Most popular girls’ names in California, 1914

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	773
2	Dorothy	564
3	Helen	471
4	Margaret	394
5	Ruth	294
6	Frances	269
7	Evelyn	258
8	Virginia	247
9	Elizabeth	225
10	Marie	213
11	Alice	212
12	Florence	189
13	Mildred	186
14	Barbara	172
15	Rose	165
16	Marjorie	163
17	Eleanor	158
18	Lillian	149
19	Josephine	144
20	Thelma	129
21	Jean	127
22	Louise	126
23	Betty	118
24	Doris	116
25	Edith	111

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Grace	110
27	Irene	106
28	Gladys	105
29	Lois	103
29	Lucille	103
31	Bernice	102
31	Catherine	102
33	Hazel	100
33	Katherine	100
35	Esther	98
36	Anna	95
37	Edna	94
38	Elsie	89
39	Gertrude	85
40	Martha	84
41	Marion	79
42	Beatrice	78
43	Pauline	77
44	Ethel	73
45	Jane	71
46	Laura	70
47	Vivian	69
48	Ann	65
48	Emma	65
48	Marguerite	65
51	Anne	62
51	Ida	62
53	Marian	61
54	Geraldine	58
55	Alma	57
55	Juanita	57
55	Vera	57
58	Eva	56
58	Genevieve	56
60	Emily	55
60	June	55
60	Kathryn	55
60	Mabel	55
60	Patricia	55
60	Phyllis	55
66	Charlotte	54
66	Muriel	54
68	Nellie	53
68	Viola	53
70	Ellen	51
71	Agnes	50
72	Anita	49
72	Bertha	49
72	Clara	49
72	Dolores	49
72	Lena	49
77	Pearl	48
78	Blanche	47
78	Norma	47
80	Jessie	46
80	Kathleen	46
80	Maxine	46
83	Ruby	45
84	Julia	44
85	Lorraine	43
85	Myrtle	43
87	Violet	42
88	Eileen	41
89	Jeanne	40
90	Carmen	39
91	Inez	38
92	Sarah	37
93	Olga	36
93	Wilma	36
95	Winifred	35
96	Jennie	34
97	Maria	33
97	Roberta	33
99	Leona	32
99	Madeline	32
99	Mae	32
99	Velma	32