Most popular girls’ names in California, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,829
2	Betty	1,169
3	Dorothy	1,167
4	Barbara	874
5	Margaret	806
6	Helen	736
7	Virginia	717
8	Ruth	577
9	Frances	529
10	Patricia	488
11	Marjorie	449
12	Alice	407
12	Jean	407
14	Elizabeth	393
15	Evelyn	365
16	Marie	357
17	Doris	356
18	Shirley	340
19	Eleanor	337
20	June	330
21	Gloria	323
22	Josephine	286
22	Lois	286
24	Florence	273
25	Lorraine	269

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	263
27	Rose	257
28	Mildred	250
29	Maria	226
30	Norma	223
31	Lillian	217
32	Esther	208
33	Dolores	202
34	Carmen	196
35	Lucille	191
36	Irene	190
37	Marian	189
38	Bernice	183
39	Grace	182
40	Thelma	173
41	Catherine	172
42	Anna	170
42	Louise	170
44	Jeanne	167
45	Geraldine	165
46	Beverly	163
46	Marilyn	163
48	Pauline	162
49	Martha	159
50	Jane	156
50	Katherine	156
52	Edith	153
52	Marion	153
54	Edna	148
55	Charlotte	137
56	Vivian	133
57	Nancy	132
58	Beatrice	129
59	Gladys	128
59	Hazel	128
61	Elsie	127
62	Ann	126
63	Anita	122
63	Laura	122
65	Juanita	121
66	Ethel	118
66	Jacqueline	118
68	Audrey	116
69	Maxine	110
70	Bette	109
70	Eva	109
72	Lupe	105
73	Elaine	103
73	Ruby	103
75	Muriel	101
75	Rita	101
77	Kathleen	96
77	Kathryn	96
79	Gertrude	95
79	Jennie	95
79	Lucy	95
82	Carol	94
82	Consuelo	94
82	Julia	94
82	Violet	94
86	Vera	93
87	Clara	92
88	Emma	91
88	Jessie	91
88	Wilma	91
91	Agnes	87
91	Nellie	87
93	Peggy	86
94	Anne	83
94	Joyce	83
96	Isabel	82
96	Joan	82
96	Roberta	82
96	Sarah	82
100	Ellen	81