	99
69	Dora	98
70	Ada	95
71	Lois	91
72	Betty	89
72	Rita	89
74	Josephine	88
74	May	88
76	Bernice	87
76	Velma	87
78	Francis	82
79	Emma	81
79	June	81
81	Jennie	80
82	Ella	77
82	Isabel	77
84	Martha	76
85	Nora	75
86	Lena	74
86	Marian	74
88	Esther	72
88	Shirley	72
90	Emily	71
90	Madeline	71
92	Jane	68
92	Maria	68
94	Patricia	65
95	Julia	61
95	Sylvia	61
97	Lilian	60
98	Freda	59
99	Blanche	58
99	Ivy	58
99	Olga	58