Most popular girls’ names in California, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,697
2	Dorothy	1,162
3	Betty	780
4	Helen	743
5	Margaret	715
6	Virginia	683
7	Barbara	653
8	Ruth	541
9	Frances	477
10	Marjorie	444
11	Evelyn	430
12	Alice	393
13	Jean	385
14	Elizabeth	361
15	June	338
16	Marie	330
17	Doris	323
18	Patricia	295
19	Mildred	280
20	Eleanor	254
21	Florence	253
22	Josephine	249
23	Lorraine	247
24	Rose	244
25	Lois	241

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	214
27	Lillian	208
28	Lucille	200
29	Shirley	199
30	Irene	197
31	Catherine	188
31	Jane	188
33	Esther	186
34	Grace	183
35	Norma	182
36	Louise	179
37	Anna	168
37	Pauline	168
39	Bernice	167
40	Marion	164
41	Geraldine	163
42	Maria	162
43	Edith	161
43	Martha	161
45	Marian	157
46	Carmen	152
47	Jeanne	151
48	Gladys	150
48	Katherine	150
50	Gloria	149
51	Edna	141
52	Juanita	140
53	Anita	135
53	Thelma	135
55	Vivian	134
56	Dolores	133
57	Beatrice	125
58	Elsie	123
59	Ann	122
60	Elaine	117
61	Ethel	113
61	Kathleen	113
63	Audrey	112
63	Hazel	112
65	Maxine	111
65	Nancy	111
65	Rita	111
68	Vera	110
69	Eva	104
70	Beverly	103
71	Jennie	102
71	Julia	102
71	Laura	102
74	Gertrude	100
75	Viola	97
76	Charlotte	96
76	Muriel	96
78	Ruby	92
79	Bette	91
79	Genevieve	91
79	Lucy	91
79	Violet	91
83	Constance	89
84	Emma	86
84	Lupe	86
86	Mabel	83
87	Clara	80
87	Isabel	80
87	Winifred	80
90	Annie	79
90	Ida	79
90	Marguerite	79
93	Agnes	78
93	Nellie	78
93	Peggy	78
96	Dora	77
97	Anne	76
98	Emily	75
98	Kathryn	75
98	Sarah	75