Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,280
2	Marie	1,983
3	Margaret	1,250
4	Dorothy	1,012
5	Helen	876
6	Jean	643
7	Shirley	628
8	Doris	539
9	Betty	526
10	Elizabeth	514
11	Ruth	512
12	Marion	502
13	Baby	406
14	Audrey	403
15	Marjorie	356
16	Norma	347
17	Florence	344
18	Evelyn	325
19	Annie	318
20	June	304
21	Irene	295
22	Alice	286
23	Kathleen	280
24	Barbara	279
25	Lillian	277

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joan	267
27	Gladys	265
28	Joyce	262
29	Frances	258
30	Muriel	254
31	Mildred	244
32	Lois	238
33	M	236
33	Patricia	236
35	Edna	222
36	Grace	216
37	Edith	214
38	Phyllis	201
39	Catherine	199
40	Anna	195
41	Beatrice	193
42	Eleanor	192
43	Ethel	190
44	Doreen	181
45	Elsie	178
46	Violet	176
47	Thelma	175
48	Hazel	165
49	Agnes	164
50	Bernice	160
50	Eileen	160
52	Gloria	158
53	Vera	151
54	Rita	147
55	Eva	145
55	Ruby	145
57	Olive	139
58	Rose	134
59	Marguerite	129
60	Verna	126
61	Gertrude	125
62	Hilda	115
63	Laura	113
63	Reta	113
65	Jessie	111
65	Theresa	111
67	Myrtle	110
68	Mabel	103
69	Constance	98
70	Ellen	96
71	Clara	94
71	Pauline	94
73	Alma	92
74	Pearl	89
75	Josephine	87
75	Lorna	87
77	Sarah	83
78	Stella	81
78	Viola	81
80	Geraldine	78
80	Wilma	78
82	Ida	76
82	Velma	76
84	Maria	74
85	Leona	73
85	Olga	73
87	Janet	70
87	Teresa	70
89	Marjory	69
90	Anne	66
91	Isabel	65
92	Dora	64
93	Georgina	63
93	Marian	63
93	May	63
96	Bertha	62
97	Donna	61
97	Jacqueline	61
99	Bessie	60
99	Vivian	60