Most popular girls’ names in California, 1911

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	390
2	Dorothy	241
3	Helen	209
4	Margaret	204
5	Ruth	156
6	Frances	136
7	Alice	127
8	Evelyn	125
9	Marie	103
10	Elizabeth	96
11	Florence	94
12	Virginia	92
13	Mildred	89
14	Grace	81
14	Lillian	81
16	Hazel	79
17	Marjorie	78
18	Doris	77
19	Rose	76
20	Louise	72
21	Eleanor	71
22	Josephine	70
23	Thelma	66
24	Bernice	65
25	Gladys	61

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Catherine	59
27	Anna	57
28	Edna	56
29	Irene	55
30	Esther	52
31	Beatrice	50
32	Ethel	49
33	Barbara	48
33	Elsie	48
35	Lucille	47
36	Edith	46
36	Jean	46
38	Gertrude	45
39	Betty	42
39	Jane	42
39	Marian	42
39	Marion	42
43	Mabel	41
44	Pauline	40
45	Ann	39
45	Ida	39
47	Agnes	37
47	Julia	37
47	Martha	37
50	Vera	36
51	Anita	35
51	Katherine	35
53	Anne	34
54	Lois	33
55	Jennie	32
55	Leona	32
57	Dolores	31
58	Ellen	30
58	Kathryn	30
60	Clara	29
60	Emma	29
60	Eva	29
60	Marguerite	29
64	Bertha	28
65	Alma	27
65	Jessie	27
65	Ruby	27
65	Vivian	27
69	Viola	26
70	Bessie	25
70	Genevieve	25
70	Lorraine	25
70	Pearl	25
74	Laura	23
74	Lena	23
74	Maria	23
74	Myrtle	23
74	Nellie	23
74	Norma	23
80	Emily	22
80	June	22
80	Muriel	22
83	Harriet	21
83	Olga	21
83	Patricia	21
83	Phyllis	21
87	Claire	20
87	Geraldine	20
87	Isabel	20
87	Juanita	20
87	Kathleen	20
87	Wilma	20
93	Aileen	19
93	Constance	19
95	Blanche	18
95	Charlotte	18
95	Georgia	18
95	Irma	18
95	Velma	18
100	Angelina	17
100	Stella	17