Most popular girls’ names in California, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,205
2	Dorothy	870
3	Helen	657
4	Margaret	612
5	Ruth	456
6	Virginia	451
7	Frances	421
8	Betty	417
9	Barbara	414
10	Evelyn	359
11	Alice	321
12	Marie	290
13	Mildred	283
14	Jean	278
15	Elizabeth	277
16	Florence	257
17	Doris	254
18	Marjorie	250
19	Rose	230
20	Eleanor	229
21	Josephine	212
22	Lois	204
23	June	200
24	Esther	189
25	Lorraine	186

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Patricia	185
27	Lillian	172
28	Grace	169
29	Lucille	161
30	Louise	155
31	Jane	150
32	Bernice	143
32	Catherine	143
32	Irene	143
35	Phyllis	139
36	Thelma	136
37	Anna	134
37	Marian	134
39	Edith	132
40	Gladys	131
41	Elsie	127
41	Hazel	127
43	Martha	125
44	Geraldine	123
45	Marion	122
46	Edna	121
47	Jeanne	115
47	Norma	115
49	Violet	113
50	Vivian	108
51	Katherine	107
52	Maria	106
53	Ethel	104
54	Ann	100
54	Pauline	100
56	Anita	93
56	Eva	93
58	Dolores	90
59	Clara	89
59	Juanita	89
61	Charlotte	88
61	Ruby	88
63	Anne	87
63	Vera	87
65	Beatrice	86
65	Rita	86
67	Pearl	85
68	Gertrude	84
68	Lucy	84
70	Ellen	82
71	Alma	81
72	Shirley	80
73	Carmen	79
73	Emma	79
75	Kathryn	78
76	Genevieve	77
77	Lupe	76
78	Audrey	74
78	Ida	74
78	Laura	74
78	Mabel	74
82	Emily	73
82	Jennie	73
84	Agnes	71
85	Muriel	70
86	Nancy	67
87	Jessie	66
87	Maxine	66
89	Isabel	65
89	Wilma	65
91	Julia	63
91	Myrtle	63
91	Roberta	63
94	Kathleen	61
94	Lena	61
94	Marguerite	61
94	Viola	61
98	Bertha	59
99	Nellie	58
100	Bette	57
100	Janet	57
100	Sarah	57