Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,368
2	Marie	2,138
3	Margaret	1,310
4	Shirley	935
5	Helen	919
6	Dorothy	856
7	Betty	698
8	Joan	659
9	Barbara	645
10	Jean	581
11	Elizabeth	541
12	Ruth	499
13	Marion	491
14	Joyce	476
15	Patricia	409
16	Audrey	393
17	Doris	388
18	June	372
19	Norma	340
20	Marjorie	332
21	Lois	326
22	Doreen	323
23	Evelyn	280
24	Florence	271
25	Irene	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alice	257
27	Frances	252
28	Annie	250
28	Lillian	250
30	Eleanor	243
31	Anna	215
32	Muriel	207
33	Kathleen	205
34	Mildred	204
35	Phyllis	203
36	Edith	201
37	Catherine	198
38	Gladys	195
39	Grace	183
40	Marilyn	173
41	Gloria	165
42	Donna	163
43	Elsie	162
43	Rose	162
45	Baby	161
46	Edna	154
47	Agnes	153
48	Ethel	148
49	Eileen	147
50	Violet	145
51	Bernice	144
52	Beatrice	139
53	Rita	131
54	Theresa	130
55	Hazel	126
56	Lorraine	123
56	Nancy	123
58	Eva	120
59	Thelma	115
60	Marguerite	110
61	Dolores	107
61	Verna	107
63	Vera	104
64	Jacqueline	101
65	Beverley	99
65	Ruby	99
67	Geraldine	97
68	Janet	96
69	Josephine	93
70	Anne	92
70	Pauline	92
72	Olive	90
73	Clara	88
73	Reta	88
75	Hilda	87
75	Laura	87
77	Gertrude	84
77	Lorna	84
79	Maria	83
79	Marian	83
81	Yvonne	80
82	Gwendolyn	79
83	Myrtle	77
84	Jessie	76
85	Stella	75
86	Sarah	74
86	Sheila	74
88	Ellen	73
89	Georgina	72
89	Leona	72
89	Olga	72
92	Pearl	71
93	Ann	69
94	Jane	68
95	Ida	67
95	Isabel	67
97	Mabel	66
98	Velma	65
99	Wilma	64
100	Madeline	63