Most popular girls’ names in California, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,733
2	Dorothy	1,067
3	Betty	954
4	Margaret	737
5	Helen	711
6	Barbara	708
7	Virginia	696
8	Frances	501
9	Ruth	491
10	Marjorie	434
11	Elizabeth	390
12	Alice	386
13	Evelyn	369
13	Jean	369
15	Patricia	361
16	Doris	351
17	June	345
18	Marie	327
19	Florence	298
20	Josephine	288
21	Gloria	286
22	Eleanor	280
23	Mildred	265
24	Phyllis	258
25	Lorraine	257

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rose	253
27	Lois	233
28	Shirley	231
29	Lillian	215
30	Irene	210
31	Jane	199
32	Grace	195
32	Lucille	195
34	Louise	190
35	Esther	181
36	Catherine	173
37	Bernice	172
38	Marian	169
39	Dolores	164
39	Gladys	164
41	Geraldine	163
42	Norma	161
43	Anna	155
44	Jeanne	152
45	Katherine	151
46	Edith	150
47	Carmen	149
47	Marion	149
49	Beatrice	146
50	Edna	145
51	Beverly	144
51	Thelma	144
53	Maria	141
54	Elsie	129
55	Martha	126
56	Pauline	123
57	Ann	122
58	Nancy	121
59	Juanita	120
60	Ethel	115
61	Marilyn	114
62	Elaine	113
62	Lupe	113
64	Audrey	109
65	Vivian	108
66	Anita	107
66	Kathryn	107
68	Bette	106
69	Gertrude	105
70	Anne	101
70	Ruby	101
72	Charlotte	100
73	Eva	98
73	Julia	98
75	Clara	95
76	Muriel	94
77	Jessie	93
77	Rita	93
79	Hazel	92
79	Nellie	92
81	Vera	91
82	Genevieve	90
83	Marguerite	88
83	Violet	88
85	Laura	87
86	Kathleen	86
87	Jennie	84
88	Peggy	83
88	Viola	83
90	Lucy	82
91	Jacqueline	81
91	Roberta	81
93	Isabel	80
94	Ellen	79
94	Emma	79
96	Bertha	76
97	Pearl	75
98	Carol	74
98	Joan	74
100	Constance	73
100	Janet	73