Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,428
2	Margaret	1,581
3	M	1,235
4	Dorothy	1,212
5	Marie	1,086
6	Helen	963
7	Jean	670
8	Doris	555
8	Ruth	555
10	Florence	517
11	Marion	485
12	Audrey	450
13	Elizabeth	447
14	Marjorie	419
15	Evelyn	377
16	Annie	371
17	Kathleen	360
18	Gladys	357
19	Irene	350
20	Alice	347
21	Muriel	332
22	Edith	326
23	Edna	322
24	Lillian	310
25	Mildred	305

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	300
27	Betty	298
28	Frances	291
29	Norma	262
30	Ethel	260
31	Anna	257
32	Hazel	255
33	Phyllis	250
34	Shirley	228
35	Violet	225
36	Elsie	220
37	Agnes	211
38	Olive	207
39	Beatrice	206
40	Eleanor	203
41	Vera	201
42	Barbara	186
43	Gertrude	183
44	Thelma	179
45	Rita	178
45	Ruby	178
47	Jessie	171
48	Marguerite	170
49	Eileen	168
50	Catherine	167
50	Eva	167
52	June	159
53	Hilda	148
54	Mabel	144
54	Reta	144
56	Joan	141
57	Clara	137
58	Joyce	136
59	Sarah	135
60	Laura	133
60	Pearl	133
62	Verna	131
63	Myrtle	129
64	Bernice	128
65	Rose	124
66	Patricia	123
67	Marjory	117
68	Lois	116
69	Ellen	112
70	Josephine	110
71	Bertha	96
71	Winnifred	96
73	Ida	93
74	Stella	91
74	Vivian	91
76	Bessie	89
77	Ada	85
77	Alma	85
77	Gloria	85
77	Viola	85
81	Blanche	84
82	May	83
83	Velma	82
84	Martha	81
85	Constance	80
85	Katherine	80
87	Emily	79
87	Geraldine	79
89	Baby	77
90	Pauline	76
91	Isabel	75
92	Francis	74
92	Madeline	74
94	Doreen	73
94	Esther	73
94	Maria	73
94	Marian	73
98	Julia	72
98	Nora	72
98	Virginia	72