Most popular girls’ names in California, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,251
2	Dorothy	879
3	Margaret	651
4	Helen	641
5	Virginia	495
6	Frances	446
6	Ruth	446
8	Barbara	380
9	Betty	353
10	Evelyn	335
11	Alice	319
12	Elizabeth	311
13	Marjorie	295
14	Marie	277
15	Jean	261
16	Eleanor	243
17	Rose	240
18	Mildred	239
19	Florence	236
20	Josephine	232
21	Doris	213
22	Jane	207
23	Lorraine	203
24	Lois	201
25	June	198

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lillian	179
27	Lucille	172
28	Esther	167
29	Patricia	165
30	Phyllis	163
31	Louise	157
32	Bernice	155
33	Edna	150
34	Grace	146
35	Catherine	142
35	Marian	142
37	Edith	140
37	Irene	140
39	Thelma	139
40	Anna	137
41	Marion	132
42	Martha	131
43	Ethel	128
44	Pauline	125
45	Elsie	122
46	Hazel	121
47	Gladys	120
47	Katherine	120
49	Dolores	113
50	Jeanne	112
51	Norma	108
52	Ann	106
53	Beatrice	105
54	Vivian	102
55	Geraldine	101
56	Anita	99
57	Violet	95
58	Ellen	93
59	Kathryn	91
60	Ida	90
61	Julia	87
62	Clara	86
62	Shirley	86
64	Gertrude	85
65	Emma	83
65	Mabel	83
67	Laura	82
68	Charlotte	81
69	Vera	80
70	Agnes	77
70	Wilma	77
72	Carmen	76
72	Marguerite	76
74	Eva	73
75	Jessie	72
75	Maria	72
75	Roberta	72
78	Viola	71
79	Emily	68
79	Rita	68
79	Ruby	68
82	Anne	67
82	Kathleen	67
84	Juanita	66
85	Nancy	65
86	Audrey	63
86	Genevieve	63
86	Lucy	63
86	Myrtle	63
90	Isabel	62
90	Maxine	62
90	Theresa	62
90	Winifred	62
94	Madeline	60
95	Alma	59
95	Jennie	59
97	Joan	58
97	Stella	58
99	Pearl	57
100	Alberta	56
100	Leona	56
100	Muriel	56