Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,291
2	Marie	2,027
3	Margaret	1,209
4	Dorothy	974
5	Shirley	906
6	Helen	858
7	Betty	618
8	Baby	588
9	Elizabeth	585
10	Jean	575
11	Barbara	537
12	Ruth	503
13	Marion	484
14	Joan	482
15	Doris	463
16	Audrey	436
17	Joyce	401
18	June	377
19	Norma	324
19	Patricia	324
21	Lois	323
22	Evelyn	317
23	Marjorie	313
24	Florence	293
25	Doreen	283

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	274
27	Frances	255
28	Annie	252
29	Alice	249
30	Lillian	242
31	Muriel	226
32	Edith	219
32	Gladys	219
34	Eleanor	218
35	Mildred	215
36	Phyllis	205
37	Kathleen	201
38	Catherine	199
39	Anna	195
39	Grace	195
41	Rose	186
42	Beatrice	171
43	Gloria	163
44	Bernice	160
44	Edna	160
46	Eileen	156
46	Elsie	156
48	Theresa	154
48	Vera	154
50	M	153
51	Ethel	152
52	Agnes	150
52	Violet	150
54	Thelma	140
55	Eva	132
55	Marguerite	132
55	Rita	132
58	Hazel	125
59	Laura	120
59	Olive	120
61	Donna	118
62	Gertrude	114
62	Ruby	114
64	Pauline	105
64	Verna	105
66	Geraldine	101
67	Myrtle	95
67	Nancy	95
69	Clara	94
70	Ellen	93
71	Marian	92
72	Anne	89
72	Jacqueline	89
72	Lorraine	89
75	Maria	87
75	Reta	87
77	Pearl	86
78	Viola	84
79	Dolores	81
80	Josephine	80
80	Lorna	80
80	Sarah	80
83	Jessie	78
84	Marilyn	76
85	Beverley	75
86	Alma	74
87	Bertha	73
87	Ida	73
87	Olga	73
90	Velma	72
91	Gwendolyn	71
91	Hilda	71
93	Wilma	70
93	Yvonne	70
95	Stella	69
96	Teresa	67
97	Therese	66
98	Sylvia	65
99	Jane	64
99	Janet	64
99	Leona	64