Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,286
2	Margaret	1,430
3	Marie	1,294
4	Dorothy	1,135
5	M	1,133
6	Helen	973
7	Doris	627
7	Jean	627
9	Ruth	577
10	Marion	547
11	Elizabeth	473
12	Audrey	456
13	Betty	435
14	Baby	417
15	Florence	404
16	Marjorie	396
17	Shirley	378
18	Annie	368
19	Evelyn	365
20	Norma	344
21	Kathleen	330
22	Alice	319
23	Mildred	314
24	Frances	307
25	Irene	304

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gladys	296
27	Lillian	285
28	Muriel	282
29	Edith	279
30	Edna	269
31	June	257
32	Phyllis	242
33	Anna	238
34	Lois	229
35	Eleanor	228
36	Hazel	221
37	Grace	214
38	Beatrice	211
39	Ethel	209
40	Catherine	205
41	Thelma	201
42	Violet	200
43	Joan	198
44	Barbara	195
45	Olive	191
46	Eileen	185
46	Elsie	185
48	Agnes	182
49	Vera	179
50	Joyce	173
51	Doreen	163
51	Gertrude	163
53	Bernice	157
53	Marguerite	157
55	Patricia	155
56	Eva	154
57	Rita	153
58	Laura	142
58	Rose	142
60	Ruby	140
61	Myrtle	139
62	Reta	134
63	Jessie	129
63	Verna	129
65	Hilda	127
66	Ellen	125
67	Ida	119
68	Mabel	118
69	Sarah	113
70	Gloria	111
71	Pearl	106
72	Josephine	104
73	Isabel	100
74	Alma	97
75	Viola	94
76	Bertha	92
77	Maria	89
78	Clara	87
78	Velma	87
80	Lorna	86
80	Marian	86
80	Marjory	86
83	Winnifred	84
84	Stella	79
85	Dora	78
85	Martha	78
85	Vivian	78
88	Constance	76
88	Madeline	76
88	Nora	76
91	Geraldine	75
92	Pauline	72
93	Ada	71
93	Bessie	71
93	Olga	71
96	Wilma	68
97	Anne	67
97	Ella	67
99	Georgina	66
100	Nancy	65