Most popular girls’ names in California, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,554
2	Dorothy	1,091
3	Margaret	720
4	Helen	719
5	Virginia	633
6	Betty	599
7	Ruth	545
8	Barbara	522
9	Frances	514
10	Evelyn	386
11	Alice	382
12	Elizabeth	372
13	Marjorie	348
14	Doris	345
15	Jean	327
16	Marie	301
17	June	289
18	Mildred	288
19	Eleanor	273
20	Josephine	269
21	Florence	245
22	Patricia	238
23	Lois	233
24	Rose	229
25	Lillian	223

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Lorraine	218
27	Jane	213
28	Irene	192
29	Phyllis	187
30	Lucille	181
31	Marian	174
32	Edith	173
33	Anna	170
34	Louise	168
35	Bernice	166
36	Marion	165
37	Esther	162
38	Geraldine	161
39	Edna	159
40	Grace	158
41	Shirley	156
42	Norma	149
43	Maria	143
44	Catherine	136
44	Pauline	136
46	Charlotte	135
46	Thelma	135
48	Gladys	131
48	Katherine	131
48	Martha	131
51	Ann	130
52	Jeanne	127
53	Beatrice	122
54	Dolores	120
54	Elsie	120
56	Hazel	119
57	Ethel	118
57	Gertrude	118
59	Eva	116
60	Carmen	114
61	Anita	106
61	Julia	106
63	Juanita	104
64	Vivian	103
65	Ellen	98
66	Muriel	97
66	Ruby	97
68	Genevieve	96
69	Emma	95
69	Kathryn	95
71	Vera	92
72	Kathleen	91
73	Clara	89
74	Audrey	88
74	Maxine	88
76	Beverly	87
77	Jennie	85
77	Rita	85
79	Alma	83
80	Gloria	82
80	Viola	82
82	Marguerite	81
83	Jessie	79
83	Laura	79
83	Nancy	79
83	Violet	79
87	Isabel	78
88	Anne	77
88	Wilma	77
90	Pearl	76
91	Agnes	75
92	Elaine	74
93	Ida	73
94	Janet	68
95	Angelina	67
96	Annie	66
96	Harriet	66
96	Sarah	66
99	Emily	65
99	Velma	65