Most popular girls’ names in California, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,091
2	Dorothy	754
3	Margaret	585
4	Helen	584
5	Ruth	417
6	Frances	396
7	Virginia	388
8	Evelyn	298
9	Alice	293
10	Elizabeth	281
11	Marie	246
12	Marjorie	241
13	Rose	229
14	Eleanor	224
15	Barbara	223
16	Josephine	217
17	Florence	216
18	Betty	209
19	Jean	197
20	Doris	190
21	Mildred	189
22	June	173
23	Grace	167
23	Louise	167
25	Lillian	151

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bernice	148
27	Edith	147
27	Thelma	147
29	Lois	146
30	Lucille	145
31	Anna	139
32	Gladys	138
33	Elsie	133
34	Jane	132
35	Irene	130
36	Esther	129
37	Catherine	127
37	Katherine	127
39	Marion	120
40	Edna	118
41	Marian	114
42	Ann	113
43	Hazel	111
44	Patricia	105
45	Gertrude	97
46	Pauline	96
47	Ethel	95
48	Martha	90
49	Kathryn	88
49	Marguerite	88
51	Clara	87
52	Phyllis	86
53	Anita	85
53	Beatrice	85
55	Lorraine	83
55	Vera	83
57	Geraldine	82
58	Agnes	81
58	Vivian	81
60	Emma	78
61	Ida	76
62	Charlotte	75
63	Ruby	74
64	Anne	72
64	Mabel	72
64	Norma	72
67	Jessie	71
68	Viola	69
68	Wilma	69
70	Audrey	68
71	Dolores	67
71	Ellen	67
71	Pearl	67
74	Eva	66
74	Myrtle	66
76	Jennie	65
76	Nellie	65
78	Julia	63
79	Juanita	61
80	Kathleen	60
81	Carol	59
81	Laura	59
83	Genevieve	58
83	Muriel	58
83	Violet	58
86	Carmen	57
86	Jeanne	57
88	Olga	56
89	Alma	55
90	Maxine	54
90	Winifred	54
92	Constance	53
93	Elaine	51
93	Emily	51
93	Lucy	51
96	Bertha	49
96	Harriet	49
96	Inez	49
99	Lena	48
99	Rita	48