Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	M	3,100
2	Margaret	1,428
3	Dorothy	1,053
4	Helen	914
5	Jean	535
6	Doris	514
7	Ruth	486
8	Mary	480
9	Florence	476
10	Marion	389
11	Annie	386
12	Edith	371
13	Kathleen	348
14	Gladys	345
15	Alice	340
15	Elizabeth	340
17	Evelyn	326
18	Marie	323
19	Edna	311
20	Lillian	301
21	Irene	293
22	Marjorie	286
23	Mildred	283
24	Frances	279
25	Grace	278

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Hazel	263
27	Muriel	250
28	Ethel	248
29	Audrey	247
30	Violet	241
31	Anna	239
32	Gertrude	222
33	Vera	210
34	Agnes	205
35	Elsie	203
35	Norma	203
37	Olive	200
38	Beatrice	195
39	Eva	193
40	Thelma	188
41	Mabel	185
41	Phyllis	185
43	Ruby	174
44	Catherine	165
45	Jessie	163
46	Rose	160
47	Myrtle	154
48	Laura	152
49	Eleanor	147
50	Pearl	139
51	Eileen	137
51	Sarah	137
53	Hilda	136
53	Verna	136
55	Marguerite	134
56	Clara	132
57	Ida	128
58	Ellen	125
59	Bertha	119
59	Rita	119
61	Reta	118
62	Betty	117
63	Barbara	113
64	Winnifred	106
65	Ada	105
66	Bessie	103
67	Patricia	101
68	Viola	97
69	Alma	95
69	Lois	95
71	Stella	93
72	Bernice	90
72	Marjory	90
74	Martha	89
75	May	87
76	Francis	85
77	Madeline	84
78	Shirley	82
79	Emma	80
80	Ella	79
81	Nellie	76
82	Velma	74
83	Janet	73
84	Lilian	72
85	Dora	70
86	Esther	68
86	June	68
88	Josephine	65
89	Isabel	64
90	Emily	63
91	Vivian	62
92	Elva	60
93	Georgina	59
93	Katherine	59
93	Nora	59
96	Jennie	58
96	Joan	58
96	Lena	58
96	Leona	58
100	Charlotte	57
100	Julia	57
100	Maria	57