Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,074
2	M	1,654
3	Margaret	1,485
4	Dorothy	1,194
5	Helen	1,038
6	Marie	802
7	Jean	641
8	Doris	606
9	Ruth	587
10	Marion	520
11	Elizabeth	483
12	Florence	473
13	Audrey	411
14	Baby	366
15	Annie	362
16	Marjorie	356
17	Betty	350
18	Irene	347
19	Evelyn	342
20	Kathleen	340
21	Shirley	328
22	Gladys	326
23	Norma	311
24	Mildred	307
25	Edith	305

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frances	303
27	Alice	284
28	Lillian	281
29	Muriel	280
30	Grace	262
31	Phyllis	253
32	Edna	244
33	Anna	228
34	Beatrice	222
35	Ethel	218
36	Hazel	215
37	Catherine	211
38	Elsie	191
39	Vera	188
40	Barbara	184
40	Violet	184
42	June	182
43	Eileen	181
44	Agnes	179
45	Rita	171
46	Thelma	168
47	Eleanor	166
47	Marguerite	166
49	Olive	165
50	Eva	163
51	Joan	161
52	Ruby	160
53	Gertrude	155
53	Joyce	155
55	Rose	144
55	Verna	144
57	Laura	139
58	Bernice	137
59	Mabel	134
60	Lois	133
61	Hilda	131
61	Myrtle	131
63	Reta	130
64	Doreen	125
65	Jessie	122
66	Ellen	119
67	Ida	116
68	Patricia	115
68	Sarah	115
70	Pearl	110
71	Marjory	109
72	Clara	102
73	Bertha	98
73	Gloria	98
75	Viola	95
76	Winnifred	92
77	Maria	91
78	Janet	86
79	Bessie	84
79	Pauline	84
79	Vivian	84
82	Marian	83
83	Alma	79
83	Stella	79
85	Esther	76
86	Dora	75
86	Katherine	75
86	Nora	75
89	Velma	73
90	Josephine	72
90	Madeline	72
92	Olga	71
93	Emily	70
94	Constance	69
95	Emma	68
96	Lorna	67
97	Blanche	66
97	Leona	66
99	Martha	64
100	Isabel	63
100	May	63