Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,208
2	Marie	2,077
3	Margaret	1,246
4	Dorothy	1,013
5	Helen	870
6	Shirley	742
7	Jean	627
8	Betty	577
9	Ruth	535
10	Marion	533
11	Doris	483
12	Elizabeth	453
13	Audrey	419
14	Barbara	370
15	Baby	365
16	Marjorie	344
17	Norma	337
18	Joyce	334
19	Florence	317
20	Evelyn	306
21	Annie	301
21	Irene	301
23	June	298
23	Lois	298
25	Kathleen	266

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joan	265
27	Frances	261
28	Lillian	260
29	Gladys	251
30	Phyllis	238
31	Alice	237
32	Edith	231
32	Patricia	231
34	Muriel	229
35	Mildred	221
36	Eleanor	213
37	Grace	207
38	Anna	204
38	Doreen	204
40	Edna	196
41	M	191
42	Beatrice	185
43	Bernice	179
44	Catherine	177
44	Ethel	177
46	Elsie	171
47	Thelma	170
48	Eileen	167
49	Vera	159
50	Agnes	156
51	Rita	153
52	Violet	151
53	Theresa	149
54	Gloria	146
55	Gertrude	144
55	Rose	144
57	Hazel	143
58	Marguerite	139
59	Ruby	138
60	Eva	131
61	Olive	130
62	Verna	123
63	Mabel	122
64	Hilda	109
65	Pauline	105
66	Laura	101
67	Reta	100
68	Jessie	99
69	Ellen	94
70	Clara	92
71	Geraldine	90
72	Josephine	87
73	Anne	84
73	Viola	84
75	Pearl	83
76	Donna	82
76	Sarah	82
78	Marjory	80
79	Maria	79
79	Velma	79
81	Teresa	76
82	Gwendolyn	75
82	Jacqueline	75
82	Myrtle	75
85	Constance	74
86	Lorna	72
86	Nora	72
86	Therese	72
89	Bertha	71
89	Marian	71
91	Wilma	70
92	Vivian	69
93	Ada	68
94	Lorraine	66
95	Ida	65
95	Leona	65
95	Olga	65
95	Stella	65
99	Alma	64
100	May	63