Most popular girls’ names in California, 1910

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	295
2	Helen	239
3	Dorothy	220
4	Margaret	163
5	Frances	134
6	Ruth	128
7	Evelyn	126
8	Alice	118
9	Virginia	101
10	Elizabeth	93
10	Florence	93
12	Marie	90
12	Mildred	90
14	Rose	74
15	Hazel	68
16	Louise	67
17	Josephine	66
17	Lucille	66
19	Grace	65
20	Gladys	63
21	Edna	62
22	Eleanor	60
22	Marjorie	60
24	Bernice	59
24	Thelma	59

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edith	58
27	Doris	56
27	Irene	56
29	Lillian	55
30	Catherine	53
31	Ethel	52
32	Anna	51
33	Ann	47
34	Esther	44
35	Marion	43
36	Katherine	41
37	Betty	40
37	Elsie	40
39	Gertrude	39
39	Mabel	39
41	Beatrice	37
41	Clara	37
41	Marian	37
44	Violet	36
45	Jean	35
46	Laura	34
47	Jessie	32
47	Lois	32
47	Marguerite	32
50	Mae	31
51	Myrtle	30
51	Pauline	30
51	Ruby	30
54	Emma	29
54	Eva	29
54	Genevieve	29
54	Sarah	29
58	Anita	28
58	Ida	28
58	Julia	28
58	Martha	28
58	Viola	28
63	Bertha	27
64	Charlotte	26
64	Pearl	26
66	Barbara	25
66	Juanita	25
66	Vera	25
69	Alma	24
69	Ellen	24
69	Kathleen	24
69	Kathryn	24
69	Lena	24
69	Maria	24
75	Agnes	23
75	Anne	23
75	Norma	23
78	Jennie	22
78	Muriel	22
78	Patricia	22
78	Vivian	22
82	Carmen	20
82	Isabel	20
82	Nellie	20
85	Dolores	19
85	May	19
87	Ella	18
87	Emily	18
87	Geraldine	18
87	Henrietta	18
87	Ramona	18
92	Adeline	17
92	Annie	17
92	Claire	17
92	Jane	17
92	Lorraine	17
92	Madeline	17
92	Maxine	17
99	Bessie	16
99	Georgia	16
99	Irma	16