Most popular girls’ names in Ontario, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,287
2	Marie	2,119
3	Margaret	1,242
4	Shirley	863
5	Helen	814
6	Joan	770
7	Dorothy	758
8	Barbara	750
9	Betty	635
10	Elizabeth	551
11	Jean	548
12	Joyce	483
13	Ruth	461
14	Marion	419
15	Patricia	418
16	Doris	378
17	Audrey	350
18	June	343
19	Norma	329
20	Lois	314
21	Doreen	307
22	Marjorie	296
23	Evelyn	279
24	Florence	259
25	Annie	247

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Irene	239
27	Frances	234
28	Eleanor	229
29	Alice	226
30	Donna	213
30	Kathleen	213
32	Lillian	204
33	Gloria	195
33	Marilyn	195
35	Baby	181
36	Gladys	179
37	Edith	178
38	Phyllis	176
39	Grace	174
40	Anna	173
41	Catherine	172
42	Rose	171
43	Muriel	170
44	Edna	169
45	Bernice	163
46	Rita	160
47	Mildred	157
48	Violet	143
49	Elsie	140
50	Eileen	139
51	Nancy	138
52	Beatrice	136
53	Agnes	134
54	Theresa	126
55	Anne	118
56	Beverley	114
57	Ethel	113
58	Lorraine	108
59	Hazel	106
60	Marguerite	105
61	Janet	104
61	Laura	104
63	Thelma	103
63	Yvonne	103
65	Vera	102
66	Pauline	97
67	Jacqueline	96
68	Ann	94
69	Gertrude	92
69	Verna	92
71	Geraldine	91
72	Lorna	89
73	Clara	88
74	Eva	87
75	Ruby	86
76	Ellen	84
76	Hilda	84
76	Reta	84
79	Marian	83
80	Constance	82
81	Josephine	81
81	Olive	81
81	Stella	81
84	Virginia	80
85	Velma	77
86	Sheila	76
87	Vivian	75
88	Jessie	73
89	Olga	69
89	Viola	69
91	Dolores	68
92	Wilma	65
93	Mabel	64
94	Beverly	63
95	Leona	62
95	Sylvia	62
97	Gwendolyn	61
97	Maria	61
99	Sarah	60
100	Myrtle	59