Most popular girls’ names in California, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	998
2	Dorothy	717
3	Helen	602
4	Margaret	535
5	Ruth	395
6	Virginia	345
7	Frances	332
8	Evelyn	326
9	Alice	282
10	Elizabeth	271
11	Marie	255
12	Florence	228
13	Josephine	220
14	Eleanor	219
15	Barbara	217
16	Rose	208
17	Mildred	196
18	Marjorie	189
19	Betty	181
20	Louise	174
21	Bernice	163
22	Lillian	159
23	Jean	158
24	Grace	155
25	Lois	153

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Doris	152
27	Edith	148
27	Esther	148
29	Irene	146
30	Hazel	143
31	Jane	137
32	Lucille	130
33	Marion	127
34	Anna	125
34	Catherine	125
34	Katherine	125
37	Thelma	124
38	Gladys	113
39	Edna	112
40	Ann	110
41	Marian	109
42	Martha	107
43	June	105
44	Pauline	101
45	Ethel	100
46	Elsie	99
47	Eva	97
48	Patricia	94
49	Lorraine	93
50	Lena	88
50	Phyllis	88
52	Gertrude	87
52	Vivian	87
54	Charlotte	86
54	Emma	86
56	Clara	82
56	Juanita	82
58	Ruby	81
59	Beatrice	76
60	Anita	73
61	Vera	72
62	Ellen	71
62	Genevieve	71
64	Anne	70
64	Laura	70
66	Geraldine	68
67	Ida	67
67	Violet	67
69	Kathleen	65
69	Pearl	65
71	Agnes	64
71	Maxine	64
73	Kathryn	63
74	Julia	62
74	Viola	62
76	Marguerite	61
77	Annie	59
77	Jennie	59
77	Mabel	59
80	Harriet	58
80	Maria	58
82	Wilma	57
83	Emily	56
83	Muriel	56
85	Jessie	55
86	Inez	54
86	Myrtle	54
88	Alma	53
88	Bertha	53
88	Nellie	53
88	Norma	53
92	Angelina	52
92	Winifred	52
94	Janet	51
94	Madeline	51
94	Theresa	51
97	Eileen	50
97	Jeanne	50
99	Isabel	49
100	Lucy	47