Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,164
2	Marie	2,043
3	Margaret	1,232
4	Dorothy	962
5	Helen	854
6	Shirley	841
7	Jean	637
8	Betty	621
9	Ruth	555
10	Elizabeth	497
11	Audrey	494
12	Barbara	458
12	Marion	458
14	Doris	445
15	June	404
16	Baby	390
17	Marjorie	369
18	Joyce	356
19	Joan	341
20	Norma	332
21	Florence	330
22	Evelyn	319
23	Annie	283
24	Frances	282
25	Patricia	277

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	276
27	Irene	275
28	Lois	270
29	Doreen	254
30	Muriel	242
31	Alice	233
32	Kathleen	226
33	Eleanor	219
34	Edith	216
35	Gladys	212
36	Grace	204
37	Catherine	198
38	Anna	196
39	Phyllis	195
40	Edna	187
41	Mildred	185
42	Beatrice	177
43	Thelma	174
44	Bernice	169
45	Rose	165
46	Elsie	160
47	Agnes	159
48	Theresa	157
49	Eileen	156
49	Violet	156
51	Gloria	154
52	Ethel	148
53	Vera	144
54	M	141
55	Hazel	137
56	Marguerite	134
57	Verna	129
58	Eva	123
58	Gertrude	123
58	Ruby	123
61	Rita	118
62	Laura	111
63	Reta	105
64	Olive	101
65	Marian	98
65	Velma	98
67	Donna	97
67	Pearl	97
69	Ellen	96
69	Pauline	96
71	Lorraine	95
72	Geraldine	94
72	Mabel	94
74	Hilda	92
74	Ida	92
76	Lorna	91
77	Jessie	90
78	Clara	89
79	Vivian	88
80	Viola	82
81	Stella	81
82	Leona	77
82	Therese	77
84	Sarah	76
85	Maria	75
85	Nancy	75
87	Alma	74
88	Katherine	71
88	Myrtle	71
90	Josephine	70
90	May	70
92	Esther	69
92	Martha	69
94	Bertha	68
94	Constance	68
94	Georgina	68
94	Nora	68
98	Jacqueline	67
98	Wilma	67
100	Madeline	65
100	Sylvia	65