Most popular girls’ names in California, 1925

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,890
2	Betty	1,529
3	Barbara	1,073
4	Dorothy	1,053
5	Helen	757
6	Virginia	754
7	Margaret	727
7	Patricia	727
9	Ruth	589
10	Gloria	545
11	Frances	506
12	Shirley	484
13	Jean	457
14	Alice	410
15	Doris	405
16	Marjorie	402
17	June	369
18	Lois	367
19	Evelyn	356
20	Elizabeth	321
21	Maria	302
22	Lorraine	298
23	Marie	295
24	Eleanor	286
25	Josephine	276

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Phyllis	274
27	Beverly	252
28	Mildred	251
29	Norma	236
30	Rose	235
31	Dolores	234
31	Florence	234
33	Irene	225
34	Marilyn	222
35	Esther	219
36	Carmen	213
37	Marian	210
38	Lillian	203
39	Nancy	202
40	Lucille	197
41	Louise	193
42	Anna	186
43	Joyce	184
44	Martha	181
45	Katherine	179
46	Jeanne	177
47	Jane	175
48	Jacqueline	171
49	Geraldine	164
49	Grace	164
51	Marion	162
52	Pauline	156
53	Carol	153
54	Beatrice	152
55	Catherine	149
56	Thelma	147
57	Joan	144
58	Bernice	143
59	Edith	142
60	Ann	141
61	Juanita	137
62	Peggy	130
63	Anita	128
63	Eva	128
65	Audrey	124
65	Elaine	124
67	Maxine	121
68	Gladys	119
68	Roberta	119
70	Elsie	118
71	Edna	117
72	Laura	114
73	Lupe	110
73	Sally	110
75	Violet	108
75	Vivian	108
77	Vera	106
78	Lucy	105
79	Kathryn	104
79	Rita	104
81	Bette	103
81	Charlotte	103
81	Hazel	103
84	Kathleen	102
85	Angelina	100
85	Janet	100
87	Jennie	98
88	Ruby	97
89	Emma	93
90	Janice	92
91	Anne	91
92	Wilma	90
93	Donna	87
93	Dora	87
93	Ethel	87
96	Carolyn	86
96	Consuelo	86
96	Julia	86
99	Clara	85
99	Isabel	85
99	Jessie	85