Most popular girls’ names in Colorado, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	457
2	Helen	280
3	Dorothy	227
4	Margaret	208
5	Ruth	202
6	Frances	122
7	Virginia	121
8	Mildred	115
9	Elizabeth	110
10	Rose	106
11	Esther	99
12	Evelyn	98
13	Alice	93
14	Florence	90
15	Marie	87
16	Anna	76
17	Edith	75
18	Lois	74
19	Edna	72
20	Josephine	69
20	Thelma	69
22	Betty	68
23	Doris	66
24	Irene	64
25	Louise	63

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Elsie	57
27	Lucille	55
27	Marjorie	55
27	Pauline	55
30	Bertha	54
30	Martha	54
32	Eleanor	51
32	Hazel	51
34	Eva	50
35	Ethel	49
36	Clara	46
36	Gladys	46
36	Julia	46
36	Lillian	46
40	Ann	44
40	Emma	44
40	Jean	44
40	Wilma	44
44	Grace	41
45	Ruby	40
46	Vera	39
47	Catherine	38
47	Katherine	38
47	Nellie	38
50	Gertrude	37
51	June	36
51	Maxine	36
53	Barbara	35
53	Viola	35
55	Alma	34
55	Marguerite	34
57	Genevieve	33
57	Stella	33
59	Ellen	32
59	Jane	32
59	Jessie	32
59	Juanita	32
63	Agnes	31
63	Myrtle	31
65	Bernice	30
65	Charlotte	30
65	Pearl	30
68	Lydia	29
69	Anne	28
69	Velma	28
71	Freda	27
71	Sarah	27
73	Laura	26
73	Phyllis	26
75	Rachel	25
76	Della	24
76	Ida	24
78	Bessie	23
78	Geraldine	23
78	Mabel	23
81	Beulah	22
81	Lena	22
83	Minnie	21
83	Violet	21
85	Dora	20
85	Ella	20
85	Maria	20
85	Sylvia	20
85	Theresa	20
90	Beatrice	19
90	Blanche	19
90	Flora	19
90	Jennie	19
90	Kathryn	19
90	Shirley	19
96	Fern	18
97	Carolyn	17
97	Irma	17
97	Lola	17
97	Marian	17
97	Opal	17