Most popular girls’ names in California, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	1,721
2	Betty	1,359
3	Barbara	1,306
4	Dorothy	975
5	Margaret	725
6	Helen	718
6	Patricia	718
8	Virginia	625
9	Ruth	585
10	Shirley	499
11	Gloria	495
12	Frances	440
13	Jean	419
14	Alice	393
15	Doris	366
16	Beverly	362
16	Marjorie	362
18	Lois	352
19	Evelyn	344
20	June	334
21	Marie	305
22	Dolores	303
23	Elizabeth	302
24	Maria	300
25	Norma	280

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Josephine	263
27	Marilyn	261
28	Eleanor	259
29	Rose	254
30	Phyllis	250
31	Joyce	248
32	Irene	240
32	Lorraine	240
34	Nancy	236
35	Esther	229
35	Mildred	229
37	Lillian	225
38	Carmen	203
39	Martha	194
40	Florence	192
41	Louise	175
42	Marian	173
43	Jacqueline	171
44	Lucille	168
45	Joan	165
46	Grace	159
47	Anna	158
48	Geraldine	156
48	Pauline	156
50	Audrey	154
50	Marion	154
52	Bernice	153
53	Carol	151
54	Juanita	146
55	Jane	136
56	Catherine	134
56	Elaine	134
58	Edith	130
59	Jeanne	128
60	Charlotte	123
61	Katherine	121
61	Sally	121
63	Beatrice	120
64	Elsie	119
65	Ethel	118
65	Peggy	118
67	Ann	115
67	Roberta	115
69	Lucy	112
70	Vera	111
71	Gladys	110
71	Lupe	110
73	Edna	109
73	Thelma	109
75	Julia	105
75	Ruby	105
77	Eva	104
78	Maxine	103
79	Vivian	102
80	Donna	101
81	Kathleen	100
82	Anita	99
83	Nellie	98
84	Rita	97
85	Clara	96
85	Hazel	96
87	Laura	95
88	Ramona	94
89	Jennie	92
90	Jessie	91
90	Rosie	91
92	Bonnie	90
93	Carolyn	89
94	Isabel	86
95	Kathryn	85
95	Wanda	85
97	Ellen	84
98	Angelina	83
98	Bertha	83
98	Consuelo	83
98	Violet	83