Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,396
2	Margaret	1,719
3	Marie	1,325
4	Dorothy	1,233
5	Helen	1,077
6	M	905
7	Jean	637
8	Doris	556
9	Ruth	539
10	Florence	497
10	Marion	497
12	Elizabeth	423
13	Marjorie	414
14	Annie	407
15	Edith	390
16	Alice	386
17	Evelyn	374
18	Mildred	369
19	Kathleen	368
20	Irene	367
21	Edna	360
22	Gladys	359
23	Audrey	351
24	Lillian	325
25	Frances	322

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Muriel	315
27	Grace	303
28	Ethel	263
29	Violet	260
30	Beatrice	252
31	Betty	249
31	Thelma	249
33	Phyllis	234
34	Catherine	232
34	Hazel	232
36	Elsie	222
37	Norma	218
37	Olive	218
39	Anna	213
40	Vera	207
41	Eleanor	205
42	Ruby	203
43	Eva	202
44	Eileen	194
45	Agnes	192
45	Marguerite	192
45	Rita	192
48	Gertrude	188
49	Barbara	171
49	Myrtle	171
51	Shirley	166
52	Mabel	162
53	Hilda	159
54	Pearl	148
55	Rose	147
56	Jessie	145
56	Verna	145
58	Laura	142
59	Patricia	140
60	Bernice	135
61	Clara	132
61	Lois	132
63	Ida	130
64	Reta	129
65	Sarah	127
66	June	121
67	Marjory	116
68	Ellen	113
69	Bertha	112
69	Viola	112
71	Joyce	111
72	Alma	110
73	Nellie	107
74	Constance	102
74	Joan	102
76	Winnifred	100
77	Maria	94
78	Francis	90
79	Ella	89
80	Dora	87
81	Bessie	84
82	Madeline	83
82	Nora	83
84	Ada	82
84	Josephine	82
86	Lilian	80
86	May	80
88	Emma	77
89	Marian	76
89	Pauline	76
91	Jennie	75
92	Esther	74
93	Isabel	73
93	Stella	73
95	Velma	72
96	Janet	69
97	Doreen	68
97	Geraldine	68
97	Leona	68
100	Charlotte	67